[ExI] new and improved intermittent liar
Adrian Tymes
atymes at gmail.com
Sun Jan 23 02:56:48 UTC 2011
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 2:43 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
> ... Adrian Tymes
>>> Larry always tells lies during months that begin with vowels but
>> always tells the truth during the other months. During one particular
>> month, Larry makes these two statements:
>>
>>> I lied last month.
>>> I will lie again six months from now.
>>
>> During what month did Larry make these statements?
>
>>August. Adrian
>
> RIGHT! Now here is my new and (I hope) improved version, don't know if it
> is correct. Same Larry, same intermittent bad habits, with the following
> three conditions:
>
> Larry utters the comments
>
> 1. I told the truth last month
> 2. I will lie six months from now
>
> An all-knowing always-truther hears Larry's statements and comments
>
> 3. Larry is lying now.
>
> This one should be extremely easy, ja?
N/A. Comments 1 and 2 from Larry could only happen together in February.
(Simple mod of previous answer.) However, Larry tells the truth in February.
Unless by "always-truther" you mean something other than "one who
always tells the truth", or some twist like that.
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