Posted by Swiper on Sat 14 Feb 09, 8:14 PM to Swiper's blog.
Not sure if this one is done before...
| An Arab sheikh tells his two sons to race their camels to a distant city to see who will inherit his fortune. The one whose camel is the slower, and therefore arrives at the city the last, will win. The brothers, after wandering aimlessly for days, ask a wise man for advice. After hearing the advice they jump on the camels and race as fast as they can to the city. What does the wise man say? |
As with most brainteasers you have to apply lateral finking. The answer is, funnily enough, in the question, and all those who are die-hard capitalists should get the answer straight away.
Those who give really weird incorrect answers are subject to being laughed at. (Responses will be pending for fairness...and to give me a giggle behind your backs while you wait!)
Edited Sat 14 Feb 09, 9:06 PM by Swiper
| 14 Feb 09, 8:35 PM MarcusStrapp UK(CB), 7 yrs  |
They swap camels after coming away from the wise man. The son who arrives first is the owner of the camel who comes last. Also the sons didn't actually go to a wiseman, like any pseudo intellectual (myself included) they go to Google instead. --- Edited for typos --- The Fetish Photo Album A free and private flickr group for IC members to share dirty pictures! Edited 14 Feb 09, 9:07 PM by MarcusStrapp |
| 14 Feb 09, 8:43 PM JudyInDsGuise UK(E), 9 yrs |
I know the answer if the owner of the losing camel gets the money, but that's not quite what you asked  judy
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| 14 Feb 09, 8:58 PM Twinkletoes 5 yrs |
To switch camels. The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had. ~Eric Schmidt |
| 14 Feb 09, 8:59 PM Hester 6 yrs |
They've swapped camels |
| 14 Feb 09, 9:01 PM passionate_spirit UK(E), 7 yrs |
The wise man told them to switch camels... |
| 14 Feb 09, 9:06 PM Swiper 5 yrs |
Oh you evil people! You evil, vile, nasty, despicable wicked people! You have denied me my mocking rights! lol |
