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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Mon May 21, 2007 2:59 pm

Recently, Ajay, Monty and Phil went into a bar in Majorca and sat down for a slap-up meal and a beer :D .

The cost of the meal was 10 euros each, and so they handed over 30e to the waitress (being too mean to include a tip :oops: )

The bar patron decided that to have Agreeables in his bar was an honour :lol: , so he told the waitress that they should have a discount. He decided that she should return 5e to the trio.

As she could not divide the 5e by 3, she decided to give them 1e each :? and keep the other 2e herself. :roll:

This means they paid 27e and the waitress had 2e, making a total of 29e. :?

Where is the missing euro :?:
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Postby Graham O » Mon May 21, 2007 3:49 pm

Blah !!
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Postby Brian Robinson » Mon May 21, 2007 3:55 pm

I'm clearly bored.

They paid 27 euros (30 originally and 3 returned = 25 to the restaurant and 2 to the waitress). The 27 + 2 = 29 is a red herring, no missing Euro.

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Postby -Adam- » Mon May 21, 2007 8:37 pm

Too right, that was an easy one! :wink:
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Postby Stu Merckx Man » Mon May 21, 2007 9:29 pm

pauls getting soft
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Postby George » Tue May 22, 2007 5:56 am

does George live in the centre house :?:
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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Tue May 22, 2007 8:20 am

[quote]The 27 + 2 = 29 is a red herring


Absolutely right - :D well done Brian, :D

and no, George lives in the Red house :roll:
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Postby Snoop Doug » Tue May 22, 2007 9:08 am

I'm confused..... I thought red herring was what they ordered for lunch :oops:

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Postby huw williams » Tue May 22, 2007 9:44 am

AJ wasn't in Majorca :-0
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