What your favorite brain teaser or joke?

[SubPar]

In the land called Georgia there are two types of people, those who always lie and those who always tell the truth. These people all look alike so you never know which you are talking to, the liars or the truth tellers. Also, in the land called Georgia you are only allowed to ask one question of any person you meet.

You come to a fork in the road where a Georgian sits and you need to know which path, right or left, leads to Augusta. You can only ask one question and you don’t know if the person will lie or answer truthfully. What one question can you ask that will get an answer telling you the correct way to go to get to Augusta?



I’ll post the answer in two days. That’s how long it took me to work this one out.

[TheLauncher]

Did anyone hear about the guy who built his own wood stove?







This first time he used it he burned it all up.

[TheLauncher]

There are two fish in a tank. One says to the other, 'hey, do you have any idea how to drive this thing?'

[iacas]

What one question can you ask that will get an answer telling you the correct way to go to get to Augusta?

You ask one of the guys "which way would the other guy tell me to go?" Then you take the opposite road. We'll assume the right fork is the one you should take.

If you ask the liar what the honest guy will tell you, he'll lie and say the left fork. If you ask the honest guy what the liar will say, he'll tell you the truth and tell you to take the left fork.

[Pat007]

what's the difference between a rooster and a prostitute?

The rooster says " cock-a-doodle-doo"

and the prostitute says " any c@#K will do!"

hahahahahahaha

[TheLauncher]

What's the difference between a sorority house and a circus?


The circus has an array of cunning stunts.

[Trav]

Fill the 5 gallon, empty as much as you can into the 3. There will be 2 left in the 5. Empty the 3. Pour the 2 from the 5 into the 3. Fill the 5 again. Pour from the 5 into the 3 until it tops off. There will be 4 left in the 5.

The second method is:

1. Fill the 3 gallon jug and pour the water into the 5 gallon jug. 2. Refill the 3 gallon jug, and pour into the 5 gallon jug until the big jug is full, leaving one gallon in the small jug. 3. Empty the big jug, and transfer the one gallon from the small jug to the big jug. 4. Refill the small jug and pour all three gallons into the 5 gallon jug, resulting in four gallons in the big jug.

[SubPar]

You ask one of the guys "which way would the other guy tell me to go?" Then you take the opposite road. We'll assume the right fork is the one you should take.

Close. But there is only one person there and you only get one question. If you simply ask "which way would an honest person tell me leads to Augusta?" you'll get two different answers based on which one he is.

There is one question you can ask, to get the correct answer, not knowing if the person is lying or telling the truth. SubPar

[iacas]

There is one question you can ask, to get the correct answer, not knowing if the person is lying or telling the truth.

Oh, that's what I get for not reading thoroughly. That question usually involves two brothers or at least two people. The one-person variations I've seen usually involve people from a good (truth-telling) village and a bad (lying) village. You just ask the guy which village he's from, and regardless, he'll point you to the "good" village (the truth-tellers). You've just got a random Georgian here.

[jonanthans]

Close. But there is only one person there and you only get one question. If you simply ask "which way would an honest person tell me leads to Augusta?" you'll get two different answers based on which one he is.

the question you ask is "which way would a dis-honest Georgian tell me leads to Augusta. And you take the road they point at

The honest person would point to the correct road, lets say the left, and the dishonest would lie about what the dishonest person would tell you, making it a double lie but pointing to the left road as well. You then take the left road to Augusta.

[mirv]

what's the difference between a peeping tom and pick-pocket?

a pick-pocket snatches watches.

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what do gay horses eat?

haaaaaa-aaaayyyyy

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what does a pirate watch a movie on?

a V-C-ArrRRRrRRrrr.

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and now for something completely different:

Descartes walks into a mcdonalds and orders a burger and a soda. the person behind the counter asks if he'd like any fries with that, to which Descartes replies "I think not" and proceeds to vanish in a puff of smoke.

[geezer]

How do a blondes brain cells die?

Alone

[jonanthans]

the question you ask is "which way would a dis-honest Georgian tell me leads to Augusta. And you take the road they point at

wouldnt let me edit, so I had to fix it here.. The honest person would point to the road the dishonest person would point to, lets say the left, and the dishonest would lie about what the dishonest person would tell you, making it a double lie but pointing to the left road as well. You then take the right road to Augusta.

[TheLauncher]

How do a blondes brain cells die?

This one made me lol. And my hair is blondish.

So, one blonde asks another "which one do you think is farther away, the moon or Florida?" After some time the second replies, "Duh, you can't see Florida from here." A blonde calls the Fire Department in hysterics and says " Come quickly, my house is on fire." The Fireman says, "Ok, calm down. How do we get there?" She says "Duh, big red truck"

[zeg]

The honest person would point to the road the dishonest person would point to, lets say the left, and the dishonest would lie about what the dishonest person would tell you, making it a double lie but pointing to the left road as well. You then take the right road to Augusta.

Don't think that works. If Augusta is right, then a dishonest Georgian will say left. The honest Georgian will then answer your question honestly and say left. The dishonest Georgian will answer with a lie and say right, so you can't tell which way to go.

You've got to put together a question that forces the same number of lies (or an even number difference) into the reply from either a lying or truth-telling Georgian. It's easy enough in the "usual" case where you've got one liar and one truth-teller because you can always involve the liar exactly once (a la Iacas' response). I'm having trouble coming up with a way to do that with a single Georgian that doesn't amount to sneaking two questions into a single sentence (which seems like cheating). So... I say get him drunk on Southern Comfort and Coke and he'll start telling the truth eventually.

[Fat Slice]

Pfft.

[Henry]

If a rooster laid an egg on top of a peaked roof which side would the egg roll down?

not a bad one

[ElTigre]

I have one but it's a little inappropriate. So if you mind, don't read it.




One day little tommy was in school and his teacher asked him a question.
However tommy was asleep and his teacher woke him up with a loud smack
saying "I like the way you think but thats the wrong answer."
and as she walked away tommy said back to her "I have a question for you"


"Three women are sitting on a bench eating ice cream, one is licking her ice cream, one sucking on her ice cream, and one biting her ice cream, which one do you think is married?"

the teacher interested, turns around and says, "I would have to guess the one thats sucking the ice cream."

and tommy replies, "No, the one with the wedding ring, but i like the way YOU think."