Originally Posted by Number 3
All right. Where is the Z28? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right... and who is dead.
Shnomac: But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you: are you the sort of man who would put the Z28 into his own garage or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the Z28 into his own garage, because he would know that only a great fool would look for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the garage in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the garage in front of me.
Number 3: You've made your decision then?
Shnomac: Not remotely. Because Zeta comes from Australia, as everyone knows, and Australia is entirely peopled with criminals, and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not choose the garage in front of you.
Number 3: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
Shnomac: Wait til I get going! Now, where was I?
Number 3: Australia.
Shnomac: Yes, Australia. And you must have suspected I would have known the Z28s origin, so I can clearly not choose the garage in front of me.
Number 3: You're just stalling now.
Shnomac: You'd like to think that, wouldn't you? You've beaten my giant, which means you're exceptionally strong, so you could've put the Z28 in your own garage, trusting on your strength to save you, so I can clearly not choose the garage in front of you. But, you've also bested my Spaniard, which means you must have studied, and in studying you must have learned that man is mortal, so you would have put the Z28 as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the garage in front of me.
Number 3: You're trying to trick me into giving away something. It won't work.
Shnomac: IT HAS WORKED! YOU'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING AWAY! I KNOW WHERE THE Z28 IS!
Number 3: Then make your choice.
Shnomac: I will, and I choose - What in the world can that be?
Number 3: What? Where? I don't see anything.
Shnomac: Well, I- I could have sworn I saw something. No matter. First, let's drink. Me from my glass, and you from yours.
Number 3: You guessed wrong.
Shnomac: You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched garages when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line"! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...
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