Behold the solution to Planet of the Puzzle Apes #2. If you have forgotten the question, click here to see it again.
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This picture of Rabbit's watch comes to us courtesy of Peter Behroozi, an old friend of this contest. Notice that: 11 + 12 + 1 + 2 = 26 The total of all the numbers is 78. This cannot be divided evenly into four parts, so it must be divided into three parts of size 26 each. Finding the divisions then proceeds like... uh... proceeds like *ahem* clockwork.
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A zeugma is a beautiful rhetorical figure in which a single word, especially a verb or an adjective, is applied to two or more nouns when its sense is appropriate to only one of them or to both in different ways.
We had some truly excellent submissions of original zeugmas.
Here are only a few...
| The suspicious man was pacing the street for over an hour, he stole a glance, and a car. | Holly C |
| Mr. Link left in a hurry and a space ship. | The Sisters Yen |
| He picked my brain and my nose. | Nick F |
| He ate away at the food and my sanity. | Remsen St. Mary's High |
| He drank in the tea and the sweet scent of his beloved. | Shawn B |
| She took my money and my dignity. | Sean O |
| The charming point guard stole the basketball and my heart. | Team Tesselations |
| I hit the road and jackpot. | Ashley P |
| The bartender shook my hand and the martini while the
mysterious gentleman stirred his drink and my emotions. |
Melissa P |
| Jane hit the roof and the ball over the newly constructed fence. | Team Spartans |
| He popped the question and the cork. | South Page Algebra |
| I closed the door and the argument. | Chris S |
| Mr. Jazkin always blows hot air into balloons and at his friends. | Magnus E Unus |
| While bowling last night, Mike broke 100 and his thumb. | Mike R |
| The aged, veteran boxer battled time and his opponent at every fight. | Emily S |
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