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scotty · 04-09-2004, 02:30 PM

Not sure if #22's already been taken or not. Hell, not sure if this riddle's already out there somewhere - haven't gone through the whole forum yet. But here's one of my faves:

Three guys walk into a hotel and the desk clerk tells them the room is $30 for the night. They each cough up $10 and head to their room. A little while later the desk clerk realizes he's made a mistake and that the room should only be $25, so he sends the bellboy up with 5 $1 bills. On the way up the bellboy realizes that he's not going to be able to split $5 evenly 3 way, so he pockets $2 and gives each of the guys $1 back.

So, they've now each paid $9, right? 9x3 = $27 plus the $2 in the bellboys pocket is $29. Where's the other dollar?

04-09-2004, 02:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
scotty Tilted Location: The Great White North	The 33 1/3 second mystery # 22(?) Not sure if #22's already been taken or not. Hell, not sure if this riddle's already out there somewhere - haven't gone through the whole forum yet. But here's one of my faves: Three guys walk into a hotel and the desk clerk tells them the room is $30 for the night. They each cough up $10 and head to their room. A little while later the desk clerk realizes he's made a mistake and that the room should only be $25, so he sends the bellboy up with 5 $1 bills. On the way up the bellboy realizes that he's not going to be able to split $5 evenly 3 way, so he pockets $2 and gives each of the guys $1 back. So, they've now each paid $9, right? 9x3 = $27 plus the $2 in the bellboys pocket is $29. Where's the other dollar?