******* The Car Talk Puzzler Psychic Friends Network******* >From The Desk Of
Maury Maille Puzzler Tower Car Talk Plaza Hahvahd Squayah Our Fair City This Week's Puzzler: A Jumble of Numbers RAY: I'm going to start reciting to you the numbers between 1 and 100, including 1 and 100, perhaps. I'm going to leave a space of 7 or 8 or 9 seconds between each one. So, the first number I'll give you is, say "2," then "3," then "27," then "51." When I'm finished reciting all the numbers but one, I'm going to ask you which one I left out. You can't use a pencil and paper. You can't write anything down. When I'm done I'll have given you not a hundred numbers, but ninety-nine. Your job is to tell me which one I didn't give you. I'll give you a hint: There are two ways to do it. There's the easy way-- and there's the cowboy way. Got one way, anyway? 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? Saving Dougie from Chronic Laziness Disease RAY: Our erstwhile Producer, Dougie Berman, was diagnosed recently with a rare disease: chronic laziness. If not treated, it could be fatal. The doctor prescribed two different kinds of pills and said, "They have to be taken simultaneously, at bedtime, every night. Take one from one bottle, and one from the other. It's the interaction of the two pills that is the key." Dougie's got 10 pills in each bottle. But if he makes the mistake of taking two of the same pill, he's done for. TOM: What if he only takes one pill? RAY: Done for, again. He decides to convalesce at his remote mountain cabin, and he begins the six-hour drive to get there. But his car breaks down and he has to walk the last 20 miles clutching these two bottles of pills-- the only thing between him and the Grim Reaper. He arrives after dark. He's so weak that delirium has begun to set in. TOM: How would he know? RAY: Good question. As he makes his way to the kitchen sink, he stumbles and falls and, you guessed it: he spills all the pills. When he wakes up, he finds that one of the containers has two pills in it, the other container is empty, and there are 18 pills scattered all over the floor. He begins to gather up the pills. As he's looking at them he discovers to his horror that they all look alike. They're the same color, shape and size. There's no way to tell them apart. He's getting weaker by the minute. But! He remembers that he has his very own very accurate, "analytic" scale-the kind that a pharmacist would use. Yet, by the time he weighs the 11th pill, his worst fear is confirmed. Not only do they all look and feel and smell alike, but also, they all weigh the same. There's absolutely no way to distinguish one pill from another. Is there a way for him to take the recommended dosage and save his life, or should we let the Grim Reaper in and start looking for a new Producer? Did you save our Producer from certain doom? Find out, at 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 ******************* USEFUL INFORMATION ALERT: Tired of paying auto club dues to an outfit that lobbies against environmental causes? Check out Better World Club. It's an auto club with genuinely decent values-- unlike some others we could name... whose initials happen to be AAA. Better World Club cares about... *Your environmental interests--it gives 1% of its revenue to environmental clean up and advocacy. *Your consumer interests--it even has discounts on hybrid rental cars. *And, it has the nation's only bicycle roadside assistance program. Dump your AAA membership and join Better World! If you join via the Car Talk web site, you'll even get an extra month's membership. Check out Better World Club now 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.
