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ugly, he fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter. Proposing a bargain, he said he'd forgo the debt if he could marry
his daughter.
Both farmer and daughter were horrified.
The cunning moneylender suggested that they let providence decide the matter.
He told them that he'd put a black pebble and a white pebble
into an empty bag. Then the girl would pick one pebble from the bag.
1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife
and her fathers' debt would be forgiven.
2) If she picked the white pebble, she need not marry him and her fathers' debt would still be forgiven.
3) If she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be
thrown into jail.

They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmers' field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles. What would
you have done if you were the girl?

2006-08-12 20:39:43 · 4 answers · asked by elge13 3 in Entertainment & Music Jokes & Riddles

4 answers

i would choose one of the two black pebbles, quickly swallow it, and since the one that remains is black, it's logic that the one i swallowed must have been white. So the moneylender will either admit that he lost and forgive the debt, or admit that he cheated and make a fool of himself in front of everyone !

2006-08-14 05:14:12 · answer #1 · answered by n_u_s_i_k 2 · 0 0

As it is the moneylenders idea he should be the one to pick the pebbles, with some slight changes

2006-08-13 00:12:33 · answer #2 · answered by Whodaman 4 · 0 1

Pick a pebble and throw it away/dispose of it some way (swallow it, if need be) without anyone seeing it. Then declare, "let's see which one I *didn't* pick."

2006-08-12 20:43:31 · answer #3 · answered by themikejonas 7 · 1 0

Conciliation courtroom/Small Claims courtroom. yet that takes time and each and every thing else i ought to point is a criminal offense. go fill out your declare papers and be conscious in case you may have them expedited so it quickens the technique. Then shop in ideas this affirming contained in the destiny, "under no circumstances a borrower or a lender be". This one female had sufficient gall to inquire from me for $15,000 so she ought to pay her marker at a on line casino in the different case she must be in hardship. it is what I stated, "ha ha ha ha ha".

2016-11-30 00:37:56 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

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