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The two blacksmiths (Posted on 2003-03-17)

There's this town with two blacksmiths - one, a swordsmaker and the other, a shield maker. The swordsmaker's swords can slice through anything as a rule and the other guy's shields cannot be destroyed. Now they get cut up with each other for some reason and pit their wares against each other. What do you expect happens?

See The Solution Submitted by Gareth

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Answer	K Sengupta	2023-11-22 08:17:16
an explanation	joshua	2006-08-24 11:06:47
Not a Paradox!	Kevin	2006-07-15 22:09:55
No Subject	Rachael	2006-05-18 09:37:08
solution (maybe)	Hal	2006-04-22 15:17:57
mutual agreement	david	2006-03-09 00:50:15
No Subject	aaron	2006-02-14 22:40:58
No Subject	Adam	2005-12-22 00:11:46
re: ummm... solution	Paddy	2005-12-21 07:37:24
What about this?	Paddy	2005-12-21 07:36:08
ummm... solution	susan	2005-10-15 07:53:02
solution?	hookedonphonics	2005-10-09 20:27:48
consider the following	Jen	2005-07-11 19:00:19
What rule?	Amber	2005-05-17 03:28:54
re: Zero Effect flaw	Gareth	2005-05-09 10:42:33
An Alternate Scenario	1StokeD1	2005-04-03 15:18:02
There are a few things on my mind...	Stephen Ticsay	2005-03-14 23:16:32
Zero Effect flaw	josh	2005-03-14 02:57:39
Haha I got it!!	seikan	2005-02-19 10:57:28
No Subject	mike wazio	2004-10-26 02:59:20
Wording	Adam	2004-07-30 14:28:58
Semantics.	Erik O.	2004-06-14 13:09:27
interesting	logischer Verstand	2004-04-16 23:18:22
depends	logischer Verstand	2004-04-16 23:17:19
Zero effect reply	Gareth	2004-03-17 12:08:03
guess	Peter Lunts	2004-02-10 08:45:12
Zero effect	Jack Squat	2003-12-09 15:38:54
Both can coexist	Jack McBarn	2003-12-08 10:53:07
hmm	Fraze	2003-11-28 15:44:41
re: (about name changes)	SilverKnight	2003-11-26 23:00:40
(about name changes)	Gamer	2003-11-26 20:52:45
re: 1=1 and 2=2	SilverKnight	2003-11-26 14:42:09
1=1 and 2=2	Sam	2003-11-26 14:31:15
Gareth and Vlad Unrelated to topic	Dennis	2003-11-16 20:53:04
No Subject	vlad	2003-10-09 10:40:09
re: Ideal answer	Your buddy	2003-08-20 15:55:47
spliting the sheild	snapp	2003-08-20 14:15:12
re: somewhat of an answer	Gareth	2003-07-26 04:10:44
somewhat of an answer	Sam	2003-06-23 15:00:18
skill?	calla tah-n	2003-05-23 11:04:00
No Subject	pleasance	2003-05-14 03:09:49
Chaz, and What Could Happen	Berry	2003-05-10 02:36:08
Solution	Chaz	2003-05-03 08:28:58
quite simple really	Jon	2003-04-14 08:16:41
request for clarification	Brian Allen	2003-04-01 09:19:53
just a thought	Linda	2003-03-31 15:08:59
re: An infinite Struggle	luvya2003	2003-03-27 13:56:26
Summary,Paradoxical	Tim Axoy	2003-03-24 07:23:36
Part 3,Moe against Joe	Tim Axoy	2003-03-23 09:58:21
Part 2,Joe against Moe	Tim Axoy	2003-03-23 09:57:23
Part 1,Joe's sword and Moe's shield	Tim Axoy	2003-03-23 09:54:38
re: An infinite Struggle	Alan	2003-03-22 05:30:03
An infinite Struggle	Brian Nowell	2003-03-21 19:05:58
re: Paradoxical	DJ	2003-03-20 09:01:28
re: The Sword	anton	2003-03-20 08:41:51
Paradoxical	Tim Axoy	2003-03-20 06:08:00
re: Ideal answer	slim shady	2003-03-19 16:17:44
re: Ideal answer	Crystal	2003-03-19 07:32:51
solution suggestion	Geoff	2003-03-17 16:08:07
guess	silvis	2003-03-17 15:19:11
The Sword	Eric	2003-03-17 14:50:30
Ideal answer	Alan	2003-03-17 10:50:17
My solution	Bryan	2003-03-17 10:17:13
re: Puff of logic	Gamer	2003-03-17 08:59:05
Puff of logic	Ender	2003-03-17 07:35:14

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