A town has 2 barbershops (and ONLY 2 barbershops), one on the west side, and one on the east. The one on the east end is incredibly messy, and the barber has terrible hair. The one on the west side has a clean and shiny shop, and the barber has neat hair. Now if you were visiting this town and wanted a haircut, which barber should you go to and why?
This is reverse psychology: you should go to the one on the east side. "Why?" you might ask. "His shop is messy, and he himself has terrible hair!"
Well, since the town has only 2 barbershops, that means that one barber has to cut the hair of the other, because obviously you can't cut your own hair. That means that the person with the neater hair had his hair cut by the other barber, and the barber with the messy hair (the east one) had to get his hair cut by the west barber. That means that the east barber has better cutting skills, judging by the hair he cut for the west barber. His shop is messy because many people come to get their hair cut by him. The west barber, on the other hand, has nice hair (cut by the east barber) and cut the east barber's hair for him, which is terrible, and his shop is clean because no one ever comes in it.
I know there are a lot of loopholes in this riddle, such as the fact that not everyone gets their hair cut by a barber and many mothers do excellent hair, and also that a shop can be cleaned, etc. BUT I DIDN'T MAKE UP THIS RIDDLE! :)
It's an excellent riddle, though, this is one of my favourites.
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