https://stories.upthebuzzard.com CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 A collection of stories about a pair of Solvers of Tricky Problems "Zis is not just a normal infestation of ants. We appear to be an ant magnet. None of ze usual solutions work. Our local pest control experts are at a loss. Can you 'elp?" Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:59:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-10-05-burj-al-camel.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-10-05-burj-al-camel.html "The dinner ladies keep trying to promote the healthy food, reminding the pupils as they choose. We've had advertising campaigns. We've had special lessons. Oh, we've tried pretty much everything, and they still go for pizza and chips and beans." Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:51:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-10-05-lunch-mayhem.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-10-05-lunch-mayhem.html Last week was busy, this week was quiet. No work to do; no-one calling; no challenging puzzles to solve; nothing. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:42:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-10-05-spaghetti-in-your-tree.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-10-05-spaghetti-in-your-tree.html "I have a problem. I own a zoo in town, as you know, and it’s been getting a bit quiet. Not many people are visiting. They seem a bit bored with it. We want to do a re-launch, generate lots of publicity, get more people to visit. You know the sort of thing. We need a theme, something interesting, something exciting, something that will get this town buzzing." Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:30:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-10-05-pin-the-tail-on-the-hippo.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-10-05-pin-the-tail-on-the-hippo.html As they were walking from the tower, they saw a group of people bunched together, looking up at the tower. One of those people had a big video camera on their shoulder. Another was using a drawing board, sketching a picture of the tower. One wore a beret, and shouted at everyone else in the group. Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:33:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-10-01-crushed-pastries.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-10-01-crushed-pastries.html "Our problem is this: the town hospital is full of people with bad sunburn. We have no beds left to treat any more people. The sunburn is entirely avoidable." Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:15:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-10-01-sunburn-emergency.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-10-01-sunburn-emergency.html “I own a luxury confectionery factory, which makes really rich and gooey cakes for the cake shops and cafés in the town. One gooey thing we make a lot of is custard. This morning we started to make a batch of our best, most expensive, deluxe vanilla custard, but something has gone wrong." Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:39:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-09-30-perfect-custard.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-09-30-perfect-custard.html "The pygmy hippos are being attacked by nasty, bitey, buzzy flies. They don't like it. We don't like it. The visitors don't like it. And we are out of ideas. Can you help?" Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:09:00 +0000 https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-09-28-squirt-splat-tumble-splash-gulp.html https://stories.upthebuzzard.com/moose_and_goose_stories/2011-09-28-squirt-splat-tumble-splash-gulp.html