Uhhh... that's cool and all - but what's the puzzle itself?

>>Ok man - I can't find the thread and my curiousity is killing me --- what's the story here?
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>>>>So what was the official answer to the holiday brain teaser about the smurfs?
>>>13 Green
>>>87 Red
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>>>Check the Holdiday Brain Teasers thread for how they figured it out.
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>The key is starting the puzzle and assuming that there was only one green hat and 99 red hats. The very day the smurf with the one green hat would figure it out because he knows there must be at least one green hat. If there were two green hats and I see one green hat and 98 red hats but the one with the green hat does not figure it out after the first day then I know that I must also have a green hat. These two with the green hats would figure it out by the 2nd day.
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>Continue the logic until you get to the 13th day and that's the way you solve the puzzle. The main confusion is that what each smurf would see is 12 green hats and 77 red hats on the first day so they all have to be using the above reasoning every day until the 13th day to really come up with this answer.