http://bcarroll.siscom.net/brainteasers/

and, if you like this kind of teaser, we urge to to abandon Magellan's Log at once and go enjoy a feast of clever frustration there.

For now, we've selected a few examples from the site and, with some editing, offer them for your head-slapping pleasure. Some are easy, silly, and simple. Others are... well, you'll see.

1. A man drives into an old-fashioned gas station and pulls up to the pumps. "Fill it up please," he says.
"This may sound strange," says the owner, "but I'd rather fill two cars from out of town than one car from this town."
The customer looks across the small town and replied,"I know just what you mean."

Why would the owner feel this way?

2. If two is company and three is a crowd, what is four and five?

3. If you take half of ten apples away from seven apples, what do you have?

4. While reading an article on slaughterhouses, a man fell asleep and dreamed he was a chicken on a large farm. He dreamed that the farmer caught him and put his neck on the chopping block. Just as the axe was descending, the man’s wife walked into the room and touched the back of his neck to awaken him. The shock was so great he died instantly.

What’s wrong with this story?

5. Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never eat a penguin's egg.

Why not?

6. A man fell asleep after dinner one night. When he woke up he realized that he would have to rush in order to make last call at the local bar. He grabbed a T-shirt and put it on inside-out, with his left arm in the right sleeve and his right arm in the left sleeve.

Where is the label?
    1. outside back.
    2. inside back.
    3. outside front.
    4. inside front.

7. Using one set of letters in the same order, can you fill in the blanks and make a normal sentence?

A _ o _ a _ l _ doctor had _ o_ a _ l _and therefore, was _ o _ a _ l _ to operate.

8. Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1970 American dollar bills?

9. A famous magician claims he can tell the score of any football game before it starts. Many think he is psychic and possesses supernatural powers.

How is it that he can be accurate about the score at least 99 percent of the time?

10. Which, if any, of the following statements are true?

    1. Exactly one of these ten statements is false.
    2. Exactly two of these ten statements are false.
    3. Exactly three of these ten statements are false.
    4. Exactly four of these ten statements are false.
    5. Exactly five of these ten statements are false.
    6. Exactly six of these ten statements are false.
    7. Exactly seven of these ten statements are false.
    8. Exactly eight of these ten statements are false.
    9. Exactly nine of these ten statements are false.
    10. Exactly ten of these ten statements are false.