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Centerfold Riddle Me This? After having almost been poisoned, King Achashveirosh decided to inoculate himself from being poisoned again. He knew that in Paras, if you drank poison, the only way to save yourself is to drink a stronger poison, which neutralizes the weaker poison. So King Achashveirosh wanted to make sure that he possesses the strongest poison in the kingdom, in order to ensure his survival, in any situation. He called the kingdom’s pharmacist and the kingdom’s treasurer, and he gave each a week to make the strongest poison. Then, each would drink the other one’s poison, then his own, and the one that will survive will be the one that had the stronger poison. The pharmacist went straight to work, but the treasurer knew he had no chance, for the pharmacist was much more experienced in this field, so instead, he made up a plan to survive and make sure the pharmacist dies. On the last day, the pharmacist suddenly realized that the treasurer would know he had no chance, so he must have a plan as well. After a little thought, the pharmacist realized what the treasurer’s plan must be, and so he concocted a counter-plan, to make sure he survives and the treasurer dies. When the time came, the king summoned both of them. They drank the poisons as planned, and the treasurer died, the pharmacist survived, and the king didn’t get what he wanted. What exactly happened there?
CFC When the pharmacist figured out this plan, he decided to bring water as well. So the treasurer who drank poison earlier drank the pharmacist’s water, then his own water, and died of the poison he drank before. The pharmacist drank only water, so nothing happened to him. And because both of them brought King Achashveirosh water, he didn’t get a strong poison like he wanted. Answer: The treasurer’s plan was to drink a weak poison prior to the meeting with King Achashveirosh, and then he would drink the pharmacist’s strong poison, which would neutralize the weak poison. As his own poison, he would bring water, which will have no effect on him, but the pharmacist who would drink the water and then his poison would surely die.
