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I came up with this puzzle but found few people who could solve it.

Today being a federal holiday, Anne and Mary are neighbors that both have the day off. They live in the United States. Being close-by neighbors with long-ago-established phone numbers, they have the same area code. It was Anne's birthday the month before last.
They run into each other outside.

Mary says to Anne, "Why don't you call me sometime? With a birthday like yours, it should be easy to remember my number." Although it then occurred to Mary, that she doesn't know the exact day of Anne's birthday.

Which holiday is today? (Answer is in a comment below.)

December 19th, 2016 at 11:00 pm | Comments & Trackbacks (1) | Permalink

A logic puzzle.

The Pillon Robbery

It was pouring with rain that Saturday when Glen Roberts searched his garage for the tool he needed to fix his convertible roof. It wasn’t there, so he decided to look for it later and went back into the house.
The phone rang. He picked it up and it was his friend, Paul.
“Did you hear about the robbery?”
“…..No.”
“The Pillon family across the street was robbed.”
“Really? Who did it?”
“The police don’t know yet. I bet the thief is rejoicing right now, though, getting away with something like that. That family has always been rich. I guess unless they find the criminal, the Pillons will turn out like my family, in financial trouble, I mean. We’ve never been too well off.”
“Well I know, but I can’t relate. Anyway I need to go, maybe I’ll see you later.”
He then heard the doorbell ring and went to answer it. It was the police.
“I’m officer Miller. I’m going to ask you a few questions having to do with the robbery at your neighbor’s house. First of all, do you know about it?”
“Yes. My friend told me.”
“Have you seen anyone suspicious around lately?”
“No, I haven’t seen anyone like that.”
“Where were you today?”
“ I was just driving around, shopping and running errands.”
The police officer paused and looked like he was thinking. He then went to his car and got another police officer and they arrested him.

Why did they arrest him?

November 10th, 1999 at 12:54 pm | Comments & Trackbacks (0) | Permalink