A Puzzle

Yes or No:

IF the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one was more difficult than the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one, THEN was the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one more difficult than the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one?

I should probably be shot for posting that...

What do mean "probably"?

Off the top of my head, no.
Because they are the same puzzles.

yes

am puzzled.. no but yeah but no but no but yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah but no but yeah THEN yeah but not but yeah but no but yeah but yeah but yeah but no!!!!!!!!!

lol, it is a bit confusing, isn't it?

Originally posted by davegage
I should probably be shot for posting that...

Originally posted by PawnCurry
[b]Ready...

<Sound of clicking as bolts are cocked, chambers loaded>

Aim...

<Dreadul silence hangs in the air as davegage contemplates his final moments...>

Fire!

<CRACK-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack!!! - Last thing davegage hears before half a dozen .303 rounds tear a gaping hole in his heaving rib-cage>

RIP 😴[/b]

Let before = +1
Let after = -1

Then
"IF the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one was more difficult than..."
is + 4 - 2 = = +2
and can be rewritten as
"IF the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved before this one is more difficult than..."

"...more difficult than the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one, THEN..."
is + 2 - 1 = + 1
and can be rewritten as
"...more difficult than the puzzle you solved before you solved this one, THEN..."

So the whole phrase can be summarized as
"IF the previous puzzle was easier than the one before that, THEN..."

"...THEN was the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one more difficult than..."
is + 2 - 1 = + 1
and can be rewritten as
"THEN was the puzzle you solved before this one more difficult than..."

"...more difficult than the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one?"
is + 3 - 1 = + 2
and can be rewritten as
"...more difficult than the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one?"

So the whole phrase reads
"...THEN was the previous puzzle more difficult than the one before that?"

So the whole sentence reads

"If the previous puzzle was easier than the one before that, THEN was the previous puzzle more difficult than the one before that?"

Answer: NO

Now, where did I put that shotgun??

Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
So the whole sentence reads

"If the previous puzzle was easier than the one before that, THEN was the previous puzzle more difficult than the one before that?"

Answer: NO

Now, where did I put that shotgun??

Originally posted by davegage
Yes or No:

IF the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one was more difficult than the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved after you ...[text shortened]... e puzzle you solved before you solved this one?

I should probably be shot for posting that...

here is something more entertaining:

if you have 10 trees, how can you arange them in 5 rows of 4 trees each?