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Article #2470Re: Need puzzle help: eye colour enigma
From: brownea
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:03
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:03
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> There is an island,on which there are 100 blue eyed people and 100 brown > eyed people. The people, however, do not know the number of people with > each eye colouring. No-one knows their own eye colour, as there is no means > of reflection, and no-one will tell anyone else their eye colour, since as > soon as someone knows their own eye colour, they kill themselves 24 hours > later. > Once every 100 years, a green-eyed guru speaks to the populus, and today's > the day (quite by chance). S/he stands on a rise, looking out over all these > people (who don't know their own eyecolour), and announces: "I can see > someone with blue eyes" > > Who kills themselves, and when??? I'm not sure who does it, but I think it has to do with filtered eye-color. Like one persons eye-color affects the way they see colors? Just an idea... Earl
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