Occasional Puzzles - You need braiiiins for this one
Today’s Puzzle
It is nightfall, and you and three of your friends are being pursued by hideous, brain-hungry zombies (seriously, how did you get yourself into this situation?). Fortunately, zombies are pretty slow, so you’ve been able to outrun them so far. Now, though, you’ve come to a decrepit and rickety bridge that you must cross in order to survive. Only two people can cross the bridge at a time or else it will collapse. You only have one flashlight, and no one can cross the bridge in the dark, so the flashlight must be carried on every crossing in either direction. You are fast (and very scared), so it only takes you 1 minute to cross. Your friends, though, are slower: one friend takes 2 minutes to cross, another takes 5 minutes, and the third friend takes 10 minutes. The zombies are exactly 17 minutes behind you. How do you get everyone across the bridge in time?
Sunday’s Puzzle - Pronouns for pro moms
Rearrange all the letters in the word MOTHERS, plus one additional letter, to make a pair of pronouns.
[SPOILER] Answer to Sunday’s Puzzle
The extra letter is U, and the pair of pronouns is OURS, THEM.
But wait! One of the very mothers to whom this puzzle was dedicated came up with a second answer! With the extra letter E, you can make ME, OTHERS. And for those of you who aren’t sure whether OTHERS is technically a pronoun (we certainly weren’t), various dictionaries agree that it is.