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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 28/04/2025 05:53, Stuart LaForge
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:mailman.14.1745816025.11678.extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">
<pre>"What is the name of the town wherein dwells the baddest man whose name begins
with last letter of the country west of Spain?"</pre>
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These things never have a single correct answer, the words can
always be interpreted differently to how the creator of the riddle
intended.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Ben</pre>
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