I feel dumber for having tried this.

From today's (hit and miss) Mensa calendar:

Kathleen is as old as Steve was a year ago. In four more years, she’ll be as old as their combined ages now. Neither one is a teenager.

How old are Kathleen and Steve now?

They typically have this type of question about once a week. As usual, I scribbled down the elements as I read through.

Kathleen is as old as Steve was a year ago.
K = S-1

In four more years, she’ll be as old as their combined ages now.
K+4 = K+S

>.<

Please tell me that nobody finds this one challenging.

Anyway... Neither one is a teenager -- oh fuck it, why do they even bother with the last clue? I may not the the brightest person who ever walked this planet, but this is an affront to the modicum of intelligence I possess.

Wait a minute, haven't I seen this kind of IQ test before?

“If you have one bucket with 5 gallons and another bucket with 2 gallons, how many buckets do you have?”

It's all Greek to me

Does your Greek salad come with kalamata olives?

It comes with the, uh, [makes a point of looking through the containers behind the counter] ...black ones?

[sigh]

I am long overdue to make another Greek salad - a proper one I mean. For too many places around here, a "Greek" salad is just a Caesar salad with black olives and feta cheese added to it.