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At 10:29 PM 05/28/2002, Scott MacLean
wrote:
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?
PROBABLY A STICKER on the door edge showing
a record of service(oil change) with the date a & mileage on
it. Donnie......
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?
That was my answer.
John .
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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