self Maths Puzzle

A man is caught on the King's property. He is brought before the King to be punished.

The King says, "You must give me a statement. If it is true, you will be eaten by the lions. If it is false, you will be trampled by the wild buffalo."

But in the end, the King has to let the man go.

What was the man's statement?

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You are on an island and there are three crates of fruit that have washed up in front of you. One crate contains only apples. One crate contains only oranges. The other crate contains both apples and oranges.

Each crate is labeled. One reads "apples", one reads "oranges", and one reads "apples and oranges". You know that NONE of the crates have been labeled correctly - they are all wrong.

If you can only take out and look at just one of the pieces of fruit from just one of the crates, how can you label ALL of the crates correctly?
A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water.

But the bartender takes out a gun and aims it at the man's head.

The man says "Thank You" and walks out.

Why?