Community Magazine October 2010

86 Community magazine THE NEXT BEST THiNG Jane, an account executive in a large company, was planning a trip to the home office. Very rigid about her exercise schedule, she wanted to find a hotel with an exercise facility. She called several hotels asking if they had a weight room, but they all answered, “No”. Finally, after much searching, she found one that sounded accommodating. After checking with her manager, the front desk clerk at the nearby Lakeside Inn replied, “While we don’t exactly have a dedicated weight room… we do have a lobby that you can wait in.” Jack V. Grazi wiLD wORLD OF wEDDiNGS Returning from the first ever wedding on the planet Mars, Edna seemed disappointed. “What’s wrong?” her friend Esther asked, “the band was no good?” “No, the band was great,” Edna responded. “The food was lousy?” asked Esther. “The food was fantastic – out of this world,” Edna replied. “So then what was the problem?” Esther urged. “Honestly,” Edna answered with a sigh, “there was just no atmosphere.” Chanch E. LooLoo A STATE OF pLENTY Four women were driving together cross country. Each was from a different state: Idaho, Nebraska, Florida and New York. Shortly after the trip began, the woman from Idaho pulled a sack of potatoes from her bag and threw it out the window. “What are you doing?” demanded the Nebraskan. “We have so many of these things in Idaho, I’m just sick of looking at them!” A moment later, the woman from Nebraska pulled a bag full corn from her bag and tossed it from the window. “What are you doing that for?” asked the passenger from Florida. “We have so many of these things in Nebraska, I am just sick of looking at them!” Inspired, the lady from Florida opened the car door and pushed the New Yorker out. Adina Esses iNTERESTED iN A LOAN After checking into a posh New York City hotel, a wealthy businessman from Connecticut drove his Rolls- Royce to a local bank and asked for an immediate loan of $5,000. The loan officer, suspicious by the request, demanded collateral. “Here are the keys to my Rolls-Royce,” the man said, “it’s worth over $200,000 and the bank can take it if I don’t repay the loan.” The loan officer promptly had the car driven into the bank’s underground parking for safe keeping and gave the man the $5,000 at 7½ percent interest. Two weeks later, the man walked through the bank’s doors and asked to settle up his loan and get his car back so he can go back to Connecticut. “That will be $5,000 in principal, and $14.38 in interest,” the loan officer said. The man wrote out a check and started making his way to the parking garage. “Wait, sir,” the loan officer said. “You’re a millionaire. Why in the world would you need to borrow $5,000 and why would you use your car as collateral?” With a big smile on his face, the man explained, “Where else in Manhattan could I park a Rolls-Royce for two weeks for less than 15 bucks?” Michael Lalehfar Riddle: Truth in Fictionistan SUBMITTED BY: Raphael Cohen Arriving in a foreign country, Eddie asks a group of three men for directions and gets three different answers. Ahmed says that Bjorn always lies. Then Curtis says that Ahmed and Bjorn always speak the same – only he doesn’t know whether they both always lie or always tell the truth. Which man does Eddie determine cannot be trusted? Last Month’s Riddle: All the Numbers Paulette is given magnetic numbers with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Using all of the numbers (each digit can only be used once) how can she create a fraction equal to 1/3 (one third)? Solution: 5832/17496 = 1/3 Solved by: Victor J. Grazi Junior Riddle: The Light Box SUBMITTED BY: Isaac Sutton A traveller to Israel in the time of King Solomon came to the wise king with a challenge. Placing an empty wooden box on the floor he asked, “What will you put in this box to make it lighter?” What did King Solomon put in the box? Last Month’s Junior Riddle: Age Rage Tommy and Billy are brothers – but not twins. Tommy is five now and Billy will be ten-years-old in five years from now. How is this possible? Solution: Tommy and Billy were not born at the same time like twins, but were born within twelve months of each other (for exam- ple, one in January and the other in December). They are now both past their fifth birthday, but have not yet reached their sixth birthday. Solved by: Paulette S. Cohen, Kimberly Djouejati, Azi Malka, Esther Dana, Victor J Grazi, Trivia: Tourist Trends 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. ! 3.1 Million 90 .5 % Number of tourists from around the world who visited Israel in the Jewish year 5770 (September 2009 to September 2010)– an 18 percent increase over the previous year. (Source: Israel Ministry of Tourism) Drop in Israeli tourists visiting Turkey in June 2010 (2,605) compared with June 2009 (27,289), resulting in more than $16 million lost tourist revenue for the month. (Source: Turkey Ministry of Tourism)