Armed robbers invaded a bank. They were busy looting when suddenly a phone rang. The phone happened to be at the reception. One of the robber asked the receptionist to attend the call and talk without giving away the situation. The call happened to be from her mother. She said, ‘Do you have an emergency, mom? Can you give me a call when I get home, I could really use your help in buying new curtains?’ Then she hangs up.
The robbers are busy when the police arrives suddenly along with the mother of the receptionist. How did she know about the robbery?
The receptionist was pretty clever she played with the mute button of the phone while talking with her mother. She muted everything except the word emergency, call and help. So while talking, she sounded like,
You want to boil a two-minute egg. If you only have a three-minute timer (hourglass), a four-minute timer and a five-minute timer can you boil the egg for only two minutes?
Once the water is boiling, turn the three-minute timer and five-minute timer over. When the three-minute timer runs out, put the egg in the boiling water. When the five-minute timer runs out, two minutes have elapsed and it is time take the egg out of the water. You don’t need the four-minute timer for this riddle.
The following limerick has had the last word of each line scrambled. Can you figure it out?
In a snowstorm the plow wasn’t TWIFS,
So Jim was decidedly FIDFEM;
His street really ENDEDE
The plow, so he DAPELED,
But the driver did not get his FIDTR.
In a snowstorm the plow wasn’t SWIFT,
So Jim was decidedly MIFFED;
His street really NEEDED
The plow, so he PLEADED,
But the driver did not get his DRIFT.