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WoW you too John ! cliff
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 9:36
AM
Subject: Re: Puzzler of the week
When the guy opened his car door the cop saw a
sticker on the edge of the door with the date of the latest oil change which
had been within the past six months. John
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?
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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