How much ?

[Lamp]

Lateral thinking puzzle:

A man walked into a hardware store. "How much will one cost?" asked the customer.
"Twenty cents," replied the shopkeeper.
"And how much will twelve cost?".
"Forty cents." was the reply. "Right. I'll take one hundred and twelve."
"Okay. That will be sixty cents, please." said the shopkeeper

What was the customer buying?

 

[Haggus]

eggs

 

[tris-]

wire

 

[Dakkath]

It was some kind of sign writer and he was buying individual characters or numbers in this case...

1 = 1 character = 20c each character
12 = 2 characters = 40c (20*2)
112 = 3 characters = 60c (20*3)

What do I win?

 

[Lamp]

Correct. The customer was buying numbers for his front door

 

[evzy]

Maybe he just had a gun to the dudes head and it assisted in the haggle?

 

[Dakkath]

Correct. The customer was buying numbers for his front door

Do I have permission to feel smug now?

 

[Lamp]

What do I win?

Half an hour PVE'ing in Mithra !

 

[Ezteq]

Do I have permission to feel smug now?

Switch to smug mode!



well done old bean.