Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Logic Game II

Cruella and "Robin" wish to purchase matching t-shirts, because they are Dorks with a capital D. The following rules of selection must apply.

Cruella's shirt must be size S and "Robin"'s shirt must be XL.

"Robin" will not wear any shirt made out of that stretchy nylon type stuff although he wears cycling spandex.

Cruella feels stupid wearing shirts endorsing athletic wear, such as "element," "Billabong," "Quiksilver," because as y'all know Cruella is about as athletic as a rutabaga and is only interested in perpetrating fraud if there is some financial gain to come out of it.

"Robin" will not wear any shirt which is black or gray. Except sometimes.

"Robin" will not wear any shirt depicting skulls, crossbones, etc., because they are "satanic."

1) Which of the following shirts can Cruella and "Robin" purchase?

a) a black and white small shirt with "Tap-Out" emblazoned on the front and a black and white XL shirt with "Tap-Out" emblazoned on the front
b) a white viscose small shirt with nothing emblazoned on it and a white viscose XL shirt with nothing emblazoned on it
c) a small red Ed Hardy shirt and an XL red Ed Hardy Shirt
d) a small white shirt which says "How can I miss you if you don't go away?" and an XL white shirt which says "How can I miss you if you don't go away?"
e) a small blue tweety bird shirt and an XL blue tweety bird shirt.

2) Where can Cruella and "Robin" purchase their shirts?

a) T.J. Maxx
b) Burlington Coat Factory
c) some museum at Monte Alban in Oaxaca, Mexico
d) Macy's
e) Forever 21

3) Which of the following is an initially acceptable purchase that is complained of later?

a) a small cotton t-shirt and an XL cotton t-shirt which have Margaret Thatcher quotes saying "The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run our of other people's money."
b) a small black cotton t-shirt which has a picture of an eagle and something unreadable on it and an XL cotton t-shirt which has a picture of an eagle and something unreadable on it.
c) a small blue cotton t-shirt which has the number "32" on the shoulder and an XL blue cotton t-shirt which has the number "32" on the shoulder
d) a small white cotton t-shirt depicting "Mixtec Gods" and an XL white cotton t-shirt depicting "Mixtec Gods."
e) a small white cotton t-shirt with "Tap-Out" emblazoned upon it and an XL white cotton t-shirt with "Tap-Out" emblazoned upon it.

Answers and explanations:

1) Cruella does not know what "Tap-Out" is but "Robin" explains that this is some sort of ultimate fighting thing and anyway T.J. Maxx is cram-full of "Tap-Out" merchandise. If Cruella is going to endorse a failure, Cruella would like to do it ironically, like, "Mondale for President 2012." Some exec lost their job because of this "Tap-Out" fiasco.

b) Those are too plain and "Robin" will not wear viscose, as that is like the nylon. Cruella fails to understand this as Cruella <3 synthetics but then "Robin" explains that they accentuate the wrong bulge. O ok.

c) Ed Hardy is no longer fashionable as everyone except for Alex is wearing it now, and it has skulls and crossbones. It's officially over when Kmart carries it.

d) would have been acceptable except the t-shirt vendor could not produce them exactly the same so no.

e) Cruella decided that Cruella was not sure if Cruella was prepared to endorse what Tweety Bird stands for. Is "I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat!" the right direction for Cruella? Upon deep reflection, Cruella thinks not. Also Cruella remembers a lot of the obnoxious girls at Tri-Cities wore Tweety Bird t-shirts. (Alex thinks Cruella is obnoxious and frequently girly but he will have to admit that other than the bling, Cruella is not Ghetto Fabulous. Well, perhaps a little.)

2) a) Cruella and "Robin" decide not to purchase anything endorsing "Tap-Out" so T.J. Maxx is not going to work.

b) Burlington Coat Factory has buzzy fluorescent lights. We all know how Cruella feels about fluorescent lights. Also everything is Ed Hardy or an imitation.

c) This is acceptable.

d) Macy's is full of Ed Hardy or viscose/nylon.

e) Cruella had high hopes for Forever 21 but "Robin" does not seem interested in wearing ironic clothing, like a t-shirt depicting a tie, so he declines.

3) a) Cruella and "Robin" both love their Lady Thatcher shirts and Cruella wears this EVERYWHERE, prompting objections from "Robin." "I thought we were supposed to only wear them together," he grumbles. Cruella thinks the wisdom of Lady Thatcher is too valuable to not spread as widely as possible, including at the Turbo Buick meeting where Cruella's t-shirt attracts more attention than the Hooters girls. This is deemed inappropriate by the Turbobuickers.

b) and c) These are t-shirts which inexplicably feature buttons partway, so are unacceptable to go with the athletic (?!) shorts "Robin" purchased. No one apparently makes tiny shorts designed for cooking or reading a book.

d) These oddly fit both Cruella and "Robin," which is good provided he does not discover that "Diosos Mixtecos" means "Mixtec Gods" and condemns them as "satanic" or "idolatrous."

e) These weren't acceptable to begin with.

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