Can you solve this week's puzzler?

View in browser » Writing Right Time for the puzzler this week. Here we go. Here is an interesting fact. Leonardo da Vinci was left handed, but he wrote backwards. He wrote from the right side of the page to the left side of the page. And he didn't write the way we write. He practiced what was called 'mirror writing.' He actually wrote backwards. So if you held up a mirror to what he wrote, you could read it. If you ever read The Da Vinci Code, then you know this already. I thought this was kind of interesting. Then I remembered when we were kids in school, every kid that was left handed was forced to learn to write with their right hand, almost without exception. This is hardly ever done now. But back then there was a very good reason for it. There was a practical reason for it, which for the most part, does not exist today. What was that reason? Answer the Puzzler » Remember last week's puzzler? Two Tokens Here we go. We used this one many, many years ago.  A blind man enters the subway by walking down the stairs with the assistance of his seeing-eye dog. When he gets to the bottom of the stairs, there is a cage behind which is sitting a woman who's the token vendor. That is how long ago this was, because they have not used tokens in decades... And there's a sign there that says, "Tokens, 40 cents." The blind man reaches into his pocket and through the slit in the cage he hands the woman a dollar.  No words are spoken. She has never seen him before. They don't know each other at all. She hands him two tokens and 20 cents change. We know this puzzler is old because you can't ride the subway for 40 cents anywhere in the world.  The puzzler question is very simple, how did she know he wanted two tokens? Find out here » Congratulations to this week's puzzler winner:  matthewvance Congratulations! This correct answer was chosen at random by our Web Lackeys. Cartalk.com Community This Week's Show Podcast Add to address book Unsubscribe from list Email preferences Shameless Commerce Care of WBUR, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Contents © 2024, Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.

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Can you solve this week's puzzler?

View in browser » Two Tokens Time for the puzzler for this week.  Here we go. We used this one many, many years ago.  A blind man enters the subway by walking down the stairs with the assistance of his seeing-eye dog. When he gets to the bottom of the stairs, there is a cage behind which is sitting a woman who's the token vendor. That is how long ago this was, because they have not used tokens in decades... And there's a sign there that says, "Tokens, 40 cents." The blind man reaches into his pocket and through the slit in the cage he hands the woman a dollar.  No words are spoken. She has never seen him before. They don't know each other at all. She hands him two tokens and 20 cents change. We know this puzzler is old because you can't ride the subway for 40 cents anywhere in the world.  The puzzler question is very simple, how did she know he wanted two tokens? Good luck. Answer the Puzzler » Remember last week's puzzler? Common Tool Puzzler time.  Here it is. This one is an oldie.  Back in the day, a soldier returned to his base to find his golf clubs had been removed from the trunk of his vintage 1960's Ford. After complaining around the base, he learned that this crime had been repeatedly happening with older Fords, and only older Fords, parked in the base parking lot while the car owners were on military duty. This was before keyfobs, so that is how long ago this was. It was happening to only Fords that used actual keys. No damage have been reported to the cars. Only thefts. So our soldiers deduced that someone must have had a set of master keys to let themselves into the older cars parked in the lot. And the puzzler question is this.  What did he do to prevent this burglary from happening to him again. He didn't spend any money. It only a few minutes with a common tool. Find out here » Congratulations to this week's puzzler winner:  mywalker Congratulations! This correct answer was chosen at random by our Web Lackeys. Cartalk.com Community This Week's Show Podcast Add to address book Unsubscribe from list Email preferences Shameless Commerce Care of WBUR, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 Contents © 2024, Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.

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