>>>>Just to make sure you have no tricks up your sleeve. Looking at the hat they are wearing would be against the rules, right? hehe
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>>>Ok, no sleeves. Let's think, that these sages stay on the beach wearing only hats (black or white) and boxers (the color doesn't matter) :)
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>>Are these sages multi-lingual? Use native language to indicate the person in front of you has the same color hat, use another language to say it is different. If they are not multi-lingual, in strategy time someone would tell everyone else how to say 'Black' and 'White' in the second language.
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>Did you see my hint, BTW?
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>Ok, I give you 24h. to solve, then give my own solution.

*grin* yep, I'll be ready to give up by then

Yes, I saw your hint...thanks for the lunchtime diversion!