Hoody Posted May 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 That's perfectly right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steph Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 This is an oldie, but one I never figured out. Getting out my paper now to try to solve it. Three people check into a hotel room. The clerk says the bill is $30, so each guest pays $10. Later the clerk realizes the bill should only be $25. To rectify this, he gives the bellhop $5 to return to the guests. On the way to the room, the bellhop realizes that he cannot divide the money equally. As the guests didn't know the total of the revised bill, the bellhop decides to just give each guest $1 and keep $2 as a tip for himself. Each guest got $1 back: so now each guest only paid $9; bringing the total paid to $27. The bellhop has $2. And $27 + $2 = $29 so, if the guests originally handed over $30, what happened to the remaining $1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Okay, I finally got it sort of. I know where all the money is. I know where the mistake is. What I don't know is why it's so easy for that particular problem to trick us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted June 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Steph's riddle resembles me to this one: Once there was an oriental trader who passed away. His wife passed away long ago so he left 3 sons and 17 camels. In his last will he said that his three sons shall receive a share of his camels as follows: The oldest son shall get 1/2 of all the camels. The middle son shall get 1/3 of all the camels. The youngest son shall get 1/9 of all the camels. No camel shall be sold or slaughtered! It took them a long time but the 3 sons really did not find a solution for the problem. They then went to the wisest man of the village and told him about their problem. And he found a solution. No camel was sold, no camel was slaughtered, no camel was given away. The 17 camels were shared to the 3 sons in accordance to the traders last will. Do you have an idea what the solution was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 I think I remember most of this one. I need to try to reconstruct it. And then decide if I like it! Yes, I remember. And each son ends up with slightly more than the will said he should get, so it gets my stamp of approval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 This is true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted June 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 And you can replace the verb "DRINK" by any other verb. The message still stays true, or? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted June 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 The solution I know to the camels problem: The wise man said: "I will borrow you one of my camels. Then we divide up and what stays left I get as a fee." The 3 sons agreed and so they did: 17 + 1 = 18 18 * 1/2 = 9 18 * 1/3 = 6 18 * 1/9 = 2 9 + 6 + 2 = 17 1 left as the fee And they lived happily ever after, even the camels. I suppose that is what Steph also found out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 3, 2016 Report Share Posted June 3, 2016 ... yes .... each got at least as much as the will said they should, so they live happily ever after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Hoody, here's one for you ... might be too American ... but maybe you'll get it .... http://marbleconnection.com/topic/21250-humor-ar-ar/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 I'm at #6 working my way down. So far so good, they're coming pretty easily. Figured I'd take a break and share the link with you. 11 Murder Mystery Riddles. Can You Solve Them All? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Pretend you are standing in the center of a room. You find yourself surrounded by strangers. They don't speak your language. You realize that you are totally naked. Everyone wants to touch you. Welcome to the life of a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Alright, here's a riddle. Why can't Albert Einstein do 1+1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Trying to figure this out out without googling. Nothing is coming to me. Ooooh. Now I have a guess. I have typed it below, in invisible ink. Because he is dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Invisible ink is great! Steph's answer sounds reasonable, but I would like to say he is just one stone (Ein|Stein ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 Those language topics just remember me to the one Steph addressed to me earlier. You know: 1/5 2/5 1/5 1/5 (http://marbleconnection.com/topic/21250-humor-ar-ar/) It's long ago now and I need to confess - I really still have no idea what this means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 21 hours ago, Steph said: Trying to figure this out out without googling. Nothing is coming to me. Ooooh. Now I have a guess. I have typed it below, in invisible ink. Correct. Because he is dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted September 10, 2016 Report Share Posted September 10, 2016 What has 2 gray legs and 2 brown legs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted September 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 As usual ... 2 chicken - a brown one and a gray one or A donky wearing brown trousers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 What he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 "Short" is short but "long" is shorter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted December 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Is there a German word for feeling bad about having schadenfreude? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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