Yes, this is a really old riddle I have come across many times, I am surprised you had not heard it before, Dimrill
But, CG - £8.33 plus 67p adds up to £9, so you are left with the same riddle. Craster had it right
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Riddle me this, Batman |
The missus came home from work last night having wracked her brains all day over a conundrum she heard on Kerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrap radio in the morning, but didn't hear the solution. I thought I'd open it up to you swines, as I can't figure it out either. Krap Radio wrote: Three men go to a restaurant for lunch. They each order a meal and when the bill arrives it comes to £30 exactly. They split it 3 ways and each pay £10. When the waitress goes to put it through the till, she discovers they have been overcharged by £5. She takes £2 as a tip and gives each of the men back £1, so in effect each man has paid £9 for their meal. 3 x 9 = 27, if she took £2 for a tip, where did the other pound go?
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| Author: | MrChris [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
The waitress nicked it. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
It's a fallacy of assumption. You're assuming that you should be looking at the difference between £30 and £27, whereas you should actually be looking at the difference between £25 and £27. £25 meal, they paid £27, the waitress took the £2. Job done. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
Bostin. I'll tell the missus. |
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| Author: | ElephantBanjoGnome [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
It's a quirk of the mathematics. If each bloke pays a tenner and it turns out they've been overcharged by a fiver, then they're due £5 back. That means in reality each man didn't pay £9, they paid £8.333333. It's only because they've paid the waitress a tip of £2 that the maths has shifted. £2 divided by 3 men = 67p (roughly), which accounts for the discrepancy. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
Yes, this is a really old riddle I have come across many times, I am surprised you had not heard it before, Dimrill But, CG - £8.33 plus 67p adds up to £9, so you are left with the same riddle. Craster had it right
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
I don't do riddles as they infuriate me. I am not Bilbo Baggins, no matter what people may say! |
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| Author: | ElephantBanjoGnome [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:29 ] |
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Mimi wrote: Yes, this is a really old riddle I have come across many times, I am surprised you had not heard it before, Dimrill But, CG - £8.33 plus 67p adds up to £9, so you are left with the same riddle. Craster had it right No Mimi, that was my point. The men paid a total of £9 each which includes the tip, and they also each get £1 back, which adds up to 30. So nyeeeer 
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| Author: | Mimi [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
ComicalGnomes wrote: Mimi wrote: Yes, this is a really old riddle I have come across many times, I am surprised you had not heard it before, Dimrill But, CG - £8.33 plus 67p adds up to £9, so you are left with the same riddle. Craster had it right No Mimi, that was my point. The men paid a total of £9 each which includes the tip, and they also each get £1 back, which adds up to 30. Oh, I misundrstood what you had written, sorry. Quote: So nyeeeer No-one likes a smart-arse. |
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| Author: | Malabelm [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
The question lies. Always check out the maths and logic before taking anything as gospel in a riddle. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
You are all WRONG! The question is Dimrill wrote: ... where did the other pound go? So the answer is: To the till and back. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
Well no - there is no other pound. That's just the question misleading you. 9x3 = 27 27-2 = 25. There is no pound. |
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| Author: | Stuart Ashen [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
 The Pound is a lie. |
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| Author: | ElephantBanjoGnome [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
and in case you missed this one: http://www.pimpthatsnack.com/project.php?projectID=371 made me smile
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| Author: | Stuart Ashen [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
ComicalGnomes wrote: http://www.pimpthatsnack.com/project.php?projectID=371 This cake is great. It's so soft and moist. |
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| Author: | ElephantBanjoGnome [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:17 ] |
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Did anyone else fiddle with their HL2 installation to get the Portal gun? It's a bit of a wonky one really, as all you actually do is dump all of the HL2 maps into the portal directory and load them manually. It basically works but the sound is a bit borked. Still, fun
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
Craster wrote: Well no - there is no other pound. That's just the question misleading you. 9x3 = 27 27-2 = 25. There is no pound. No, I think you'll find I have beaten the riddler at his own game. 13 + 37 = 1337 |
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| Author: | sinister agent [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
Well, obviosuly the one pound went to the government as tax. But it's okay! If the waitress sends off for and fills in six forms, and gets married and then gets pregnant, she'll get it back. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
sinister agent wrote: Well, obviosuly the one pound went to the government as tax. But it's okay! If the waitress sends off for and fills in six forms, and gets married and then gets pregnant, she'll get it back. If she gets pregnant without getting married first, they'll give her double. |
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| Author: | pupil [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 14:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Riddle me this, Batman |
What a crap riddle. I only got confused because the answer was utterly obvious, so was looking at it seeing what I must have missed. Kerrrrapp, in fact. |
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