Birthday Fun Winner: The 3rd Quarter Winner for our Birthday Fun Year was drawn over the weekend, and the winner was Amy Ragsdale! She will receive one of the following: A) a Spitballs book, B) a 2024 Calendar, or C) a red Porsche. The year is almost done, but here is a reminder of our Birthday Fun contest.
Krazy Pic 1 So many questions!! I’m sure there had to be some reason? Any architects out there?
Krazy Pic 2 I can understand a family (or a community?) wanting to provide fun for their kids, and I can also understand limited budgets. Is this the win/win?
Bonus Krazy Pic My wife Pat claims that one of last week’s Krazy Pics was a duplicate, and I wouldn’t want to cheat you! So here is a Bonus KP: I’m thinking there might be an easier way to do this? (Actually, this might be a long-ago duplicate also, but, hey . . .)
Curiosity of the Week In Alabama, you can’t play dominoes on a Sunday. In Arizona, it’s illegal to feed garbage to pigs without a permit. Some states & cities have some, shall we say, interesting laws. Here are three of them that involve – of all things – kissing!
PP 24.5 Solution The last PP was a version of the classic 2 milk jugs problem. This solution only took 2 steps. Rita Barger submitted a correct version of this.
Pesky Puzzler 24.6 OK. In an effort to stir up interest and encourage participation, I’m offering one of the oldest (and by now easiest?) classics in the book, and you don’t even have to click to see it! Pesky Puzzler 24.6: In my hand, I hold two US coins whose total value is thirty cents, but one of the coins is NOT a quarter? How can this be? I suspect you know this answer – submit your solution, join the fun, and be recognized next time!!
Isn’t Math Wonderful? This Mailing arrived in your devices on April 1 (4/1), which is one of only 15 days each year in which both the month # and the day # are perfect squares! Roll your eyes if you wish, but there are actually lots of days each year that are (mathematically) special. Here’s a list of some of those days for 2024, along with an OFFER: Find out why your birthday – or other special date – is mathematically special!!
Remembering Miss Fules A few years back, right around this time, I made one of my rare newspaper-column attempts to mix education with the time of the year. Any educational insight on this column was hidden between the lines, but I had fun writing it, and not too many folks canceled their subscriptions, as I recall. Since it’s that time of year again, I’ll share it with you: Remembering Miss Fules.