How to Make Decisions
Issue 69

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Q: Who is that big red-orange hairy monster in the Bugs Bunny cartoons? You know the one who wears sneakers?

A: In both “Hair-Raising Hare” and “Water, Water Every Hare” the big hairy guy is the monstrous henchman of a mad scientist and is called Rudolph.

But he was dubbed “Gossamer” by Marvin the Martian in a later cartoon, and that name has since stuck.

How to Defend Against a Chokeslam

Method One:

1. Your opponent has “goozled” you, holding you around the neck with his right hand.

2. Circle your left arm in a counter-clock manner around the right arm of your opponent.

3. Using your left radius, apply pressure to his right triceps.

4. Place your right arm on you attacker’s right shoulder. Grab your right forearm with your left hand, “figure-4″ing the arm. This will increase pressure on the triceps.

Method Two:

1. Don’t jump.

Word of the Week

gossamer – noun) a fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders.

adjective) very fine and insubstantial.

(Source- Oxford University Press)

This Week’s Puzzle (Difficulty: Monkey!)
What is the next number in the pattern:

1, 2, 5, 13, 34, 89, 233, . . . ?

Last Week’s Puzzle (Difficulty: Multiple Choice!)
From: Mindtrap

Which number is next in this series:

10, 4, 3, 11, 15, . . . ?

a) 14
b) 1
c) 17
d) 12

Answer
Robert Ortega explains it all.

Sequence = 10, 4, 3, 11, 15, 14
Alternatively = ten, four, three, eleven, fifteen, fourteen
Number of Letters = 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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