Puzzle 273
Two fine fellows were working very hard all day at the local coal mine.
One of the fellows managed to get a really dirty face, but the other fellow managed to stay clean.
When they reached the end of their day and re-joined the surface in the lift, the fellow with the dirty face simply went home, however, the fellow with the clean face rushed off to wash.
Why?
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What could each fellow see?
Answer
The fellow with the clean face saw the fellow with the dirty face and thought his face was also dirty and wanted to wash it and vice versa.
Puzzle 274
Which word is the odd one out?
erah reed yenkom tibbar tac tesomram gip
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Try reading the words backwards.
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yenkom.
Reasoning
The others are the names of animals spelled backwards:
hare, deer, rabbit, cat, marmoset, pig.
But YENKOM is not quite the reverse of MONKEY.
Puzzle 275
How many common five letter words can you make from the following letters, using all the letters in each word?
AELST
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There are quite a few anagrams, one of which is LEAST.
Answer
Least, slate, stale, steal, tales, teals.
Remember that the question asked for common words.
Puzzle 276
Which cheese is...
...made backwards?
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The answer is in the question.
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Edam.
MADE backwards!
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