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Greatest riddle ever.

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Greatest riddle ever. Oct 15, 2008


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A man is feeling sick. He goes from doctor to doctor but nobody knows what's wrong with him. Finally, he goes to this doctor he remembers going to when he was a child, but never again. The guy informs him he has an incredibly, mind-blowingly rare disease. Alas, because of this, he has but only one medical treatment left. He gives him two jars of pills. One is marked A and one is marked B.

The doctor tells him "These are the rules of these pills.

You have to take one of each every day. If you don't, you'll die.
You cannot take more than one each day. Die, etc.
You can't miss one, etc, die, etc.

Anyways, so he goes home. The first day he is home, he figures out that they look alike, taste alike, smell alike, and feel alike. The only difference is their chemicals. So he takes them for a couple days. But one day...He gets one of the A pill. As he's tipping the B jar over, it slips and 2 B's fall out, but the rest are fine.

Now he has 1 A and 2 B's. If he eats them all, he will die. If he eats 2, he might get 1 A and 1 B and then he will die. He doesn't have time to go to the lab and get them dissected, so he needs to make a split-second decision.

What's he do?

I'll come back to this thread in a couple of hours. We will see if you have an answer then.


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Get another 2 out of the jars..

That's a crap riddle.


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At 10/15/08 06:49 AM, Kurt-1 wrote: Chuck em away, he's got two pill bottles full next to him.

By throwing them away, he's going to miss those.
And you can't miss a single pill.

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I think you're missing some restrictions, or something, like those were his last two B pills. Unless they're magic pill jars that only allow one pill to exit the container a day, but that wouldn't make sense since 2 fell out of the B jar.

At 10/15/08 06:50 AM, DemonsRemorse wrote: By throwing them away, he's going to miss those.
And you can't miss a single pill.

All he has to do is take a new one out of each jar, keep the pills that he doesn't know which one is which, and bring them to the lab for them to tell which one is which at a later date.

The facts of the riddle are:

-He has to take one of each a day, no more, no less.
-He doesn't have time to figure out which is which at the time.
-He doesn't know which of the 3 are A or B.

I also don't see why he "doesn't have the time" to go find out which is which. There wasn't anything about having to take the pills at an exact time each day, just that he had to take them each once a day. When it's a matter of life and death, you always have the time to find out. But even if there is another restriction that you failed to mention about having to take them at an exact time, all he needs to do is take two new pills out and then find out which of the spilled pills is which later, when he does have time.

Either you missed some key aspects, or this "riddle" is just stupid.


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At 10/15/08 06:50 AM, DemonsRemorse wrote:
At 10/15/08 06:49 AM, Kurt-1 wrote: Chuck em away, he's got two pill bottles full next to him.
By throwing them away, he's going to miss those.
And you can't miss a single pill.

So he gets his prescription refilled earlier.

Seriously, this sucks.

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At 10/15/08 07:10 AM, Joe wrote:

At 10/15/08 06:50 AM, DemonsRemorse wrote: By throwing them away, he's going to miss those.
And you can't miss a single pill.
All he has to do is take a new one out of each jar, keep the pills that he doesn't know which one is which, and bring them to the lab for them to tell which one is which at a later date.

The facts of the riddle are:

-He has to take one of each a day, no more, no less.
-He doesn't have time to figure out which is which at the time.
-He doesn't know which of the 3 are A or B.

I also don't see why he "doesn't have the time" to go find out which is which.

I'll admit, I was rather bewildered when he mentioned that. I didn't think too much of it, because I don't particularly care for arbitrary riddles.

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Why would he hold all three in one hand?

What a shitty, if he were holding them in different hands he could just put one B pill back


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At 10/15/08 07:19 AM, Tramps wrote: He puts each one behind a door. He picks one and then the game-show host asks him if he wants to change his answer. He does and systematically increases his chance of getting the pills he needed from 1/3 to 1/2.

You're missing an important part: One of the doors hiding a B-Pill must be opened before the guy can change his answer, meaning the host would have to be able to tell the difference.


