Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
by
Erik Oosterwal
You're a traveler in a distant land which is inhabited by two races. The
first race, we'll call them Glurphs, can not ever tell a lie, and the second
race, we'll call them Rafas, can't seem to ever tell the truth. Being
a stranger to this land you are not familiar with the ways of the people
there and when you meet a group of three citizens you ask them which race
they belong to.
The first one mumbles something that you could not understand.
The second one explains "He said he was a Rafa."
The third one retorts "You're a liar!"
Your problem is to figure out which race the third man belonged to.
I give up, show me the Answer
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