Tuesday, November 1, 2022

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This Week's Puzzler


One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other

The puzzler today is a quick little puzzlement. It isn't the best puzzler, but it will do in a pinch! My brother hated this one. 

I'll look for a better one next time, I promise. 

Okay, I'm going to give you four words. One of them doesn't belong in this group of words. Here are the words.

Oriole. As in the bird, a Baltimore Oriole.
Month. Like in the calendar, a month. 
Oil. Like motor oil. 
Orange. Like the color or the fruit. 

Oriole, month, oil, and orange. 

And the question is which one of those words does not belong with the other three? 

My brother said, "Well, you get three that begin with 'O' and one that begins with 'M'..."  But that's kind of a Mickey Mouse answer, I think. It's too obvious. That isn't what we are looking for. And then he thought more about it and said, "Well, you have three words which are real things like Oriole, oil, and orange and one of them is an abstract concept." All those 3 things are made by nature and a month is a man-made thing. 
So I thought that was a pretty good answer. While it is a great answer, it is unacceptable. There is a better answer out there than those two. 

This is really a three part puzzler. 

A. Which word doesn't belong?
2. Why doesn't it belong?. 
III. On a scale of 1-5, how bad is this puzzler? 5 is it stinks a lot, 1 is it stinks just a little bit...

Good luck!

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Legal Minds

This one is for all the legal minds out there who listen to the show and read out content. And we know we have a lot of lawyers that are fans. They listen to the show on a regular basis and we frequently get letters from them. So this puzzler is a legal matter.  It's very simple. Very brief. 

A man is accused of a crime. He comes before a judge and jury and is tried for said crime. Wicked crime, like murder or something. A heinous crime, indeed. 

And he is convicted. He is found guilty of this crime. 

So he is accused, tried, and convicted. The judge says, "Your guilt has been proven. The jury has found you guilty. Yet by law, I am compelled to set you free."

Why? Why and how?

The jury has found him guilty. What kind of a crime could he have committed with a judge who is bound to set him free? 

Good luck!

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Congratulations to this week's
puzzler winner:

Russell Kurland

Congratulations! This correct answer was chosen at random by our Web Lackeys.

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