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From: vanhove@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Patrick Van Hove)
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Subject: Beyond Mr.P & Mr.S.
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Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 18:05:37 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 28 18:05:37 1987
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I had a somewhat different story of the same type.

A door-to-door vacuum cleaner sales person tries his pitch to 
this uncompassionate mother-at-home-with-kids-screaming-behind
and after two minutes, the following dialog ensues

mother: Before you go any further, I just want to see if you are really
	as much >mister-smart< as you pretend. Let's see. 
	My husband noticed a while ago that since the last birthday, 
	the product of the ages of my three daughters is exactly 
	the number on our house. If I add that the sum of their ages
	is 13, can you figure out how old they are?

 (Note: 
  	integer ages;
	integer house-numbers;)

salesman (after thinking for a while):
	Well, I think I'm sorry I can't

mother:	OK, you're right, I made it tough on you, but I have to go
	now and drive my oldest daughter to her piano lesson.

salesman:
	Your oldest daughter? Well then, I think I know the answer now:
	their ages are >CENSORED<, >CENSORED< and >CENSORED<.

mother: Now I'm impressed! I'll get a dozen of those cleaners of yours.

Well, reader, can you figure it out now? Of course you don't even
know the number on the house, but who said this was going to be easy?

	Patrick

"No wind today, so I'm hacking"