The Case of the Missing Ice Cream Sandwich
Logic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
Earl and Joe are best friends, who secretly sent encrypted messages to each other ever since they were little. Now they're both in college, and Earl had aced his midterm on cryptology.
Joe congratulated Earl by buying him a Neapolitan ice cream sandwich (Joe couldn't afford much), hid the sandwich somewhere in Joe's house, and he later encrypted, on a piece of paper, where he hid the sandwich. Soon after Joe hid the sandwich, he realized he placed the sandwich near the sun, meaning that he'd better relocate it, otherwise the sandwich would melt.
Unfortunately, Joe, being extremely forgetful, had misplaced the sandwich and forgot where he put it. He still had the encryption note in his hand, and so he turned to his best friend Earl to solve it.
"I was gonna give you this later, but you gotta hurry now and find the ice cream I got you, otherwise it'll melt."
The note said this:
T embrace embrace pound embrace kiss
Where did he hide the ice cream sandwich?
Hint"Pound" is not referring to the verb or money, but rather the measurement.
Also, pound is the only word not being encrypted for one letter.
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Answer
He hid the ice cream sandwich in the TOOLBOX.
T = T
Embrace = hug = O
Kiss = X
(as in XOXO: Hugs and Kisses)
pound = lb.
T [embrace][embrace](pound)[embrace]{kiss} = T [O][O](lb)[O]{X} = TOOLBOX.
Earl solved the cryptogram and found the ice cream in the toolbox. Unfortunately Earl, being a bit of a chocoholic, ate only the chocolate of the sandwich, leaving vanilla and strawberry.
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Comments
teen_wiz   
Dec 27, 2006
| Yay, first to comment!
That was a little hard, but very, very brilliant. I loved it and am looking forward to the next one! You're very creative!  |
scallio   
Dec 28, 2006
| This was very unique and fun! Loved it!

I had always thought the Xs were hugs and the Os the kisses. When I had TXXLBXO it was obvious it should be the other way around. Os are like puckered lips. Xs are like two lines hugging each other.
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NoQuestion 
Jan 04, 2007
| 4 pound, i got # instead of lb. so i had TOO#OX... good teaser tho  |
MAG_AN
Jan 12, 2007
| Its lame... |
twixy 
Jan 13, 2007
| i liked it. good job! |
QTkate  
Jan 14, 2007
| ha i got it this was da 1st one dat i got |
MARAMORENO 
Jan 17, 2007
| This was awesome! Made me want an ice cream sandwhich too! Lol. |
cecepeach83
Jan 18, 2007
| Fantabulous! This was my first time doing a logic teaser. Great one. I didn't look at the hint so I too had # for pound but after I was looking at T-O-O-# O-X it was pretty easy to figure out what was missing. So fun tho! Great job!  |
mommydyanne 
Feb 14, 2007
| Was not able to get it because i did not know what to do. I thought the sentence meant something, instead of the words representing letters. I know better next tim ethough. Thanks! |
LeafFan4life 
Apr 03, 2007
| great teaser  |
Nicky101   
Apr 03, 2007
| Hey, um, isn't this in the wrong category? This seems like it belongs in the cryptography section of the website . |
lukeschett   
Apr 17, 2007
| Very clever. |
SPUTNIK2   
Apr 23, 2007
| another fun one !!! encore!  |
lastlyboo   
Oct 07, 2007
| encore! |
thebrain789   
Dec 20, 2010
| I loved it! I love teasers that have stories in them. Keep up the good work! |
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