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footfootfoot · 12-15-2011, 07:36 PM

Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em?
This is a little book of puzzles, riddles, math problems and the like published in 1921 by Waltham Watch Co.
There are 100 Mental nuts, though the first two are just nifty number tricks. Pay careful attention to what is being asked, a number of these puzzles turn on verbal assumptions.

I will put up a new mental nut every day only if the previous nut is cracked or you all cry Uncle. From time to time I will also post some of the advertisements inside the book.

Here is the first (actually #3) Mental Nut:

12-15-2011, 07:36 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em? Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em? This is a little book of puzzles, riddles, math problems and the like published in 1921 by Waltham Watch Co. There are 100 Mental nuts, though the first two are just nifty number tricks. Pay careful attention to what is being asked, a number of these puzzles turn on verbal assumptions. I will put up a new mental nut every day only if the previous nut is cracked or you all cry Uncle. From time to time I will also post some of the advertisements inside the book. Here is the first (actually #3) Mental Nut: Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs