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Re: Need puzzle help: eye colour enigma

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From: brownea
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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