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Topside Puzzlers
1 . In Sunray Beach , NJ there ' s this unusual little bar for Auxiliarists , where you can get a free beer if you know the secret code . The secret code works like this : you sit down at the bar . The bartender tells you a number . And you tell him another number . If it ' s right , you get a free beer .
For example , a member goes up to the bar and the bartender says , " six ." The member says , " three ," and he gets his free beer .
The second member goes up to the bar , and the bartender says , " twelve ." The member says , " six ," and she gets his free beer !
A third member sits at the bar , and the bartender says , " fourteen ." The member says , " eight ." They get a free beer .
You ' re sitting there . The bartender turns to you and says , " twenty-two ." What do you say ?
2 . While doing a QE check , I visited a Coxswain in Division 08 . She said , " There ' s a section of the ICW that runs directly north and south ." I said , " Yeah ? Show me ." The Coxswain says , " I can put my boat on this section of the ICW and point it north , and make-way for a quarter-mile and when I ' m done , I ' m a quarter-mile south of where I started ."
The question is very simple : How ' s she doing it ?
Answers :
1 . If you were the customer and said nine , you ' d get a free beer . That ' s how many letters there are in " twenty-two ."
2 . How does she do it ? She puts the boat in reverse and makes-way .