Locker Combination

"Keeping it Safe"*

*Dad is from the old school, where you keep your money under
the mattress­only he kept his in the underwear drawer. One
day I bought my dad an unusual personal safe­a can of spray
paint with a false bottom­so he could keep his money in the
workshop. Later I asked Mom if he was using it.

"Oh, yes," she replied, "he put his money in it the same day."

"No burglar would think to look on the work shelf!" I gloated.

"They won't have to," my mom replied. "He keeps the paint
can in his underwear drawer."

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"Locker Combination"*

*Another man and I share a locker at work. Noticing that
it needed a new combination lock, my partner said he
would pick one up on his way to work the next day.

It occurred to me later that I might not see him in the
morning. How would I find out the combination?
I needn't have worried.

When I arrived at work I found that he had used the
locker before me and had left a note reading:

"To find the first number subtract 142 from your high
score the last time we went bowling.

The second number is 16 less than that.

To find the third number subtract 1.87 from the amount you owe me."
Received on Sat Jul 31 21:57:53 2010