The Racing Car

Time for the new puzzler, a very automotive puzzler for you all today.

A customer came into the garage years ago, a long time ago. He was complaining that his car was racing.

He said, "It races like heck in the morning and even later on after I've driven it a while, it continues to race. Could you take a look at it?"

So we said, "Yes, of course."

So he leaves the car with us and he goes off to earn the money he's going to have to make to pay us to fix it...

And he returns later in the day and someone hands him his repair order that says the car is all fixed. And the repair bill is for a very small amount. Very small. The amount was less than $50. Which is very low as repair bills go, as we all know.

They handed him the repair bill, he looks at it and then says, "Well, what did they do to the car??"

And the mechanic says, "Well, it says here that they adjusted and cleaned your choke."

And the guy says, "Oh, okay." And he happily paid the bill. But then, as he was walking out the door, he turns around and says, "Hey, wait a minute. My car has fuel injection!"

And the mechanic looks at the slip and goes, "Oh it does? Ooops!"

So, the question is, what happened? Who screwed up here?

Good luck.

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Remember last week's puzzler?

7,8,9, and 10

This was one my brother liked. Not automotive in nature, but very interesting. Here we go.

As many of our listeners and fans know, the Latin words for 7,8,9, and 10 are the route words in the English language for the months of September, October, November, and December.

Septem - September

Octo - October

Novem - November

Decem - December

Now, since these months start with Latin words that literally mean 7, 8, 9, and 10, you would think that these months would be the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th month of the year.

But they are not. They are the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th months.

September - Sept means 7, but this is the 9th month.

October - Octo means 8, but this is the 10th month.

November - Novem means 9, but this is the 11th month.

December - Decem means 10, but this is the 12th month.

So here is the puzzler for today.

Why are these months not the 7, 8, 9, and 10th months in our calendar, since the words they are based on literally mean 7, 8, 9, and 10?

Good luck.