In addition, I don't know what to make of a person who says:
Everything I say is a lie.
If it's true, it's false; and an answer, by virtue of being right, is wrong.
Perhaps for no good reason, the made-up gameshow conundrum reminds me of an actual test question I had in junior high Health:
Marijuana comes from:
A. Indian hemp plant
B. Flowering top of Indian hemp plant
C. Both A and B
D. Only A
E. Only B
The author of this question was also my Sex Education teacher. Don't know if that explains anything. As I remember it, the question was toward the end of the test, so kids came to it at different times depending on how fast they were working, and the silent test-taking vibe in the room was intermittently interrupted by laughter as first this kid and then that one realized that the teacher was, you know, daft. In laughing about it with my sister, I said I'd answered C—"clearly the best option." She said the teacher should have included a sixth choice:
F. Only C
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