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A Blonde Sports Joke
A blonde went to her first football game and later shared her experience with friends: “Oh it was great, I
loved watching those handsome men in tights . . . nice bods and plenty of rippling muscles. But the game
was boring.”
“Why?” asked her friend.
“Oh Well,” she continued, “At the beginning of the game, The referee flipped a quarter to see who would
kick off first. Then for the rest of the game, everybody was yelling—get the quarter back, get the quarter
back, get the quarter back. So I thought to myself, gosh it’s just a quarter!”
12 3 − 45 + 6 ∗ 7 ∗ 8 − 9 = 2010
9 + 87 + 65 + 43 21 = 2010
9 + 87 + 65 + 43 2 ∗ 1 = 2010
Happy Numerological New Year!
12 ∗ 34 ∗ 5 − 6 − 7 − 8 − 9 = 2010
9 ∗ 8 − 7 + 6 ∗ 54 ∗ 3 ∗ 2 + 1 = 2010
98 − 7 + 6 ∗ 5 ∗ 4 3 − 2 + 1 = 2010
February 2010 Board Meeting
12 ∗ 34 ∗ 5 + 6 ∗ 7 − 8 ∗ 9 = 2010
9 + 8 ∗ 7 + 6 ∗ 54 ∗ 3 ∗ 2 + 1 = 2010
9 ∗ 8 + 7 ∗ 6 + 5 4 ∗ 3 + 21 = 2010
The next regular Board Meeting is tentatively planned for Wednesday, February 10, 2010 beginning at 7:00
pm. Meetings are open to all members. To place an issue on the agenda, or to simply confirm the meeting
time and date, please contact Club Secretary Peter Weichman (secretary@maugus.com).
Keep Maugus Beautiful
Any belongings found lying around after hours by the Maugus cleaning service will be placed in the lost and
found box. If you are missing anything, please check there. The accumulated pile will be given to charity
at regular intervals. Please do not leave trash and used towels in public areas. Members are requested to
help keep the Club clean by wiping up spills and depositing trash and towels in appropriate receptacles.
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Puzzle #60
A primitive horse racing problem: There are 25 horses entered in a speed competition, but a very bad
electrical storm has disrupted all time-keeping devices, and there is therefore no way to measure speed
directly. The race track has only 5 tracks, allowing you to compare the speeds of only five horses at a time.
Challenge: How many races do you need to run in order to discover the fastest 5 horses? It is assumed that
a given horse runs at the exactly the same speed in every race.
Answer to Puzzle #59
Keep your hands close: Recall that we seek the time between 12:01 pm and 6:00 pm at which the total span
of the hour, minute and second hands on the clock face is minimal (the reason we can limit the problem to
times before 6:00 pm, is that by symmetry—running the clock backwards—there will be an identical, but
mirror-reflected, such occurrence at an equal time interval before 11:59 pm).
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