Unclassified Puzzles 215very simple matter it is. Yet it is more than likely that you will at first take a
great many more steps than are necessary.
- AN AWKWARD TIME
"When I told a man the other morning," said Colonel Crackham at the
breakfast table, "that I had to catch the 12:50 train, he surprised me by say-
ing that it was a very awkward time for any train to start. I asked him to ex-
plain why. Can you guess his answer?"
- CRYPTIC ADDITION
31JO
)'+81']
Can you prove that the above addition sum is correct?- THE TWO SNAKES
We have been asked this question:
Suppose that two snakes start swallowing one another simultaneously, each