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Puzzler time. This is an old one. And you have to be old to even try to get this one.

Back in the day, there was a TV series called Perry Mason. And there was a detective on that show named Paul Drake.

So, if you remember that, you can do this puzzler.

Many years ago, Paul Drake had to hire a new assistant and he had three candidates in his office. He decided to interview them and give them a little quiz.

So he said, "Look, guys, there's a crime that needs to be solved. And there's a clue in one of the public libraries in Bakersfield. The clue is stuck inside a book between pages 165 and 166. This is a book about cars that's written by two famous brothers."

Two of the guys jump up and bolt out the door. The third guy doesn't move. He just sits there.

Drake says, "You've got the job."

Why did the third guy get the job? What did he know that the other two applicants did not know?

Good luck.

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Something Borrowed

Some years ago when my son Louis got his driver's license, he asked to use my truck.

He was going to take a little trip to the next town over to visit a friend of his and I gave him the keys. But I gave him this stipulation, "Don't drive very far, because you're not an experienced driver and I certainly don't want you driving on the highway or out of state or anything like that."

And he said, "Don't worry, Dad."

Now being the trusting soul that I am, I didn't bother to write down what the mileage was or anything like that.

He takes the truck. That night he returns and hands me the key. And I go out to the truck. It was dark. I got inside and I didn't see anything on the seat or anything. I didn't know what the level of gas had been when he took the truck or the odometer reading, and I hadn't written down the mileage or anything like that.

I started the engine. I sat in the truck for about maybe half a minute with the engine running. And I knew in an instant that he had gone much further.

How did I know he had gone much further than he said he would?

And here is the hint: The Grateful Dead.