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Riddle me this

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Click_Here
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3 guys go to a hotel room. the room is 30 dollars for the night, they split it three ways, each pay 10. as it turns out the room was only 25 dollars so the manager sends the bellhop to return the 5 dollars. he figures to himself that you cant split 5 dollars evenly so he takes 2 dollars and give the guys back 1 dollar each. so now the guys each have paid 9 dollars each and the bellhop kept 2 dollars. where the fuck did that last dollar go?

Nov 3 2010 6:24PM
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TheWiseOne
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thats easy. just divide by zero
Nov 3 2010 6:29PM
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7-3instacall
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B.E.D.M.A.S
Nov 3 2010 6:29PM
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Mike-O
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It's the government, man... A conspiracy. Come hang out in my RV near Roswell and I'll give you the 411 on the situation, man.
Nov 3 2010 6:31PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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the male stripper the three guys hired. In all seriousness there is no "last dollar". 30 was paid, 5 was given back to the three guys and the bell hop. $25 (hotel) + $2(bellboy) + $3(men) = $30. Its just flawed logic.
Nov 3 2010 6:31PM
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theabortionator
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there is no extra dollar.

10x3=30

30-25=5

3x1=3

5- 3 =2

bellhop took 2.


fuck these dumb riddles.


I don't give a fuck about the trick.

Karma is going down bitch
Nov 3 2010 6:32PM
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danbrown
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25 isn't divisible by 3. Giving them each a dollar back would only total 28, which isn't divisible by 3 either.
Nov 3 2010 6:32PM
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Anathema
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you dont subtract three from the thirty and add two back.........

Nov 3 2010 6:34PM
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RiddleMeThis
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did you need something?
Nov 3 2010 6:36PM
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Click_Here
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the dudes paid 27 dollars and the bellhop got 2 thats 29. wheres the other single?
Nov 3 2010 6:37PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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no. the dudes paid 30 got five back and gave 2 to the bellhop. 25+3=28+2=30.
Nov 3 2010 6:39PM
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TheWiseOne
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9x3=27
27+2=29
29=/=30
Nov 3 2010 6:40PM
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PAuL_Hellar
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a homeless man in baltimore told me this riddle wierd i guess
Nov 3 2010 6:41PM
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ECB
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My roommate insists that the hotel took the extra dollar

I tried explaining NO.

Can someone else?
Nov 3 2010 6:56PM
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theabortionator
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I don't think there was any money in the first place. I don't think the hotel was real, I don't think the story was real.


I call NANS






Time to go party
Nov 3 2010 6:58PM
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Tinga
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oooo that bell hop is getting fired for sure.
Nov 3 2010 7:02PM
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Slinger1x1
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look at this happy black man
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Nov 3 2010 7:03PM
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Click_Here
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IT WAS HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!!!!!!
Nov 3 2010 8:05PM
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Walkawalka
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each man did not pay 9 dollars like it says in the riddle, this is where the confusion comes in. They payed 28 split 3 ways, which means 2 of them payed 9.33 and the other payed 9.34.

Nov 3 2010 8:15PM
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Click_Here
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then how did the bellhop get 2 buck? you can t just go chaning the riddle
Nov 3 2010 8:17PM
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black_mamba
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the room is now $25, not $30... 9*3=27...27-2=25... therefore, shit is all good
Nov 3 2010 8:17PM
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pigglywiggly
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OH SHIIIII
Nov 3 2010 8:17PM
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Walkawalka
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It cleary states that the bellhop took the money for himself. The riddle says each man paid 9$, this is false.
Nov 3 2010 8:25PM
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McFellon
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you're not doing the math right. these guys are right
-$30
+$3
bellhop keeps the last $2
=-$25, the amount paid
Nov 3 2010 8:26PM
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Click_Here
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but logically, each guy paid 27 equally. and the belldick got 2 dollars, that equals 29
Nov 3 2010 8:28PM
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Walkawalka
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Here's the thing: they didn't pay 27 equally, they paid 28 because the bellhop took 2.
Nov 3 2010 8:30PM
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Ehh...
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pics or didn't happen?
Nov 3 2010 8:32PM
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Click_Here
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but they each paid 10 and got a dollar back. so thats 9 dollars
Nov 3 2010 8:33PM
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no_steeze
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here's another riddle

what do you call a dumb, reposting 6th grader who can't figure out his math homework?





















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Nov 3 2010 8:34PM
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fujarome
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$27 (final payment) - $2 (to bellhop) = $25 (to clerk)


you don't need to add the 2 to the 27 initially, as it's already in there.
Nov 3 2010 8:35PM
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ECB
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Is pimping easy?
Nov 3 2010 8:35PM
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Ehh...
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.
Nov 3 2010 8:35PM
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Click_Here
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pimps dont cryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Nov 3 2010 8:37PM
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hellyeaaaah
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That was pretty racist.
Nov 3 2010 8:43PM
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Click_Here
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how was me saying that was him is rasict? it could have been a mexican and i would have said the same. or a white guy
Nov 3 2010 8:44PM
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Click_Here
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daily bump
Nov 4 2010 3:40PM
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Mr.Luke
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All I know is that was one cheap ass hotel
Nov 4 2010 3:49PM
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Mr.Feeny
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lol
Nov 4 2010 4:54PM
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RiddleMeThis
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yeah i got slightly confused
Nov 4 2010 4:57PM
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