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CANDY IS DANDY BUT SPOTS ARE QUICKER
Four agency account executives, celebrating a bonus*, took their wives to dinner at a charming candle-lit restaurant.
After the meal a silver salver of thin mints was passed. Each lady, vigorously protesting rigid adherence to a diet, slipped mints into her purse under the pretext that "she was taking them home for the children." Anne took one candy, Bonnie 2, Celia 3, and Diane 4.
Each husband, unrestrained, took as many as he wanted. Robinson took the same number as his wife, Johnson twice as many as his, Gordon three times as many as his and Powell four times as many as his.
After the party left the restaurant, the hapless manager made a quick audit and discovered that he was out 32 mints.
What was each wife's last name? Correct pairings will rate a toothsome tidbit. If you have a weight problem, tell us, and we'll send a book instead.
*Each canny AE had bought a spot program on WMAL-TV; each client was delighted with results. Boss came through with bonus.
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Puzzle adaptation courtesy Dover Publications, New York 14. N.Y.
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