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« on: Friday, January 15, 2010, 08:38:16 » |
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Three guys go to stay at a hotel in rural Thailand, and the man at the desk charges them Bt300 for a room. They split the cost hundred Baht each. Later the manager tells the desk man that he overcharged the men, that the actual cost should have been Bt250. The manager gives the bellboy Bt50 and tells him to give it to the men.
The bellboy, however, decides to cheat the men and pockets Bt20, giving each of the men only Bt10.
Now each guy has paid Bt90 to stay in the room and 3 x Bt90 = Bt270. The bellboy has pocketed Bt20.
Bt270 + Bt20 = Bt290 - so where is the missing Bt10?
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Ginginho
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, January 15, 2010, 08:49:50 » |
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Well, there is Bt250 still in the till, each of the guys has Bt10 each and the bellboy has Bt20 thus equalling Bt300
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china red
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, January 15, 2010, 08:54:33 » |
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Each guy paid Bt93.33 not Bt90.00
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Demasiado no es demasiado
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, January 15, 2010, 08:58:54 » |
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Well, there is Bt250 still in the till, each of the guys has Bt10 each and the bellboy has Bt20 thus equalling Bt300
what he said |
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, January 15, 2010, 08:59:50 » |
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there is no missing 10baht. its all a play on words
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Joseph McLaughlin
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, January 15, 2010, 09:23:32 » |
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Diamandis.
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« Reply #6 on: Friday, January 15, 2010, 10:35:32 » |
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Dunwoody Marketing have taken these services 'in - house'
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #7 on: Friday, January 15, 2010, 11:16:26 » |
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Each guy paid Bt93.33 not Bt90.00
each guy paid 90, its just 6.67 of that went to the porter, unknown to them. This totals 270 which as far as they are concerned is the 300 less the 30 discount. Its actually a case of where the missing 20 is as 270-250=20 and the porter nabbed it |
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« Reply #8 on: Friday, January 15, 2010, 12:50:45 » |
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What are you on abaht ?
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Paolo Di Canio, it's Paolo Di Canio
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, January 15, 2010, 16:12:01 » |
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, January 15, 2010, 23:33:19 » |
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Hahaha I found that a lot funnier than I should have... |
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