Logical vs. Lateral Thinking: The Answer + A New Post

Here is what the girl did ....

The girl put her hand into the bag and pulled out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.

"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked."

Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the money-lender did not dare admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.

MORAL OF THE STORY:
Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't attempt to think.

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Wit & Wisdom

If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.
-Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein

Don't be possessed by your possessions.
-Photographer Lisl Steiner

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
-Author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
-Feminist Gloria Steinem

It's the friends you can call at 4 a.m. that matter.
-Actress Marlene Dietrich

Pick one (1) of these quotes and tell why you like it.