[ExI] Riddle?

Ben Zaiboc ben at zaiboc.net
Mon Apr 28 10:03:21 UTC 2025


On 28/04/2025 05:53, Stuart LaForge wrote:
> "What is the name of the town wherein dwells the baddest man whose name begins
> with last letter of the country west of Spain?"

These things never have a single correct answer, the words can always be 
interpreted differently to how the creator of the riddle intended.

That's why I never did well on those 'programming aptitude' 
pattern-matching tests, even though I'm perfectly capable of detecting 
patterns (and writing code). There was always (usually, anyway) more 
than one answer.

One answer could be "Hell", assuming 'the country west of Spain' means 
the nearest country west of Spain, 'man' can include non-human and 
fictional characters, and 'town' can mean any location, real or imagined.

-- 
Ben
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