Riddle me this!

[old.ignus]

Ok you guys I have a riddle type thingy that will make you think and hopefully one of you can come up with an answer coz I bloody can't.
Ok
Three men walk past a shop with a radio in the window, the radio is advertised at £15, the three men decided that if they each put a fiver in then they could afford the radio. They go into the shop, purchase the radio and leave. Later on the manager of the shop arrives and tells the shop assistant that the radio was reduced to £10 and that he should give the men back the price difference. Setting off with the extra fiver the assistant decides that £5 cannot be split 3 ways so he will keep £2 for himself and give the men £1 each back.

Ok the hard bit:
So if the three recieve £1 back each that means that they only paid £4 each. 4+4+4 = 12 + the £2 in the assistants pocket makes £14.
Where did the other pound go?

Answers on a postcard to blah blah blah.

The winner will recieve absolutely bugger all.

To enter you must be below the age of 100 years old.

 

[nothing]

It's just a math problem, not logic. Solution is this: Each guy pays £5 originally. Each guy gets £1 back. Assistant keeps £2.
3*5=15 for what they paid originally
15-3=12 taking away what they were given back
12-2=10 for what the assistant kept.
The solution is due to the fact that there was an incorrect application of the subtraction mathematical principle in the point £12+2, as it should be 12-2. So there is no missing pound, just an incorrect piece of maths. sorry. Knew that 1 before.

 

[Wij]

Sounds fair.

 

[nothing]

Um, the question isn't really. It's purposefully decieving.

 

[old.Rostam]

So the assisstant is a thieving cunt who couldn't do maths.

 

[Summo]

That's the conclusion I reached.

They're all cunts in retail.

There are no exceptions.

This I have learned.

 

[Moving Target]

you are correct

 

[old.TUG]

Yeh, specially a certain overclockin shop in da yookay

 

[~Lazarus~]

Why didnt the shop assistant just keep the fiver????

 

[old.ignus]

ah but why when you use the logical mathematical method which is 3 x 4 = 12 + the 2 pound that the shopkeeper 'stole', do you end up with 14?

In our area the three men would probably have put a brick through the window and nicked the radio.

 

[Summo]

Yeah... they're a tough bunch in Lincolnshire.

I hear it's an area of rural tranquillity and remarkable natural beauty, where the rolling chalk of the Lincolnshire Wolds meets the lush Ancholme Valley and the unique Isle of Axholme. The past and present are never far apart and there are many attractions and places of interest within easy reach, linked by quiet country lanes and cycle routes.

 

[old.ignus]

oh bugger off you just ruined my joke. Yes here in Lincolnshire we enjoy a quiet life. Actually no that's not right. Stazbumpa got into a fight not long ago (and won!) and I got into one yesterday, several windows were broken and there was a lot of blood flying about, so not as peaceful as you think.

 

[Summo]

But... but... the rural tranquillity... the remarkable natural beauty...

What are you saying...?



Do you mean there's been a fight there? OMG.

 

[old.ignus]

I know, nobody could believe it, a fight here in Lincolnshire. Nobody understands what is goind on and now we've all turned to rioting.

But seriously if you think this place is peaceful, then you should have been here at christmas. Anybody else been invaded by gypsies yet?

 

[old.[MAD]Lexx]

Originally posted by ignus
I know, nobody could believe it, a fight here in Lincolnshire. Nobody understands what is goind on and now we've all turned to rioting.

But seriously if you think this place is peaceful, then you should have been here at christmas. Anybody else been invaded by gypsies yet?

I'll pitch my fellow London boys up against your Lincolnshire boys any day Cummon Then!!!

 

[~Lazarus~]

oooooohhhhhh.


Powerpuff girls vs Anthill Mob


P.s. note smilies - this is not flaming

 

[old.Rostam]

Originally posted by Lazarus
oooooohhhhhh.


Powerpuff girls vs Anthill Mob


P.s. note smilies - this is not flaming

Powerpuff girls vs Anthill Mob

Notice no smilies, this is flaming.

I say that cuz I', as hard as fucking nails I am.

 

[old.[MAD]Lexx]

Originally posted by Rostam



Powerpuff girls vs Anthill Mob

Notice no smilies, this is flaming.

I say that cuz I', as hard as fucking nails I am.

And because you are fucking distance away!

 

[old.Rostam]

Well I guess, the distance does sort of play a part.

 

[Moving Target]

it does?

 

[old.ignus]

Originally posted by [MAD]Lexx


I'll pitch my fellow London boys up against your Lincolnshire boys any day Cummon Then!!!

Ok but I bet you won't make it past the sheep!!!!!!!!

 

[Testin da Cable]

Originally posted by ignus


Ok but I bet you won't make it past the sheep!!!!!!!!

the sheep could indeed form a distraction for some

 

[old.ignus]

Anyway enough of this, can anybody answer my question?

 

[Summo]

You have a question?

 

[old.ignus]

yes

 

[Summo]

Oh.

 

[old.deathmask]

Originally posted by ignus

Anybody else been invaded by gypsies yet?

Grantham Leisure Center car park - full of the bastards.

 

[Stazbumpa]

Us Skegness lot are mental bastards. The Yardy gangs from Hackney come to us for advice on a regular basis. The only people in Lincolnshire who are pussies are the ones in Boston, as they are too busy shagging their sisters.

And their sheep.

 

[nothing]

I used to live in Spalding b4 I moved up here. J00 wouldn't believe how difficult it is to shag a cabbage, and that's all we got around here, cept for the tulips. Anyone ever been to the tulip festival there?
But anyway, it shoulnd't be 3*4=12, +2=14.
It should be 3*4=12, -2=10 which is what they paid for the radio.