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The Puzzler

Where's Elsie?

RAY: Now this was a woodsy kind of puzzler. Get it? Because people up in the sticks where Doug Mayer lives burn wood in their stoves.

TOM: Ah ha!

RAY: And 4 x 4 x 8 is a cord of wood. Therefore this is a Honda...

TOM: Accord. Exactly!

RAY: Pretty good, huh?

TOM: Eh, not bad. Not bad.

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