ewok does it again

[dracken1]

ok there are 3 of you going past a bike breakers and you spot a part a mate has been looking for,for months.
it's £30.00
so you decide to buy it for them and you decide to go thirds on it so you each take out £10.00 out of your wallets/pockets/underpants.
10x3=30.
you go into the brakers and are served by a pimply youth who takes your money.
as he's about to put it in the till. the boss says to him "as they're paying cash
let them have it for £25.00."
as none of you overheard the boss saying this,said pimply youth decides to work a fast one.
he comes up to you and gives you each £1.00 back. which leaves £2.00.
which he pockets.

so now you have not paid £10.00 each. you have paid £9.00 each

BUT. 9x3=27
plus the £2.00 the youth pocketed makes £29.00

so wheres the other £1.00 gone?

answer maybe its in the title of this post

[Friar Tuck]

Nah! We have 11 fingers on each hand!

"How comes?" You may ask? Well, when we count out we have to use our hands as we hve no calculators, so one one hand we count out 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, plus the 5 fingers on the other hand that makes 11 quid!

So cough up! You owe us another £3! That's a fiver you're out of pocket!

[Braces]

umm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Gypsy]

because it depends on who is counting...erm, like the pimply guy says they only paid £25 though they say they paid £9 each ie £27

here's one for you

If you have three oranges and you take away two, how many will you have?

[Gypsy]

because it depends on who is counting...erm, like the pimply guy says they only paid £25 though they say they paid £9 each ie £27

here's one for you

If you have three oranges and you take away two, how many will you have?

oops it's doro not gypsy

answer is...think about it...what if he'd given them the £5 back? divide that between the 3 pals and they only get £1.66 change so they've each paid £8.34 which x3 =£25.02 which makes 2p over

it's a maths optical illusion

if you don't try to divide it by 3 it works out right!

[Gypsy]

doro says

thought of a better explanation

but it still won't make sense

remember at school when you did equations and you had to do the operations in a special order?

it was always
multiply first
then divide
then add
then subtract

this trick is mixing the order up so you get the wrong answer

[JOE]

come over here mate... cheers, give us a pound ok. Right I've got the pound that's missing anyone got change of a pound? no? alright you got 50p you've got 10 and a button and I've got another forty ok. Now if you give me that original pound back and I give you my 40p then hand give the 10p and button to him.......



bugger, let's start again

[Mrs Reject]

Stop it, my brain hurts! :confused:

[Jim]

Mine would if I had one.

[Bosun]

so thats where my button went, did you find the washer as well?

[blackhack]

Right then..............

Think of a number...
Double it....
Add 23453....
then multiply it by 10
subtract the first number that you thought of....
add 67743
subtract....876
then divide it by 20...
whats the answer>>>>
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correct!!

[Friar Tuck]

This is all well and good! but we still haven't had our 3 quid! Come on cough up!

[Sir Ewok]

To avoid problems, like the pimply youth knicking money, all our staff must work naked and have full cavity searches before exiting the work place. Any staff member caught pilfering are severely punished...........

[Dusty]

well after studying this problem over the years, i have come up with the obvious and correct answer...................................













here goes















let your mate buy the bits himself........they always moan that they could have got it cheaper or they think you're ripping them off or they will have already got it from somewhere else...............................bloody mates , nothing but trouble

[Bosun]

To avoid problems, like the pimply youth knicking money, all our staff must work naked and have full cavity searches before exiting the work place. Any staff member caught pilfering are severely punished...........


ooh got any vacancies? :)

[davesatan]

help .................

[misfits ragdoll]

blimey i work in a shop and it took me a while but there again the tills do it all for me

[Jay]

I could tell this was some sort of trick because:

1. I don't have 2 friends
2. No part for any bike costs only £30
3. Like the famous "MEAT Curry", you haven't told us what the part is
4. I am running out of more reasons
5. hello....is anyone there

[Friar Tuck]

blimey i work in a shop and it took me a while but there again the tills do it all for me

Right! you got the job! Report first thing in the morning. Sir Ewok will feel you up for the fitting of the uniform!

Fayjii! Not a chance! Go get your coat!

[Bosun]

Fayjii! Not a chance! Go get your coat!





shuffles off dejectedly back to the street corner with his cardboard placcard" down and out...gilfriend, goldfish and Dragstar Starter motor to keep... Donations welcome" ;)

[Friar Tuck]

Lol!............... :D :D