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At 10/15/08 07:24 AM, Tramps wrote: Riddle would have been better if he tipped two remaining B pills into the A bottle by accident, meaning he had no more B pills but only in the bottle of A pills.

Well, he is kind of stupid, pouring the B bottle into the same place he poured the A bottle. So that's very possible. There also wasn't anything about having to take the pills at the exact same time, so he could have easily taken the A pill, then went to get the B pill.

Maybe there should have been something where he ripped the labels off of each bottle, took the A pill, and then juggled the bottles.

Of course, there's probably a stupid answer to this that has to have it in a specific way.

Oh, of course. It's going to be something pointless too. Probably referencing some information he forgot to provide.


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Fucking tell us the answer already


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At 10/15/08 07:19 AM, Tramps wrote: He puts each one behind a door. He picks one and then the game-show host asks him if he wants to change his answer. He does and systematically increases his chance of getting the pills he needed from 1/3 to 1/2.

I think Joe is correct, but.....this made me laugh. God....why hasn't Tramps been modded yet? Christ it is something wayyyyy overdue....we're lucky we have Tramps :o


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At 10/15/08 07:34 AM, Tramps wrote:
At 10/15/08 07:32 AM, Joe wrote: Oh, of course. It's going to be something pointless too. Probably referencing some information he forgot to provide.
Answer is: He cryogenically freezes himself with a note to the doctor saying, "Mixed up pills, get me some more."

No, it's: He uses his knowledge from medical school where he majored in pharmacology and specifically incredibly, mind-blowingly rare diseases to determine which pill is which.

You see, the disease was messing with his memory, so that's why he couldn't diagnose it himself, now, since he's on the pills, he can figure out which pill is which.

It's so simple once you know the answer.


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No no no, what he does is go back in time with his ultra rare disease, then take two pills out and leave them in his freezer, then go into the future take the pills take both of them, go back in time and count each pill so he knows he took the right one, and THEN he is cured form his rare disease which happens to be time travel, and gets stuck in the past, creating a paradox and ripping the spacetime continuum.

Fuck, that was simple


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At 10/15/08 07:19 AM, Tramps wrote: He puts each one behind a door. He picks one and then the game-show host asks him if he wants to change his answer. He does and systematically increases his chance of getting the pills he needed from 1/3 to 1/2.

Derren Brown saves lives! Hazar! Or at least increases people's chances of survival.

If I was the guy I would have certainly got drunk and forgotten I'd already dosed that day then overdose later on.

I would have had a go at the doctor for giving me such a dangerous and similarly looking presciption. I reckon it would have been a bluff and called it- by making him eat them! Hah hah haaah!

Besides- when you have such a complicated set of medication, if you mess it up then you probably deserve to die. You life is in your own stupid hands.


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At 10/15/08 07:32 AM, Joe wrote: Oh, of course. It's going to be something pointless too. Probably referencing some information he forgot to provide.

Most likely...


Answer is: He cryogenically freezes himself with a note to the doctor saying, "Mixed up pills, get me some more."

OMFG this could be it!!


No, it's: He uses his knowledge from medical school where he majored in pharmacology and specifically incredibly, mind-blowingly rare diseases to determine which pill is which.

You see, the disease was messing with his memory, so that's why he couldn't diagnose it himself, now, since he's on the pills, he can figure out which pill is which.

Holy hell bizzaro world!! He's a doctor?!? God this just got freaking sweet :o


It's so simple once you know the answer.

I guess....but what does that do to district funding for the public schools Joe? D:


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For example, the first is made of 1st quarters of all tablettes, etc...

= 1 tablette has exactly 2*1/4 medicine-1 and 2*1/4 medicine-2
take 2 pills a day = 4*1/4 medicine-1 and 4*1/4 medicine-2 = 1 medicine-1 and 1 medicine-2

Simple.


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Because I get banned for doing stupid things, I'm no real help to the community, at least not as much as other users, I'd probably turn it down at the moment anyway if I was offered the chance because one, too much work at school and two, there'd be too much work for me to do at Newgrounds.

