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Saturday 1st June 2019

Once upon a time Patsy wrote the following in her diary:

"The day before yesterday Percy was 13 years old. Next year he will turn 16."

How can she have been correct?

Is that a puzzle or a riddle? I have always thought the difference lies in the fact that a riddle has some sort of hidden meaning or requires lateral or out-of-the-box thinking. While we are on the subject what is a conundrum? I looked it up in the dictionary and disappointingly is said that a conundrum was a riddle!

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