Author Archives: James

I found I had a numbering error earlier in the puzzles and have fixed it. Puzzle 42 is still puzzle 42 for the number sake though.

Study this post and all things in it. What is vitally wrong with it? Actually, nothing in it is wrong, but you must admit that it is most unusual. Don’t just zip through it quickly, but study it scrupulously. With … Continue reading →

Happy Columbus Day! And Canadian Thanksgiving. And what other holiday you celebrate! Dr Dr What did that mean? Answer Saturday.

I think my last one was clever. This one… ehh not so much. How can you throw a ball so that it goes a short distance, comes to a total stop, reverses its motion, and then goes the opposite way? … Continue reading →

Last week I was driving the local school bus and 12 kids got on. At the next stop, 5 got off and 7 got on. At the next stop, 10 got on and 1 got off. At the last stop … Continue reading →

Yay 42! I have to make a “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” reference! “Six by nine. Forty two.” But I know how that sentence is true! Answer Saturday.

Well for #40 I thought I would do something challenging. Over the last few hundred years there have been thousands of reported incidents of horses jumping over towers and landing on clergy and small men, forcing their removal. These incidents … Continue reading →