It's My Billiard Cue
After the night of the Spirit's Competition at the local tavern, Knightmare, Cam, and Chris decided to go to Chris's house to play 5-card draw poker. They invited one of Chris's neighbors to join the game. More spirits were enjoyed during poker, and sometime around 2AM, the neighbor went home and everyone else crashed in the living room on sofas and chairs.
Upon awakening the next morning, Chris made coffee and stumbled outside to retrieve the newspaper. On his front porch was a nice leather case and note which read:
"Enjoyed last night ... thanks for the invite. Please accept this as payment of the money I lost in the card game." Chris opened the case to find a very nice, quite expensive looking 2-piece billiard cue.
When Knightmare and Cam awakened, he showed them the cue. The spirits of the previous evening had clouded everyones memory and a friendly discussion ensued as to proper ownership of the billiard cue.
Not intentionally, but because memories were foggy, each made one true and one false statement:
Knightmare said: 1. "the cue should belong to Chris" and
2. "It is certainly not mine"
Cam said: 1. "Chris has no right to it" and
2. "it should belong to Knightmare"
Chris said: 1. "yes, I seem to remember winning it" and
2. "Cam, it doesn't belong to Knightmare"
Please help these guys settle the debate as to who won the billiard cue during the poker game of the previous evening.
Upon awakening the next morning, Chris made coffee and stumbled outside to retrieve the newspaper. On his front porch was a nice leather case and note which read:
"Enjoyed last night ... thanks for the invite. Please accept this as payment of the money I lost in the card game." Chris opened the case to find a very nice, quite expensive looking 2-piece billiard cue.
When Knightmare and Cam awakened, he showed them the cue. The spirits of the previous evening had clouded everyones memory and a friendly discussion ensued as to proper ownership of the billiard cue.
Not intentionally, but because memories were foggy, each made one true and one false statement:
Knightmare said: 1. "the cue should belong to Chris" and
2. "It is certainly not mine"
Cam said: 1. "Chris has no right to it" and
2. "it should belong to Knightmare"
Chris said: 1. "yes, I seem to remember winning it" and
2. "Cam, it doesn't belong to Knightmare"
Please help these guys settle the debate as to who won the billiard cue during the poker game of the previous evening.
posted by Zaux at
9:11 PM
5 Comments:
Hey guys, this one is an experiment. I took the basic concept of a problem and re-worded to make it more interesting (but most of all to avoid plagiarism ... heh heh). I don't think I screwed up the logic, but it is certainly possible. If that turns out to be the case, I apologize and we will move on ... OK?
Simple: It belongs to Cam.
If it belonged to Chris, Knightmare's statements are both true.
If it belonged to Knightmare, Cam's statements are both true.
It is Cams cue, although the alternate answer fits the logic nicely with it being a 2 piece cue.
man!...i don't remember this at all.
Knightmare.. maybe this is a figment of your imagination ... those little voices could be altering your reality!
Apparently, the logic was OK. The problem source also agrees that Cam owns the cue.
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