Two Fathers, Two Sons

An automotive puzzler for you all now. A short one.

Here it is. Two fathers and two sons are embarking on an automotive trip. And it is a long trip too. Roughly 20 hours of driving is needed for this trip.

So, because the trip is so long, they agreed to drive in 5-hour shifts, to break it up a bit. So one person will drive for 5 hours, and then the other. You get the idea.

When they arrived at their destination, they were greeted by some friends. And one of them said, "How was the trip?"

And the guy who did the final leg of the driving said, "Well, it was pretty good, I guess. But I ended up driving for almost 10 hours..."

However, everyone who agreed to drive took their shift and fulfilled their part of the bargain. So, why did this guy end up driving 10 hours?

Hint, they were all licensed drivers. So how did this happen?

Good luck.

Answer the Puzzler »

Remember last week's puzzler?

Carrot Brick

It is a little puzzler this time. A non-automotive, short little puzzler.

We went over to our Mom's house years ago and there was a pretty good crowd. I think there were like eight of us. A bunch of family members.

There were eight of us and Mom had baked a carrot cake. And it was a rectangular shape, like a carrot cake brick. And because there were eight of us we had to cut the carrot cake into eight pieces, right?

So, Dad says he can cut the carrot brick cake into eight pieces, no problem. And then one of the kids says, "Hey, wait a minute, Gramps. You can do that with fewer than four cuts."

And Dad says. "I can?? Show me how." And he did. Three cuts.

So, how did he do it? How can you cut a brick of cake into eight equal pieces with three cuts only, three slices of a knife?

Good luck.