Here are some results (so far) of the Birthday-in-Pi adventures: One result at 6002 (mine!?! :-)) One result at 8657 Three results in the 12,000s. One result in 15,000s. One result in 30,000s. One result in 40,000s. And three folks whose birthdays were not in the first million digits. 🙁 I swore we also got […]
Author: Larry Campbell
SPRING ’23 Brain Teasers
NOTE: Newest BTs in red, Bonuses in blue, comments in green, updates in purple. For reminders on ways to submit answers, see below. Mary’s mother had three daughters. The first two were named April and May. What was the name of the third daughter? A cheetah was clocked running 550 feet in 10 seconds. About how […]
Summary & Solutions: Jan/Feb ’23 BTs
REMINDERS: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions, but feel free to inform.) Comments in green. For further elaboration on solutions, please feel free to ask! Submitters of at least one correct solution: Kurt Killion, Kathy Gordon, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale What was special numerically about the first day of 2023? (Possible […]
Amazing Locations – Dunnotar Castle
Satan’s Mother :-)
Aunt Edna’s Wisdom – Revisited
Remember the old “Aunt Edna’s Wisdom” regular feature? Here are some I hadn’t used before (sorry I don’t have accurate dates): 1. While playing cards . . . “You guys are cheating like sailors!” (Date not recorded.) 2. “EASY is not an indicator of a topic being easy.” (7/25/??) 3. ” . . . got […]
It Could Be Verse – Revisited?
Remember the old “It Could Be Verse” feature? There are lots of them in the Archives, but here’s one I don’t think I’ve used before: The law firm for Elsie the Cow (Namely Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe) Jumped into the fights For animal rights They called it their Sacred Cow Vow.
Brevity and Variety!!
Here is the two sentence short story containing religion, royalty, sex, mystery, and more. 🙂 “My God,” said the Queen, “I’m pregnant! I wonder who did it?!”
Jan/Feb ’23 Brain Teasers
NOTE: Newest BTs in red, Bonuses in blue, comments in green, updates in purple. For reminders on ways to submit answers, see below. What was special numerically about the first day of 2023? (Possible multiple answers?) 2023 has two months that have a Friday the 13th (Jan & Oct). Could a year have two consecutive such months? […]
Summary & Solutions: Fall ’22 Brain Teasers
REMINDERS: Answers in red. Solvers (submitted/correct) in blue. (Forgive any omissions, but feel free to inform.) Comments in green. For further elaboration on solutions, please feel free to ask! Always, sometimes, or never? A given rectangle is also a square. Sometimes. Some rectangles are squares, some are not. Anita Dixon, Rita Barger, Amy Ragsdale. What’s the second […]