Riddles

[eejit101]

Riddle me this NDN... you stand at a crossroads: one path leads to heaven, pocket aces, and everything you could ever want; the other leads to death, destruction,VD, and bad beats. At each path stands a man (so there's two total :-p) one of them always lies, and the other always tells the truth. You can ask one man one question, unknowing of which one is the liar and which one is the one that tells the truth. what question do you ask either of them, to undoubtedly know the right path to go??
Im pretty sure that there is only one answer to this, so rack your brains and lets see who gets it. Please also feel free to post more riddles, as they are one o my favorite things to do after i lose, which is too often...

Firstly - A crossroads would have 3 seperate paths, i believe you mean a "fork".

Secondly - Id ask which path the other guy would tell you to take and take the other one.

If the person is safe he will truthfully tell you that the liar would tell you to take the unsafe path.
If he is the liar he would lie and tell you that the truthful person would direct you down the unsafe path.

[BnLM5]

Firstly - A crossroads would have 3 seperate paths, i believe you mean a "fork".

Secondly - Id ask which path the other guy would tell you to take and take the other one.

If the person is safe he will truthfully tell you that the liar would tell you to take the unsafe path.
If he is the liar he would lie and tell you that the truthful person would direct you down the unsafe path.

I don't get it, how would you know? Because if you asked one man "which path would he (meaning the other man) tell me to take?" The liar could answer you, (he would tell you to take my path for it is right) or he could answer you (he would tell you to take his path for it is right) How would you know if he is lying or not? Unless you asked him an obvious question?

[0maxpower0]

Firstly - A crossroads would have 3 seperate paths, i believe you mean a "fork".

Secondly - Id ask which path the other guy would tell you to take and take the other one.

If the person is safe he will truthfully tell you that the liar would tell you to take the unsafe path.
If he is the liar he would lie and tell you that the truthful person would direct you down the unsafe path.

yea ur right eej and yea i did mean a fork :-p

[taylovesthebeatles]

yea ur right eej and yea i did mean a fork :-p

Yeah eejit's definitely right. It's the exact same question they ask in Labyrinth, pretty much.