Puzzler of the week

[Scott MacLean]

This week's puzzler:

A fellow is driving his car and gets pulled over by a cop. The cop says, "I happened to notice as you were driving by, that your inspection sticker expired six months ago. I'm going to have to give you a ticket."

The fellow replies, "You're not going to believe this, but this is the first time that the car has been driven in seven months.  You see, I was let go from my last job and while the security people were escorting me from the building I fell down a flight of stairs and broke my hip. I've had a pretty rough go of it, what with the surgery, the steel pins and the rehab. I've been home all these months.  I haven't gotten the inspection sticker because it expired while I was convalescing. Just yesterday I got a job offer, and I'm heading for an interview tomorrow.  But I figured, I better go get my inspection sticker because I knew it had expired."

The cop seems to be buying this whole story. He says, "I do feel pretty bad for you. That's a sad story, and I hope you get the job.  But I'm going to have to see your driver's license to make sure that that hasn't expired."

The fellow opens the door to the car, undoes the seatbelt, gets out and reaches for his wallet to get his driver's license.

And the cop says, "I'll definitely need to see that license because I'm writing you a ticket."

His car had been driven during the period of time that he said it wasn't being driven.

What did the cop see?

Last week's puzzler:

A carpenter was hired to build a cabin in the woods, 20 miles from civilization. After the foundation was poured and the concrete had time to cure, he set off early one morning before sunrise, to lag bolt the sills to the foundation. Because there was no electricity at the site, he brought along his generator and an extension cord. He also had his electric drill, drill bits and socket and wrench set.

When he was finished for the day he tried to leave but he found out that his battery was dead. Remember he had left before sunrise? He had left the lights on!

He looked behind the driver�s seat and found jumper cables, a roll of duct tape and a quart of Fillipo Berio Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

By this time it was getting dark, and the coyotes were howling and the buzzards were circling. He was done for. If only there was a way to get power from that generator!

How could he do it with these few items at his disposal?

Last week's puzzler answer:

With his tool kit he slips the belt off the alternator. He then takes the electric drill and the duct tape, and duct tapes the chuck of the drill to the pulley of the alternator, so when he squeezes the trigger on the drill it turns the alternator. Now putting the drill into the generator, he sits there for 15 minutes, holds the trigger. In fact if he was really lazy he could duct tape the trigger. And as the alternator spins, It makes electricity to charge the dead battery. A few minutes later he puts the belt back on, starts the thing, and off he goes, leaving the generator and the drill and tools behind.

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