Re: Betch-ya I can stump you guys!!!!!!!

From: Cale (vencomatic@ameritech.net)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 22:22:36 EDT


Sam, he may not. He would be quite dead.
Cale

Sam Parthemer wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of mrdancer
> > Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 5:32 AM
> > To: 'DML'
> > Subject: Re: DML: Betch-ya I can stump you guys!!!!!!!
> >
> >
> > I read a while back in MT or C&D about the extensions put on most
> > car names.
> > The SE, EX, SX, XE, ES and XS, etc. extensions are supposed to be
> > subliminal
> > advertising, linking the car to sex deep in your subconscious - IOW, buy
> > this SX car and you will get sex. If that's the case, maybe SLT is slut?
> > LOL
> >
> > and now, something completely different.......
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > Here's a real stumper!
> > Three guys in a hotel call room service and order two large pizzas. The
> > delivery boy brings them up with a bill for exactly $30.00. Each guy gives
> > him a $10.00 bill, and he leaves. That's fact!
> > When he hands the $30.00 to the cashier, he is told a mistake was
> > made. The
> > bill was only $25.00, not $30.00. The cashier gives the delivery boy five
> > $1.00 bills and tells him to take it back to the 3 guys who ordered the
> > pizza. That's fact!
> > On the way back to their room, the delivery boy has a thought...
> > these guys
> > did not give him a tip. He figures that since there is no way to
> > split $5.00
> > evenly three ways anyhow, he will keep two dollars for himself
> > and give them
> > back three dollars. OK! So far so good!
> > He knocks on the door and one fellow answers. He explains about a
> > mix up in
> > the bill, and hands he guy the three dollars, then departs with his
> > two-dollar tip in his pocket.
> > Now the fun begins!
> > Remember $30-$25=$5 Right? $5-$3=$2 Right?
> > So what's the problem? All is well, right?
> > Not quite. Answer this:
> > Each of the three guys originally gave $10.00 each. They each got
> > back $1.00
> > in change.
> > That means they paid $9.00 each, which times three is $27.00. The delivery
> > boy kept $2.00 for a tip.
> > $27.00 plus $2.00 equals $29.00.
> > Where the heck is the other dollar ?????????
> >
>
> You are doing the math wrong, $10 each, that's 3x10=$30.00
> He gives each a dollar back $30-3=$27.00-$2 he kept (not ADDED!)
> which equals $25.00!!!
>
> ------------------------
>
> Can a man marry his widows sister?
>
> Sam '00 RT



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