When did it become accepted wisdom that students should be able to name the 13th president of the United States but be utterly overwhelmed by a broken bike Chain?
A man in a long duster had dismounted from the wreck and now stood in the middle of the road, looking from the car to the tire and from the tire to the observers in a pleasant, puzzled way.
With puzzled looks, most adults consented with a smile. Some asked us what we were doing. To which we replied, We can't tell you. It's a business secret.
When the woman shook her head in bewilderment, Harry went on to explain that 'Myrolite' was a hard, amber-like substance which could be used to remove freckles.
No one said anything, till Laurie, who insisted on serving the bride, appeared before her, with a loaded salver in his hand and a puzzled expression on his face.
The limestone that elsewhere gives Iowa its hard mineralized water was obliterated and replaced by the shocked basement rocks that so puzzled the water driller in 1912.