This week’s puzzle:

A man starting a new job and a visitor from out of town both get new suits. Both have difficulty interacting with those around them, both are looking for the same thing, and when they finally meet, each one insults the other’s relatives.

Last week’s puzzle:

After being harassed for dressing inappropriately and disrupting a party by misusing the tableware, a young man with a false name finds he has to get home in a hurry. Alcohol only adds to his problems, and friends and relatives advise him not to take risks, but in the end his solution is to resort to criminal behavior.

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