[Slick]

This is not a riddle, but I remember the problem like it was yesterday. It was one of the first word problems I ever had to do while taking algebra. Hmmm... 24 years ago... It's a wonder I went on to engineering school. Anyway, this thing kicked my butt:

A ship is twice as old as its boiler was when the ship was as old as the boiler is. The sum of their ages is 49 years. How old is the ship and how old is the boiler?

Word problems. Oh, the memories...

Slick.