Hey Bartender!

Here's this week's Sunday NPR Puzzle:

Name an occupation starting with the letter B. Remove the second, third and fourth letters. The remaining letters in order will name something you might experience in the presence of someone who has this occupation. What is it?

I solved this the way anyone with a blog post to write would: Google "occupations starting with the letter B" and scroll. Luckily BARTENDER comes pretty high up on the list. Remove the second, third and fourth letters, you get BENDER.

I don't even want to know what you get when you ask Flickr for photos of bartenders. Here's what "bender" netted me:













Time for

Here are this week's picks:

Zero and fewer     1 - 50  51 - 100 101 - 150 151 - 200 201 - 250 251 - 300 -- Ross 301 - 350 -- Margaret G. 351 - 400 -- Curtis 401 - 450 -- Magdalen 451 - 500 -- Legolambda 501 - 550 551 - 600 601 - 650 -- Joe Kupe 651 - 700 -- Paul 701 - 750 -- Word Woman 751 - 800 801 - 850 851 - 900 901 - 950 951 - 1,000 -- Maggie Strasser

1,001 - 1,050 -- David 1,051 - 1,100 -- Henry B.W. 1,101 - 1,150 1,151 - 1,200 1,201 - 1,250 1,251 - 1,300 1,301 - 1,350 -- B Haven 1,351 - 1,400 1,401 - 1,450 1,451 - 1,500 1,501 - 1,550 1,551 - 1,600 1,601 - 1,650 1,651 - 1,700 1,701 - 1,750 1,751 - 1,800 1,801 - 1,850 1,851 - 1,900 1,901 - 1,950 1,951 - 2,000

2,001 - 2,050 2,051 - 2,100 2,101 - 2,150 2,151 - 2,200 2,201 - 2,250 2,251 - 2,300 2,301 - 2,350 2,351 - 2,400 2,401 - 2,450 2,451 - 2,500 2,501 - 2,750 2,751 - 3,000 3,001 - 3,250 3,251 - 3,500 3,501 - 4,000 4,001 - 4,500 4,501 - 5,000  > 5,000  > 5,000 + new record

Our tie-break rule:   In the event that a single round number is announced with a qualifier such as "about" or "around" (e.g., "We received around 1,200 entries."), AND two separate people picked the ranges of numbers just before and just after that round number, the prize will be awarded to whichever entrant had not already won a prize, or in the event that both entrants had won a prize already or neither had, then to the earlier of the two entries on the famous judicial principle of "First Come First Serve," (or in technical legal jargon, "You Snooze, You Lose").  As of July 2012, this rule is officially no longer obsolete (and also I still just like having fine print).