Can you do division?  Divide a loaf of bread by a knife.  What's the answer to that?
-Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

The Riddle of the Three Doors

     You are a noble prince, and you are on a quest to save your beloved princess. The wicked Dragon has captured her and locked her up in his dark tower.  None have yet defeated this vile creature, but nothing will stop your determination to challenge it.  However, the monster had two cups of strong, rich, coffee this morning, and is feeling benign.  It leads you up to three doors, and says:
  "Two of these doors have tigers behind them, but one leads to your princess. You can choose."
One out of three is a poor chance for such a valiant prince, but fighting the dragon you stand no chance at all,  so you sigh and step towards a door.
  "Stop.  Two cups of coffee have made me soft indeed," says the Dragon, "About the door you are about to open I will say nothing, but behind THIS door," he opens a door just a crack so that you can see the tiger within, "contains a tiger."

Now cometh the tricky part. Should you, prince, step away from the door you chose and open the other one (not the one that the Dragon opened, but the one that's left), or should you proceed and just open the one you were about to open?

THAT is the question.

Not some to be or not to be...


To find the answer, go to answersdiscarded . blogspot . com, and no, I'm not putting it as a link, so that you have SOME time to think about the riddle. (answer number 1).