How to Make Decisions
Issue 56

We welcome your letters, questions and desperate pleas for help in this uncaring world. As always, e-mail WBXylo at Gmail.com. Don’t fret about e-mailing me with puzzle problems; I won’t yell at you.

An Important Message for Valentine’s Day

If a woman tells you that Valentine’s day is a made-up Hallmark holiday, she wants a Valentine’s day present.

If a woman tells you that she doesn’t want a present for Valentine’s day, she still expects one.

If a woman tells you, “flowers are a waste of money,” it means that she wants some delivered to her work in front of her friends.

If a woman tells you, “no, let’s not do Valentine’s day this year; let’s just stay in and watch TV,” you best not be dumb enough to fall for that.

If a woman tells you what to get her for Valentine’s day, you must also buy her a surprise to be considered “romantic.”

Important Relationship Advice for Any Time of Year.

Most women prefer proposals of marriage done in venues other than the Jumbotron of a sporting arena. This is true even if your potential fiancee is a “big sports fan.”

Note on Last Week’s Column

Eric S. (pronounced something like sull-chess-key) was mildly outraged that last week’s column implied the existence of negative 40 Kelvin. As any science afficionado realizes, 0 Kelvin is “absolute zero” and thus the potential for any negative Kelvin temperatures is severely limited, to say the least.

Word of the Week

Gamomania – An urge to make outrageous or extravagant proposals of marriage.
(Source- There’s a Word for it by Charles Harrington Elster)

This Week’s Puzzle (difficulty: outsider)
Since Broken Dial’s Greg Wind was the winner of the puzzle game two weeks in a row, he rewarded himself by writing this week’s question.

While playing nine-ball in heaven, Elvis admits to James Brown that he
including a trick ball that is slightly heavier than the others, but
won’t tell him which of the nine it is. James pulls an unmarked scale
out of a passing cloud and bets Elvis 10 lutes he can find the heavy
ball using the scale to weigh the balls against each other only twice.
Who wins and why?

Last Week’s Puzzle (difficulty: moderate)

Which of the following doesn’t belong?

A, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, S, Z

The answer is “S” for all the other letters are made entirely of straight lines.

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