[Another month =
arrives, and on the first weekday of each month we offer a selection of =
word plays and/or puns. Of course, you’re =
welcome.]
I’m building a car from leftover hardware, junk, =
and appliances. I even got the motor from an old washing =
machine. I can’t wait to take it for a =
spin.
After record =
February snow, the news announced that they found a mass grave of =
snowmen in Minnesota. Turned out just to be a field of =
carrots.
We’re =
thinking about starting a travel agency for senior citizens called =
“Floats’um & =
Jets’um”.
Whoever coined the term ‘dentures’ missed a great =
opportunity to call them =
‘substitooths’.
^^^^ ANSWERS =
FROM 2/28 math quiz
1. Using =
only addition, how can you add eight 8’s to get the number =
1,000?
ANSWER: add 888 +88 +8 +8 +8 =3D 1,000
2. What is the smallest three-digit palindrome divisible by =
18?
ANSWER: 252
3. Jake weighs half as much as Joe, and John weighs three times as =
much as Jake. Together, they weigh 720 pounds. How much does each man =
weigh?
ANSWER: If Joe weighs twice as much as Jake, and John three times as =
much, dividing their total weight by six gives us Jake’s weight (think x =
+ 2x + 3x =3D 720). 720 divided by 6 tells us that Jake weighs 120 =
pounds, so Joe weighs 240 pounds and John weighs 360 =
pounds
4. January 1, 2002 was the first "sum-day" of the new =
century (when you write out that date in standard abbreviation, it =
becomes 01/01/02, or shortened further to 1+1=3D2. =
A sum-day is a date in which the day and month add up to the year. =
Today is 2+28 =3D 19 (NOT a sum day) What is the last =
sum-day of the 21st century?
ANSWER: The last sum-day of the 21st century is December 31, 2043, =
because 12+31=3D43, and both the month and day are as big as possible. =
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] =
www.grif.net
"Jesus =
Knows Me, This I Love!”