20 December
2012
17 December
2012
Hey You!
16 December
2012
Tire wear and tear
I got this puzzle from my brother-in-law today (all your jokes about troubles created by inlaws to be inserted here 🙂 ). I believe I have arrived at the right answer but since he does not know the answer himself, would like to see if others can prove or disprove me.
A car’s wear and tear pattern is such that any new tire put in the front can last 40,000 miles and the ones in the rear can last 60,000 miles. You are given four new tires to begin with and you can interchange the tires between front and rear as many times as you want. What is the maximum distance you can drive?
16 December
2012
Probability of a son
Strictly speaking, it is not puzzle time since I am flying out of Atlanta not to Atlanta. But what the hell, it is holiday season… so, here goes..
I was addressing a large audience this morning and asked those who have two kids to raise their hands. Then I asked – of all the people who have their hands raised – to keep their hands raised if one of their child is a son born on a Sunday. They rest can put their hands down. Now I picked any one from the ones left with their hands raised. What is the probability that their other child is a son?
(assume equal probability for having a son or a daughter or which day of the week a child is born).
16 December
2012
Need empty chairs?
16 December
2012
More conundrum
16 December
2012
Conundrum
16 December
2012
1800 flight
I am on Delta Flight 1800 from ATL to IAD this evening. Originally, I made the mistake of assuming this will be a free flight 🙂 — at Delta Sky Club at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
16 December
2012
Humor inflight!
Getting out of Dallas, that was the most hilarious announcement made by a flight attendant to shut down our phones. He named every single type of device, puns on those names, telecom carriers, operating systems, TV brands that I know of and asked us to shut them down. Unless the device kept us alive – which he insisted that we have to prove by shutting it down once 🙂 And then he capped it off by exhorting the pilot “Ok, Captain, let’s go-go-go” 😉 Every single passenger was in fits of laughter.
Now here is the twist. I am NOT on Southwest this morning. I am on Delta!!
16 December
2012