Conjuring Archive

Finding a logical patter line for oil & water is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. You know it's there but you have to work hard to find it. Here is one approach.

I explain that some years ago when I was in the mideast, a Shah invited me to his palace. There he suggested a little game. Informing me that he had two daughters, one of them lovely, he said that in order to win her hand, all I had to do was pick out two red cards and two black cards from a packet of reds and blacks. As soon as I succeeeded, I would win the hand of this beautiful creature.

Naturally apprehensive, I asked, "And what if I lose?" He laughed and said, "Then you win the hand of my other daughter."

Karl Fulves
Four Color Problems, 1979, p. 4