Conundrums Come in PAIRS

       
   


       Thinking of the fruit I was putting in my salad:

       "Oh, there's two spellings--I wanted the other one, "pares" I said.

       Connie jumped in with "No, three," just as I realized, "Wait, of course, pears is the one I want."

       All pronounced the same way--but leading in different directions.

       Conundrums come in pairs . . . and in ways one can't pare down.