Riddle thats wreaking me head

Lenny · 14-02-2002 11:20pm #1

Right this is wreaking me head
just say me monty and mindphuck are buying the_bullman a pressy (first 3 names in my head)
we all have £10 to put together to it,

We go into a shop, and give in the moeny, the lady comes back out, and says "tha presant only costed £25"
So she gives us all £1 back each, and keeps the £2 for help self, forsmokes or something.
So in relality, we all put in £10 and got £1 back, which makes out we all only paid £9 each, but if £9*3 makes £27, and then we got our £1 back, so £1*3 makes £3, and the women keeps the £2 for herself, that makes
27
3
+2
___
31

So how does the women end up with the extra £1 for herself
if you also work it out this way, it worke it out right

Press cost £25, the women gave us all back £1 an kept the £2 for herself

25
3
+ 2
___
30

So whats the story with it???

RasTa · 14-02-2002 11:24pm

tryin to work it out for 5mins there,its giving me headaches,its impossible

Victor · 14-02-2002 11:26pm

Gobsheen

, the first way of calculating it is wholly inaccurate and you should only do it the second way.

RasTa · 14-02-2002 11:27pm

wait
yas all had a tenner which equals 30
the present was only 25
which leaves 5 quid left
she kept 2 quid and gave the 3 ppl 1 quid which equals the fiver
ah seems easy once u get it

Spunj · 14-02-2002 11:27pm

It's the 27 in the 1st version. You paid 25 for the present not 27. You're saying you actually paid 9 because you got a pound back... You got a fiver back but she kept 2 of it, So you actually paid 25/3 which is 8.33.

seamus · 14-02-2002 11:27pm

THe first one actually adds to 32 OJ. Its a common fooler, because the €2 gets added in twice. Look at it again. It cost €25, but because she kept 2 for herself, it actually cost €27. + your 3 gives you 30. the 2nd €2 is always added in, and some people can't see that

Irish_Ranger_IR · 15-02-2002 10:23am

Anyone got anymore riddle me this riddle me that?

Terminator · 15-02-2002 12:37pm

that's not a riddle that's a standard banking procedure in Ireland

Irish_Ranger_IR · 15-02-2002 12:45pm

Originally posted by seamus
THe first one actually adds to 32 OJ. Its a common fooler, because the €2 gets added in twice. Look at it again. It cost €25, but because she kept 2 for herself, it actually cost €27. + your 3 gives you 30. the 2nd €2 is always added in, and some people can't see that

LOL

leeroybrown · 15-02-2002 2:01pm

that's not a riddle that's a standard banking procedure in Ireland

lol

Another Riddle:

A guy walks into a pub.

He walks up to the counter and asks the bar-man for a glass of water.

The bar man pulls out a shotgun from under the bar counter and points it straight at they guy.

The guy says "Thanks", turns around and walks out of the bar happy.

Why? (Note: It has nothing to do with not being shot)

seamus · 15-02-2002 2:10pm

I have heard pretty much every one of these on the planet so I'm not gonna ruin it. I'll pm leeroy with the answer (not gonna make that mistake again!!!)

leeroybrown · 15-02-2002 2:13pm

Well Seamus hit the nail on the head! it took me ages to get it the first time I heard it. Luckily I was being paid to work at the time so sitting in the office trying to solve riddles while browsing the net seemed a pretty good way to pass the time.

madds · 15-02-2002 3:18pm

"I'm dying for a slug.....?

Sorry, that just came to mind.....

Mads

Lenny · 15-02-2002 5:23pm

Heard that glass one before, pritty popular...

"The person who makes it sells it,

The person who buys it, doesn't want it,

And the person who its given to, doesn't use it.."

What is it?

"What do you go in with, and pay for, and then leave it behind?"

Don't spoil them on everyone now

Bard · 15-02-2002 5:28pm

...someone for gods sake send me the answer to that glass of water / shotgun one before I go insane...

[edit] oh wait... I get it... d'oh

Guy Incognito · 15-02-2002 5:39pm

Here's a good one:

"There are two men sitting in a cabin side by side. Their chairs are bolted to the floor and they are strapped to the seats. There is only one window in the cabin and one door but they are both locked and can only be opened from the inside. The two men are dead and nobody has entered the room. The men died in the cabin and were not murdered. How did the two men die?"

...and it's not old age!

Bard · 15-02-2002 5:47pm

more riddles here...
http://niall.okeeffe.com/riddle.html

... including the original (?) version of the one that had OJ stumped:

THE RIDDLE:

Three guys walk into town. They go into a hotel and ask for a room they can share. The clerk has just the thing they want for thirty dollars. The clerk sends them to the room, takes out the ledger, and realizes that he made a mistake. The room costs only twenty-five dollars. Now he has to divide five dollars evenly three ways. Can't be done. So the clerk pockets two dollars, tells the guys that he made a three dollar mistakeand gives them each a single. Now, each man paid only nine dollars for his share of the room. Nine times three equals twenty seven, plus the two in the clerk's pocket equals twenty nine. Where's the other dollar?

THE ANSWER:

You're not trying to find the thirty dollars - you're trying to find twenty five dollars - the 3 guys paid thirty, minus the 3 they got back, minus the 2 in the clerk's pocket - you're not supposed to add them when he gives it back, it's still part of the same thirty.

More classic riddles here...

azezil · 15-02-2002 5:57pm

Heard that glass one before, pritty popular...

"The person who makes it sells it,

The person who buys it, doesn't want it,

And the person who its given to, doesn't use it.."

What is it?

Answer PM'd to OJ

azezil · 15-02-2002 6:00pm

Originally posted by leeroybrown
A guy walks into a pub.

He walks up to the counter and asks the bar-man for a glass of water.

The bar man pulls out a shotgun from under the bar counter and points it straight at they guy.

The guy says "Thanks", turns around and walks out of the bar happy.

Why? (Note: It has nothing to do with not being shot)

LOL daw took me long enough

Lenny · 15-02-2002 7:33pm

azezil that answer is right

Thanks for that site Bard, will come in handy

"What do you go in with, and pay for, and then leave it behind?"

Anyone got it yet?

D-Generate · 15-02-2002 8:07pm

Oj: Could it be an illness. You go into hospital, you pay your hospital bill and you leave your sickness behind

Probably wrong though.

Lenny · 15-02-2002 8:35pm

No, but kinda close,

Victor · 16-02-2002 7:26pm

"What do you go in with, and pay for, and then leave it behind?"

A haircut?

Lenny · 17-02-2002 2:12pm

the one in the PM was right Victor, and so is that one there..

you cheat

Mr.Applepie · 17-02-2002 2:40pm

A third of the £2 that the lady kept is yours so really really you each paid £8.33333(you get the idea) for the present. 3*8.33 = £25 the rest is simple!

Victor · 17-02-2002 8:26pm

The money one I have heard many times, but never got wrong in the first place.

"What do you go in with, and pay for, and then leave it behind?"

I feel uncomfortable with the answer to this (it is grammatically awkward).

The other one I might have heard, but I'm not sure.

Riddle thats wreaking me head

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