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The two blacksmiths (Posted on 2003-03-17) Difficulty: 3 of 5
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?

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ummm... solution | Comment 55 of 65 |
the swordsmaker will (providing that he maintains control of his sword and no other weapons are involved) wins becuase his sword would cut throught the shield spiting it and possibly seperated it intopeices- but it would not be destroyed.  Also, the guy with the sword could just stab the guy with the shield by going around the shield (or stabbing him in the back). 
  Posted by susan on 2005-10-15 07:53:02
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