Three Girlfriends
Puzzler time.
This one is kind of automotive.
Here we go.
Long, long ago, when he was just a young lad, one of our producers had three girlfriends at the same time. He was a young guy at the time. This was before dating apps, so he had to actually go see them instead of just texting them.
Anyway, he was juggling these three girls. On Monday, he would visit one. On Tuesday another. And another on Wednesday. And then he'd repeat the process. Thursday visit number one, Friday number two, Saturday number three, etc, etc. You get the idea.
And each time he would make one of these visits, he would drive his car. But before he could drive the car, because it was a junker, he had to go through a little ritual. He would open the hood and he'd have to top up the coolant because the car leaked coolant. He had to top up the power steering fluid. He had to fill up the oil because he was burning oil like crazy, blue smoke out of the tailpipe all the time.
So he follows this procedure with each visit to each girl. And since he has this complete jalopy, which is very recognizable, he pulls up the the girl's driveway and then drives as far in the woods as he can so that his car won't be recognized. He does this for girlfriend number one, and then on Tuesday for girlfriend number two, and on Wednesday, girlfriend number three.
But when he pulls up to girlfriend number three's house, an interesting thing happens. Fire erupts under the hood. The thing bursts into flames. At which point he jumps out of the car, removes his pants and beats out the flames. And then when the fire has finally subsided, he stashes the car, goes to her house and tries to explain to her parents why he's coming to meet her with no pants on.
So this goes on and on. Girlfriend number one, no problem. Number two, no problem. But every time he visits girlfriend number three, same problem. The car catches fire under the hood. He can't explain it. He takes this as an omen, and dumps the other two girlfriends and keeps girlfriend number three, because any girl who can put up with him showing up without his pants has got to be worth it.
So the puzzler is, what is it about his visit to girlfriend number three which causes this huge issue under the hood, and ultimately causes him to have to give up his pant?
Good luck.
