Originally posted by Banana King heres an old puzzle in like page 35 of posers and puzzles.
If you have it, you don't need it. If you need it, you don't have it. If you have it, you need more of it. If you have more of it, you don't need less of it. You need it to get it. And you certainly need it to get more of it. But if you don't already have any of it to begin with, you ca ...[text shortened]... any of it in the first place. It's a bit silly for a riddle, but nonetheless a good one.
- If you have it, you don't need it. (having patience means you don't need more)
- If you need it, you don't have it. (those that need patience never have it)
- If you have it, you need more of it. (if you are a patient person, others will do things taht make you need more)
- If you have more of it, you don't need less of it. (if you have lots of patience, you don't need less)
- You need it to get it. And you certainly need it to get more of it.
- But if you don't already have any of it to begin with, you can't get any of it to get started with, so you have no idea how to get any of it in the first place.
It's a bit silly for a riddle, but nonetheless a good one.
"If you have it, you don't need it".
"If you have it, you need more of it".
It's not logically possible that something fills both those descriptions. Some things may seem to fit but there's always somewhere where you'd be fitting a round peg in a square hole.
old puzzle
08 Nov '10 00:58
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