DaveSupTT Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 3 men go into a hotel. The man behind the desk said the room is £30.00 so each man paid £10.00 and went to the room. A while later the man behind the desk realized the room was only £25.00 so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys' room with £5.00 on the way the bellboy couldn't figure out how to split £5.00 evenly between 3 men, so he gave each man a £1.00 and kept the other £2.00 for himself. This meant that the 3 men each paid £9.00 for the room, which is a total of £27.00, add the £2.00 that the bellboy kept = £29.00 where is the other pound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Easy, it is a play in words as in the way it is added up. Plus older than internet itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJames Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Bell boy nicked it.. thieving pikey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 add the £2.00 that the bellboy kept You can't add the 2 pounds on because the goal posts have changed. You're not looking for 30 anymore. You're are actually looking for the 27. The other 3 pounds have been returned so are not to be considered anymore. You are left with 9 pounds the 3 people pay which adds up to twenty 27. Minus the 2 that the chap robbed is the 25 that paid for the room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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