“I’m so sad,” little Billy cried. “Mommy said I could eat only one candy bar each day.”

“Oh, that’s a shame, Billy,” his pal (and future defense attorney) Clarence replied. “But think back, Billy. Did she happen to mention anything about how many bars you’re allowed to eat each night?”

Gene Newman was a USAF cryptologist during the Korean War and is a retired engineer and journalist, including stringing for the N.Y. Times and being a crossword puzzle creator for the New York Times and USA Today.