Community Magazine March 2009

rid the company of slackers. On a tour of the facilities, he noticed a guy leisurely leaning on a wall look- ing into space. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant business! He walked up to the guy leaning against the wall and asked, “How much money do you make a week?” Though a bit taken aback, the fellow calmly replied, “I make $300 a week.” The CEO then handed the guy $1,200 in cash and shouted, “Here’s four weeks’ severance pay, now get out and don’t come back – there’s no place her for lazy workers.” Feeling pretty good about himself, the CEO looked around the room and asked, “Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-off did here?” From across the room came a voice, “He’s the pizza de- livery guy from Domino’s.” Tutu Mulu The Land of Opportunity Joe started the day early, having set his alarm clock (made in Japan) for 6 am. While his coffeepot (made in China) was perking, he shaved with his electric trimmer (made in Hong Kong). He put on a dress shirt (made in Sri Lanka), designer jeans (made in Singapore) and tennis shoes (made in Korea). After cooking breakfast in his new electric skillet (made in India), he sat down with his calculator (made in Mexico) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (made in Taiwan) to the radio (made in India), he got in his car (made in Germany), filled it with gas (from Saudi Arabia) and continued his search for a well paying American job. At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day check- ing his computer (made in Malaysia), Joe decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals (made in Brazil) and poured himself a glass of wine (made in France), and then wondered why he couldn’t find a good paying job in America... Rafi Mezrahchayev BETWEEN THE LINES Dear Bo$$, In thi$ life, we all need $omething mo$t de$perately. I think you $hould be under$tanding of the need$ of u$ worker$ who have given $o much $upport, including $weat and $ervice, to your com- pany. I am $ure you will gue$$ what I mean and re$pond $oon. $incerely your$, Norman The next day, the employee received this letter of reply: Dear NOrman, I kNOw you have been working very hard. NOwa- days, NOthing much has changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NOticeably well as yet. NOw the newspapers are saying the world’s leading ecoNOmists are NOt sure if the United States will have aNOther recessionary quar- ter. Since the NOvember presidential elections things have NOt improved. I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNOw what I mean… Yours truly, David S. C. A. PURIM QUERY Q: What does Haman do on vacation? A: He hangs out. Jaclyn Benhim  ”  110 cOmmUNITY maGaZINE Riddle: Time is Money SUBMITTED BY: Paulette Cohen Ralph asked his father what time it was so that he could set his watch. His father responding by giving the boy one dime, giving his brother two nickels and his sister five pennies. Then his father said, “From the clue I just gave you, you should be able to figure out what time it is.” Ralph understood and set his watch to the correct time. What time was it and how did Ralph know ? Last Month’s Riddle: This Old Man Three old men were sitting side by side in front of an orchard. Emet, who is known to always tell the truth, Sheker, who is known to always lie and Sod who sometime tells the truth and sometimes lies. A boy approached and asked three questions: Boy: “Who is sitting next to you?” Man on the left: “Emet.” Boy: “Who are you?” Man in the middle: “Sod.” Boy: “Who is your neighbor?” Man on the right: “Sheker.” Based on these answers how did the boy identify each old man? Who is sitting where? Solution: The man on the left who said that Emet was sitting next to him must be either Sheker or Sod. The man in the middle who said he is Sod must also be either Sheker or Sod. Therefore the man on the right must be Emet. Emet identified the man in the middle as Sheker and so the man on the left must be Sod.. Solved by: Victor Grazi, Sabrina Sasson, Ezra Sitt, Stevo Bedoonas, Shlomo Yousopov, Ari Matatov, Tikva Samouha, Rachel Mizrahi, Gila Samouha, Daniela Blum, Zalman Cohen, Shalom Osher R., David A. Gindi, Barry Katz, Moshe Kuskin, Naomi Levy Junior Riddle: The Good Guard SUBMITTED BY: SONNY CHEHEBAR Farmer Joe had a problem that every night, goods went missing from his farm. So he hired a night watchman to guard over his property. Over the years, the guard became farmer Joe’s friend and helper. One night, farmer Joe asked the guard to saddle his horse for the next morning because he was going to take an early train on his way to a vacation. The next morning, when the farmer came to get his horse, he saw the guard looked upset, so he asked him what was wrong. “I had a dream that the train will crash,” the guard explained“That’s nonsense,” the farmer said and he continued to the train station. But on the way there, the road was closed and so the farmer had to go the long way and ended up missing the train. When he got back to the farm, he fired the guard. Why Last Month’s Junior Riddle: Which one of the ten words below is the odd one out? mom - refer peep - pop better - redder rotor - racecar nun - madam noon - deed Solution: Better. It is the only word that is not a palindrome – spelled the same backward as it is forward. . Solved by : Victor Grazi, Sabrina Sasson, Ezra Sitt, Tikva Samouha, Binyamin Saf- diah, Rachel Mizrahi, Yosef Aaron Blum, Joseph A. Chehebar, Azi Malka, Zalman Cohen, Meir Sabbagh, Benjamin Mann, Ralph Cohen, Naomi Levy Trivia: Presidential Finances President Barack Obama’s annual salary as Chief Executive (Source: US Treasury Department) Number of speeches former President Bill Clinton needed to give last year to earn the same sum . (Nutritional Management Services) ! $400,000 2 SEND YOUR SOLUTIONS! email: riddles@community m .com • fax: 718-504-4246 mail: 1616 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11223 Correct solutions received by the 20 th of each month will be featured in the next issue along with your name.