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(Message started by: Smith on Nov 10th, 2004, 9:24am)

Title: What did General Smith say?
Post by Smith on Nov 10th, 2004, 9:24am
General Smith, accused of high treason,
is sentenced to death by the court-martial.
He is allowed to make a final statement,
after which he will be shot if the statement is false
or will be hung if the statement is true.


General Smith makes his final statement and is released.
The Question: What could he have said?

Title: Re: What did General Smith say?
Post by DeMark on Nov 10th, 2004, 11:22am
Oh, not again.  

Title: Re: What did General Smith say?
Post by towr on Nov 10th, 2004, 12:10pm
hehe..
That's a statement without any truth value :P
I wonder how often he's been accused before than, though, if he says "oh, not again" ;)

Title: Re: What did General Smith say?
Post by Grimbal on Nov 10th, 2004, 3:52pm
He can always claim:
"Prince Wiliam of Wales will never be King".
You'll probably die before they can say whether it is true or not.

OK, maybe it is not so safe.  I just remembered that my mother told me the story that when Prince Charles was born, an astrologer claimed that he will never be a King.  Who can tell if it is true?  I'm still curious.  But whether it is true or not, that astrologer knew his job.

Title: Re: What did General Smith say?
Post by Kazn on Nov 11th, 2004, 6:33pm
Ok, how about a general rule to everyone? Don't post riddles that you find on google. Thousands of people have visited this site and chances are that "your" riddle has already been posted at least 5 times.

Title: Re: What did General Smith say?
Post by calin on Nov 25th, 2004, 10:40pm
i guess all he had to say was something like: "i will be shot". if that were true, they'll have to hang him. but then it would be untrue so they'll have to shoot him, and so on. they got fed up and let him go... 8)



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