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February 9, 2011

The loser wins !!


A sheik announced that a race would decide which of his two sons
would inherit all his wealth. The sons were to ride their camels
to a certain distant city. The son whose camel reached the city
last would be given all the sheik's wealth.

The two sons set out on the journey. After several days of
aimless wandering, they met and agreed to seek the advice of
a wise man. After listening to the wise man's advice, the two sons
rode the camels as quickly as possible to the designated city.

What was it that the wise man told the two sons? They did not
agree to split the wealth, and their father's decree would
be followed.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

He told them to switch camels.

Swadhi said...

Ahah, that's a good answer Anonymous. Makes sense to me anyway! :)

Anonymous said...

great idea :)

. said...

quite possible that the father talked only abt "camels"..so the sons killed their camel and ran to grab the kingdom???

Occam said...

They had to have switched camels.

Anonymous said...

But whats the actual answer is???

Anonymous said...

the answer which makes sense is
"the wise man told them to switch camels"

Anonymous said...

since the city is a distant land... you should rush to the city and claim to be the other son

then you go on vacation and have plastic surgery till word reaches your father again

after you blow all ur cash... go home and claim ur wealth

haha

Anonymous said...

camels are going to die any moment and hence you wont be able to reach the destination

Anonymous said...

he must have told them to reach the city at the same time. a tie

Anonymous said...

that the sheik is broke and in debt?

SpottyMo said...

Cool and sensible answer , 'Switched their camels' -Anonymous
I never thought of that haha
=)

Anonymous said...

There was a city called 'last'.

Anonymous said...

He told them to switch camels. I've seen this before, it's definitely correct. That way, the fastest person's camel comes in last and they win.

Anonymous said...

hah

I thought that the wise man got the idea that their camels are already switched by the father...