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This Week's Puzzler

Brother Tow

Puzzler time.

Here it is.

This guy is driving his car home from work late one night, and the car breaks down. 

He lives somewhere in New Jersey. 

He calls his brother and says, "I need help. My car broke down. You have to come rescue me."

So the brother shows up, many hours later, in his car and they assess the situation.

The first guy says, "Okay, are you ready to help me?"

And his brother says, "I can't tow your car back home."

And the first guy says, "That's okay. I will tow you back home."

So the guy who broke down is gonna tow his brother, the guy who came to help him.

How could that be?

Good luck.

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Remember last week's puzzler?

No Tracks in the Sand


Here it is. 

Two hikers are crossing the desert. It is the early morning. 

They come across a suitcase in the sand that is partially open with clothing strewn about. But interestingly, they see no tracks of any kind surrounding it. 

They continue on their journey, heading for the oasis to get water.

So they move on, and then they find another suitcase in the sand, and the same thing... It's open and clothes are strewn about it. No tracks or anything surrounding it.

They come across a camera in the sand, same thing, no tracks or anything. Then a video camera.

A little while later, they find shoes, hats, pants, shirts.

They continue on their journey.

A little distance later, they see a man lying face down in the sand grasping a piece of straw. He is obviously dead.

Can you figure out what happened? What's the most likely scenario?


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Congratulations to this week's
puzzler winner:

 Matt Kurlan

Congratulations! This correct answer was chosen at random by our Web Lackeys.
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