Quote Originally Posted by Mathster View Post
so the cake isn't in a box at the picnic?

the question wasn't what the box was labeled...
Ahh, but you see, that's the beauty of it You have to read the whole riddle

Quote Originally Posted by Gizmokid2005 View Post
Aunt Mary takes fruit, cake, and cookies for her picnic. She has three boxes for them - one is labeled COOKIES, one is labeled CAKE and one is labeled FRUIT. Aunt Mary likes to fool everyone so she has put every single thing in the wrong box. At the picnic, she tells everyone that the FRUIT is not in the CAKE box. Where is the cake?
ANSWER (Congrats acoustikarl): In the box labeled fruit.

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