Eric is going on vacation to Florida, and he's taking some of his friends with him. However, he has obsessive compulsive disorder, and he has some very strange requirements on what his guests must bring.

For instance, his friend Jon can only come if he brings something like orange juice. Stacy can only come if she takes bags of peanut M&M's and such. Billy could go if he takes denim jeans, but he must also bring bananas. However, Eric's friend Janet couldn't go on vacation with him no matter what she brings.

Eric's friend Russel could go with him if he brings ketchup. If Elvis were alive, though, he couldn't go with Eric.

Eric's friend Ashley has the same requirements Stacy has, and so does his other friend, Yao. However, Yao has an additional requirement: He must also bring ripe pumpkins, which Stacy and Ashley need not bring.

Eric's friend Paul could go if he brings plums, and Garry could go if he brings some $20 bills, but he must also bring tomatoes and a yellow smiley face. Eric himself is only able to go on vacation because he is bringing his wife, who had just returned from Florida.

So the question is: Can Robby go on vacation? If he can't, why not? If he can, what must he bring?

(In reply to re(3): What I have found by Robyn)

Why does Jon's say Something like Orange Juice?

Because anything that is the color orange will suffice.

Why for Stacy does it say and such?

Likewise, anything that is yellow will fulfill the requirement.

Why do three bring something other than food Billy-Jeans, Garry-Money, and Eric-his wife?

The item being food is a red herring.  Jeans are typically blue, money is green, and his wife, having just returned from Florida, is red (from being sunburned in the Sunshine State.)

Why $20 bills?

Again, this is just an anecdotal example of something green.  It didn't have to be $20s.  ALL items listed are merely anecdotal archetypes representative of their respective colors.  Any objects could have been selected.  (Dustin, if you wrote in more logic to it than that, please let me know!)

Posted by John on 2005-02-23 21:51:48