Three More Quickies // 113

A burleycue dancer, a pip

Named Virginia, could peel in a zip;

But she read science fiction

and died of constriction

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Attempting a Mobius strip.

¨ A more politically correct Mobius limerick, which gives away one of the answers, is:

A mathematician confided

¨

That a Mobius strip is one-sided.

You'll get quite a laugh

if you cut it in half,

For it stays in one piece when divided.

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Answers on page 277

Golden Oldie

¨ Why did the chicken cross the Mobius band?

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To get to the other . . . um . . .

Three More Quickies (1) If five dogs dig five holes in five days, how long does it take ten dogs to dig ten holes? Assume that they all dig at the same rate all the time and all holes are the same size.

(2) A woman bought a parrot in a pet-shop. The shop assistant, who always told the truth, said, `I guarantee that this parrot will repeat every word it hears.' A week later, the woman took the parrot back, complaining that it hadn't spoken a single word. `Did anyone talk to it?' asked the suspicious assistant. `Oh, yes.' What is the explanation?

(3) The planet Nff-Pff in the Anathema Galaxy is inhabited by precisely two sentient beings, Nff and Pff. Nff lives on a large

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