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Maury Maille Puzzler Tower Car Talk Plaza Hahvahd Squayah Our Fair City This Week's Puzzler: Ray's Mysterious Gas Station Chat RAY: I thought I'd start off the new, fall puzzler season with a quasi-automotive puzzler. Last month, when gas prices were at their highest, I stopped off one day at my friend Paul's gas station to get tanked up. While he filled my tank, we talked about world affairs, sports, the latest fall fashions in the automobile repair industry, the state of the auto repair business, and cars in general. I listened to his lament about how much it cost to fill his underground tanks. When he had finished filling my tank, and I was about to leave, I made a statement. I said something like, "Gee, it's really getting harder and harder to do these days, isn't it?" Get your mind out of the gutter, because I know what you're thinking. TOM: I can't say that it didn't cross my mind. RAY: He agreed. He said, "Yeah, it is." Another customer, who was pumping his own gas, heard my statement, and also agreed with me. He added, "And, it's not likely to get any easier." The question is, what was the "it" I was referring to? Think you know? Drop us a note via http://www.cartalk.com/email/email.html If you're right and we select your answer, we'll ship you a $26 Shameless Commerce Gift Certificate. Want to listen to Raymond obfuscate the puzzler in person? Listen anytime, at http://www.cartalk.com/content/puzzler/ ************ Remember last week's puzzler? The Power of One, Measly Letter RAY: I have, written on a piece of paper in front of me, a word that is plural and also masculine. Now, I know we don't have masculine and feminine words in English the way we do in Italian or French. But, we do have words that connote masculinity. For example, the word "boys" is a plural word that connotes masculinity. The word I have written here is like "boys." It's masculine, and ends in "s." Not only that, but you change this word from plural to singular and from masculine to feminine, all by adding an "s" to it! I spent last night reading the entire Oxford English Dictionary, and I only found one example for which this works. Think you know what word Ray was talking about? Well, here it is: http://www.cartalk.com/content/puzzler/ So, did you figure it out? Yours in weekly puzzler torment, Maury Maille Puzzler Dissemination Specialist Car Talk Plaza ******************* Doing some car research? Via our lousy, little homepage you can... *Check important safety recalls *See what your car is worth right now *Check rebates and incentives on new cars *Search your town for new or used cars for sale *Place an ad to sell your car that'll actually be seen by people in your area *Research and compare new vehicles *Get the latest car news *Kill time until 5:00 p.m. rolls around and you can pack it in *It's all at http://www.cartalk.com *********************************** Got more time to kill? This past weekend's new, lousy Car Talk show is now on the web site, at http://www.cartalk.com/Radio/Show/ ******************** Help Ray lose the night sweats he's been getting, trying to come up with a decent puzzler each week. E-mail him your suggestion any time, via http://www.cartalk.com/email/email.html ******************** Puzzled out? You can unsubscribe to the Car Talk Puzzler Psychic Friends Network anytime at http://www.cartalk.com/ct/maillist.jsp?puzzler_list=subscribe#psychic We'll forgive you.
