Kells xx Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 the recorder had been stopped and rewound ready for the detecive to listen to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebe03 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Well done Kells you are correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 yay!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 paul's height is of 6ft 4 inches, he is an assistant at a butchers and wears size 10 shoes and large sized clothes........................... what does he weigh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val (Zebedee) Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 meat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 you got it val Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val (Zebedee) Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 ok, let me think ................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val (Zebedee) Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 I run all day but never walk, I often murmur but never talk, I have a bed but never sleep, I have a mouth but never eat, what am I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 a river Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val (Zebedee) Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 blimey, Kell, think you answered that before I posted it! Yep, you're right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 yay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the trio by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the 3 friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebe03 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 The initial payment of $30 is accounted for as the clerk takes $25, the bellhop takes $2, and the guests get a $3 refund. It adds up. After the refund has been applied, we only have to account for a payment of $27. Again, the clerk keeps $25 and the bellhop gets $2. This also adds up. There is no reason to add the $2 and $27 – the $2 is contained within the $27 already. Thus the addition is meaningless. Instead the $2 should be subtracted from the $27 to get the revised bill of $25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells xx Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 well done lee your turn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val (Zebedee) Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Blimey - the explanation was more difficult than the riddle!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebe03 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 You hear it speak, for it has a hard tongue. But it cannot breathe for it has not a lung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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