Sorry, I had to...

Originally Posted by sideshow46

Oh please tell us Law. I hate it when I cant get it within a few hours. I go mad...

Drop it...

They're on the stony path. Pick any bag but drop the contents on the path without seeing what colour it was. Check the other bag - it's a black stone, so the picked bag must be a white stone (or was it? )

But he said they were both black....

so i was kind of right

Originally Posted by sideshow46

But he said they were both black....

Yeah, but then the guy would have to admit to cheating and the bet would be void.

penny dropped.

Take one stone out and swallow it, you then say i dont know what stone i swallowed but if you look in the bag you can see which one i left behind......


A variation on an old Roman (or might have been Greek) legend

[tigersaw]

I assume the daughter doesn't know she is being deceived, so why would she have to come up with a cunning plan?
Normally, you'd insist on seeing the contents of the other bag after you had picked the black stone, just to see fair play.

Originally Posted by tigersaw

I assume the daughter doesn't know she is being deceived, so why would she have to come up with a cunning plan?
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good point

BAPH...........TELL US NOW

Gottit.

She waits for a couple of days, then chooses.

This landlord sounds like a right wazzack. His place is bound to be cruddy and there is likely to be doggy doo-doo outside. Perhaps he picked up doo-doo instead of black stones. Waiting a couple of days may cause the doo-doo to go white and crusty. White stones!