3 men go into a motel. The man behind the desk said the room is $30, so each man paid $10 and went to the room.
A while later the man behind the desk realized that the room was only $25, so he sent the bellboy to the 3 guys’ room with $5.
On the way, the bellboy couldn’t figure out how to split the $5 evenly amongst the 3 men, so he gave each man $1 and kept the other $2 for himself.
This meant that the 3 men each paid $9 for the room, which is a total of $27, add the $2 that the bellboy kept = $29
What happen to the other $1 ???
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Totally Defenceless , 2 hokkien pengs ,ah seng n ah beng got promoted frm privates 2 corporals.not long after,they r out 4 walk n ah beng says Eh seng there the N.C.O club. let go inside n togo. but we all is private only ,mah protests ah seng. no we all is cpl now say ah beng pulling him inside.once inside ah beng says ok, let order some beer n togo. but we all pte say ah seng. piang kia, u cannot c ,meh pointing 2 his stripes,we all cpl now. after the drinking session, they went 2 geylang. There ah beng whistles at a hooker,but the hooker say sorry hor,2nite cannot cos i got gonorrhea (v.d) ah beng pull ah seng 2 the side u go n check the dictionary n c what gonorrhea means. if it ok give me the ok sign ! ah seng did check n gives ah beng the ok sign. 3 weeks later ah beng is in hospital with a severe case of gonorrhea. ni na beh he scold ah seng why u tell me it ok ? not my fault wat the dictionary say it effect the pte mah, now we all cpl mah !
Sequel to #14.
“…….so wonder if I should take the baton and it went on and on and on….until someone knocked on the door. Curious, the first guy walked up to open it and there stood a scantily clad damsel named after the 6th calendar month.
She winked at the 3 guys. Naturally, they raised their batons – each the size of an onfant’s arm. She drooled, swooned and fell into the 2nd guy’s arms, holding his baton in her hand.
The guys had no doubt she wanted a whipping and so they swang their batons on her face, hitting it gently.
She started to moan………..and soon was wet on the face. Only then did the guys realise that she had a very long tongue which she easily stretched out to slurp up every drop.
The talk of succession had no place in their agenda now. They did what she yearned for.
5 hours later, she staggered out, shagged and returned to where she came from.
The guys smiled contentedly, knowing that unwittingly but finally they had solved the problem of succession cos in 10 mths time, there’ll be a succeesor born and she will raise him up and in the process, wd hv a easy hold to the baton without having to covet for it…………..
What are the 3 men doing in one room:
3 men were in deep discussion and whilst walking, they saw this cheap motel …so why not check in to continue the discussion and enjoy the aircon…the heat these days is terrible…global warming blah blah blah…
In the comfort of the cool aircon room..the discussion continues….
1st man was saying…so how, he wants to pass the baton..who is going to take over? must hve a guy lah, if lady takes over, we loose face.
2nd man….I hve daughter in school lah and I got my work. Morever if I take over, the forum may not be that sexciting..I hold the baton, I must watch what I say…
3rd man….I put in lots of dance classes in the forum, I take pictures in most events, I may be able to give big pic of SHC..so wonder if I should take the baton.
and it went on and on and on….
Pls note:
The short story above is purely fictitous. Any character resemblance to any person living or dead, is purely coincidental. There is no intention to embarrass or to harm.
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And here’s your joke:
Three old men were sitting around and talking.
The 80 year-old said, “The best thing that could happen to me would just to be able to have a good pee. I stand there for twenty minutes, and it dribbles and hurts. I have to go over and over again.”
The 85 year-old said, “The best thing that could happen to me is if I could have one good bowel movement. I take every kind of laxative I can get my hands on and it’s still a problem.”
Then the 90 year-old said, “That’s not my problem. Every morning at 6:00 am sharp, I have a good long pee. At 6:30 am sharp I have a great bowel movement. The best thing that could happen to me would be if I could wake up before 7:00 am.”
You guys still worry about that missing $1? Tsk! Tsk!
Hi Ivan
Rub a dub dub.
Three men went to visit June in a tub.
Joy
Hi June, I have copied and pasted your teaser here.
“3 males in a tent. Each pays $5 to RonW thru CharlesW.
RonW decides that $13 per tent shld be sufficient to cover costs.
So passed CharlesW $2 to return to Terence and the 2 guys.
For simplicity, CharlesW returned to each guy 50 cents and kept 50 cents himself.
So each guy paid $4.50, so total 3 guys paid $13.50.
