"Once in Asia," said Uncle Gorden, "I was captured by bandits. They told me: 'Make a statement - if you speak the truth, we'll hang you... if you say something false, we'll shoot you.' I thought it over for a minute, and then uttered a phrase that confused the robbers so completely that they let me go."
What did he say?
Ponder this teaser, I'll post the answer tomorrow.