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Re: Off Topic Puzzle

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Feb 25, 2002
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yeah dan, you're right. sorry to have bothered you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Moyer" <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: Off Topic Puzzle


>
> My original post on the 21st never made it, so I'll resend it:
>
> Derek,
>
> I said it before when a variant of this puzzle was presented earlier, so
> I'll say it again:   you can't say ANYONE keeps a fish, because you don't
> KNOW that anyone keeps a FISH;  the one who doesn't keep any of the
> DESCRIBED pets COULD keep a giraffe, or an iguana, or worms, there's
nothing
> in the puzzle that states one of the people DOES keep a fish.  ASKING "who
> keeps fish", is NOT logically the same as saying "One of the individuals
> keeps fish; which is it?".  The question by itself is not a statement of
> fact, and all you can apply as puzzle information is statements of fact.
> Right?
>
> Dan Moyer
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Derek Parnell" <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 7:52 PM
> Subject: Off Topic Puzzle
>
>
> > Situation:
> >  There are 5 houses in a row. Each have a different color, and owned by
a
> different nationality.
> > They all have different pets and beverages, and smoke different
cigarette
> brands.
> >
> > Given these facts:
> >
> > a) The British lives in the red house.
> > b) The green house is to the left of the white house.
> > c) The yellow house owner smokes Dunhill.
> > d) The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
> > e) The tea drinker is a Dane.
> > f) The Swedish owner has a dog.
> > g) The one who smokes Blend is a neighbour of the cat owner.
> > h) The Norwegian lives is a neigbour of the blue house owner.
> > i) The bird owner smokes Pall Mall.
> > j) The owner of the middle house drinks milk.
> > k) The German smokes Prince.
> > l) The water drinker is a neighbour of the Blend smoker.
> > m) The Dunhill smoker is a neighbour of the horse owner.
> > n) The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
> > p) The first house is owned by a Norwegian.
> >
> > Who keeps fish?
> >
> > ---------
> > Cheers,
> > Derek Parnell
> >
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