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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 2360780" data-attributes="member: 508">In the hour before they get lined up, everybody decides that when the time comes and they've got the flames over their heads, the last guy in line (the one who goes first), will state the color of the flame of the person in front of him.  If it so happens to match his own color, then he gets to live; otherwise, he's the sacrificial lamb.  However, the ninth guy in line now knows what color his own flame is, so he knows what his answer will have to be in order to live.Here's where it gets tricky.  If his own flame is the same as the guy immediately in front of him, he can answer truthfully, save his own skin, and also let the guy ahead of him know what color his flame is.  If, however, his flame is green and the guy in front of him has a red flame, he needs to let him know that when he says "green" (to save his own life), he also needs to convey the information "but your flame is red."How to do so?  Fortunately, everyone agreed ahead of time that if you talk normally, you're passing on the true color of the guy immediately ahead of you, but if you say your "green" or "red" in a really low tone (or in a high squeaky voice, or whatever you've all decided amongst yourselves the code for "your color is the opposite of what I'm saying my color is"), the guy ahead of you knows that his own color is the opposite of what was just said.  In this way, you can move on down the line, and everybody will be able to save the life of the guy in front of him.  It just sucks to be the last guy in line (the guy who spoke first), because he's only got a 50-50 shot at guessing correctly.Does that do it?Johnathan</blockquote>

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