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Ahh anytime man, you're great. Most the stuff you put up here makes me laugh my silly ass off and you're a great person in my opinion. And yeah sure once I get to know this place more I'll know what a potential modee is and to some degree, I already do. I would just like to see more fun mods.

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he takes 2 A 1 B and puts the B back in the jar


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At 10/15/08 08:18 AM, letiger wrote: he takes 2 A 1 B and puts the B back in the jar

i mean chuck em away and take 1 A then 1 B outta teh jar


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At 10/15/08 08:18 AM, letiger wrote: he takes 2 A 1 B and puts the B back in the jar

ummmm.............


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At 10/15/08 06:50 AM, DemonsRemorse wrote:
At 10/15/08 06:49 AM, Kurt-1 wrote: Chuck em away, he's got two pill bottles full next to him.
By throwing them away, he's going to miss those.
And you can't miss a single pill.

So he puts them to the side and has them checked out later. Jesus, it's not like he's being held at gunpoint to make a decision... Or did you forget that portion of this rediculous hypothetical scenario?

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At 10/15/08 08:21 AM, letiger wrote:
At 10/15/08 08:18 AM, letiger wrote: he takes 2 A 1 B and puts the B back in the jar
i mean chuck em away and take 1 A then 1 B outta teh jar

he clearly specified that he cant miss a Single day, and for some reason cant go to the doctor to get 2 new bottles in the time it takes to use up the rest of the current ones.


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Piss poor attempt at stumping NG.


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At 10/15/08 08:12 AM, Tramps wrote: Also, if he dies because he doesn't take the pills, why did he have to take the pills immediately after seeing the doctor to prolong his life? Wouldn't he have died a long time ago whilst searching through all those diagnosticians?

Ahh... I thought the same thing. Which is how I came to my new conclusion.

The doctors he went to were all specialists, all testing for, and determining he didn't have anything related to their specific field of medicine.

The doctor he went to as a child is a psychologist, who has been, for years, performing a study on the trust that ordinary people put in professionals. The pills he gave the man are both vitamins, harmless by themselves, together, and if he doesn't take them at all. He's testing to see how closely the man follows the instructions he gave him, and whether he decides to get a second opinion from another doctor before committing himself to the treatment.

While he's pondering over what to do with the pills he needs to take, since it's too simple to just take two new pills out of the jars, he remembers that the doctor was a psychologist. And when he was a child, he learned that his treatment for some illness was part of a similar study, which is why his mother never brought him back to that doctor.

What he does... is he goes to see a regular doctor, finds out he has a harmless cold, and the pills given to him were simple vitamins.


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At 10/15/08 08:34 AM, Joe wrote: What he does... is he goes to see a regular doctor, finds out he has a harmless cold, and the pills given to him were simple vitamins.

i have a Way better answer.

The insides of the pills are two different colours for A and B, A being a bright red, and B being a bright blue... due to the different chemicals used. He cuts the pills in half and tada.

solved dat bitch.


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Get a knife, slice 1 a and 1B in half, eat both halves.

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At 10/15/08 08:47 AM, 10-31 wrote: Get a knife, slice 1 a and 1B in half, eat both halves.

time to actually Read the riddle...


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Like just get one of each from the bottles and throw the mixed up ones away? Is this really that difficult?

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"You have to takeONE of each every day. If you don't, you'll die."
"If he eats 2, he might get 1 A and 1 B and then he will die."

I don't get that... Doesn't he need to eat two pills? One of each everyday?

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At 10/15/08 09:18 AM, Cochises wrote: "You have to takeONE of each every day. If you don't, you'll die."
"If he eats 2, he might get 1 A and 1 B and then he will die."

I don't get that... Doesn't he need to eat two pills? One of each everyday?

i guess one is a morning pill, and ones a night pill.

If he takes 2 to make sure he gets the right one.. then he would die.

either that or the OP just fucked up the wording.


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