Re: Monica Pignotti: Fool's Mate!

Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

[Followups set to rec.puzzles]

Monica Pignotti said:

<snip>

As for TFT, this troll is upset

Or pretending to be. If you're concerned at what people might think
who (like me) don't know the background to this - um - discussion,
don't worry about it. The bright people will know the troll is
trolling, and who cares what the unbright people think about it?

<snip>

ObPuzzle: three billy-goats (Clydesdale, Mustang, and Virginia) are
trying to get across a bridge. Unfortunately, there is a troll
barring the way, brandishing an ArmaLite AR-10. "Aha!" says he.
"You must be the famous three billy-goats gruff! Clydesdale,
Mustang and Virginia! Well well well. But *this* time I'm armed, so
I get to win - and I'm going to EAT one of you. But if you give me
no trouble, I'll let the other two go. Now, which one of you is
which?"

But they won't tell him their names. So he selects a goat, and then
lets one of the other two across. But THEN he says to the goat he
selected, "it's okay - I don't want you after all. I want that
other one."

Which goat is he really after? Why? And what is the troll's name?

Not sure about the first, but for the second I'd say Monte Halperin.
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