India, Jan. 27 -- Logic has sometimes been defined as mathematics without numbers, while some may argue that mathematics is actually logic with numbers. For puzzlers, it all boils down to the same thing: we are fine with whatever tests our reasoning skills, with or without numbers. Even word puzzles require reasoning.

People who habitually tell the truth or habitually lie provide us with puzzles that do not usually involve numbers, except for the number of such people involved in such a puzzle. One of the following puzzles brings a little variety to that category of puzzles. For more variety, the second puzzle involves both words and numbers.

#Puzzle 127.1

A bartender friend of mine, who knew I was looking for new puzzles, sent me a ti...