Post by Salzmank on Aug 7, 2017 19:44:43 GMT
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Another one, inspired once again by Author! Author! (thus without a "correct" solution, as Pete asked that I clarify) but changed slightly to make it even more inexplicable.
The scene is again New York in the '30s.
A man rushes wildly into O'Brien's Book Store and asks for $20 worth of books--any books the clerk has.
Well, the clerk--it's a young woman; let's call her Miss Jones--is confused, but the customer insists, so Miss Jones takes a motley selection of books off the shelves. The customer quickly glances over the titles.
"Fine--fine," says the customer, seeming somewhat frightened. "No--no need to the wrap them up. Here's $20, and send them to this address."
He hands her a slip of paper with the address (an actual address, I hasten to add--a rather fancy home in the Upper East Side) on it.
"Will you do it, miss? Thank you. And here's an extra $20 for you so that you can do something extra: before sending them, please rip out the last page of every book."
Miss Jones cannot believe what she's hearing.
"I know it sounds strange, miss, but I ask you to do it. It doesn't matter if the last page has words on it or if it's blank--rip 'em all out."
Why does he have this unusual request?
Another one, inspired once again by Author! Author! (thus without a "correct" solution, as Pete asked that I clarify) but changed slightly to make it even more inexplicable.
The scene is again New York in the '30s.
A man rushes wildly into O'Brien's Book Store and asks for $20 worth of books--any books the clerk has.
Well, the clerk--it's a young woman; let's call her Miss Jones--is confused, but the customer insists, so Miss Jones takes a motley selection of books off the shelves. The customer quickly glances over the titles.
"Fine--fine," says the customer, seeming somewhat frightened. "No--no need to the wrap them up. Here's $20, and send them to this address."
He hands her a slip of paper with the address (an actual address, I hasten to add--a rather fancy home in the Upper East Side) on it.
"Will you do it, miss? Thank you. And here's an extra $20 for you so that you can do something extra: before sending them, please rip out the last page of every book."
Miss Jones cannot believe what she's hearing.
"I know it sounds strange, miss, but I ask you to do it. It doesn't matter if the last page has words on it or if it's blank--rip 'em all out."
Why does he have this unusual request?