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Hey Don, I see great minds
think alike, Ithought the same as you before I read yours.
cliff
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 8:51
AM
Subject: Re: Puzzler of the week
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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