Plus the 50 cents kept by CharlesW, that makes it $14.
But initially $15 passed hands, so what happened to the $1?”
My answer, again I see no problem or missing dollar as follows:-
After the refund 3 men paid $4.50 each so total collected is $13.50. I took $13 and Charles took 0.50 cts. So account closed. Dont event to know about the $15, cause it is irrelevant now, and also as I have shown no is no missing dollar, unless I can do a body check on you? Ha, ha . Cheers.
Hve extracted parts frm the above comments…,,,,,,,,,,here u are…:-)
Hi all..(frm RonaldW)
There is some logic, some mathematic and some illusion in this teaser..(frm RonL).
It’s incorrect to add $2 to $27 as the $2 is a refund (frm Constance).
No controversial issue of $1 (frm Rosna).
Answer is:
3 guys paid $27 ($25 for the room, $2 “tip” pocketed by the bellboy).
Initially paid $30 but they got back $3.
So account closed (frm Lily).
Tio bo? (frm Jassmine).
People see the answer, still have to think to understand it! (frm AndrewY).
Haha haha….(frm Lady June :-)))…I got knighted for this teaser!!!Yea!!! ….that’s the way huhah huhah I like it…remember the song?
But someone got teased a little further than necessary…..
MMMmmmmmmm….what are three MAN doing with/in ONE room? (frm Ivan)
there is no controversial issue of $1 if we get the context right and i agree with June Lim that constance wong answer really give a broad smile.
Each pax should have paid : $8.333 ($25 div.by 3)
but they actually paid : $9 each (after the $1 refund)
Therefore, they paid an excess of : 0.666cts each
0.666cts x 3 = $1.99 (which is the $2 kept by the bellboy)
Account Summary :
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3 pax paid a total of $27
Front desk collected $25
Bellboy pocketed $2 Account Closed.
Hi all,
Ha ha ha, all got tricked lah, total paid for the room is $27, the room was $25 plus $2 taken by the boy. The men paid $9 each so 9 x 3 = $27
So what is the problem $27 paid by the men and room cost $25 + 2 = 27 . Forget about the $30 – 27 it is not in the equation. Cheers
This is interesting!!!!!!!!!!
Let me use some logic, some mathematic and some illusion.
From reading the question, it creates an illusion by making some mathematically confusion. That is adding the Total Paid of three men for the Room ($9×3) to the $2 in the Bellboy’s pocket, which in fact the $2 was already included in the $9 paid by each of the three men.
The mathematic part:
Each man paid $9 is correct.
And the actual amount of the each $9 that goes To Hotel is $8.33 and To Bellboy’s pocket is $0.67.
Therefore, Total Paid is $27
The logic part:
The answer is each man should have paid $8.33 for a $25 Room but paid $9 instead. The Bellboy pocketed the difference between what they should have paid and what they did pay. The difference is between what they did pay and what they should have paid, and not the original payment and what they did pay.
Therefore, Total Paid is $27.
So the illusion part is the initial $30 paid. If you can make the $30 thing disappear, you see the answer. Ha..Ha.
How? That is when the “man behind the desk” paid the $5 refund thru the Bellboy.
This is a game of when to use ADDING and SUBTRACTING of numbers in conjunction with a context of a problem.
Good exercise for the brain.
Hhhmmmm; how to look at this from another practical angle:
1. The motel owner and the man behind the desk are the loosers. Why?
2. Revenue had to be booked in at S$30 because no receipt/vouncher to acknowledge the refunds. Actual cash in hand only S$25, so lost S$5 to poor governance.
3. Winners were the Bellboy and 3 men.
4. Total of S$8 “created for the underground economy”. How come S$8 you may wonder; S$2 from the Bellboy, S$2 each from the 3 men.
5. Why each man S$2? Well, 3 men can claim S$10 each as “company expenses” which means additional of S$1 more “refund”, so S$1 from Bellboy + S$1 from “company” = S$2 x 3 = S$6, right!!!
6. This is also call leakage and sometimes known as multiplier effect…..
7. But the best term for this mess is called “Creative Accounting”.
OK……..blurrr rite……..Ya! I also dun know what I am writing……bcos THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY….no more braincells alive to work!! It’s the weekends!
MMMmmmmmmm….what are three MAN doing with/in ONE room?Hey Tim! you there/here…maybe you can shed some light on this.
Hi June
This is brain food and I must give it a try.
The room is $25, but the cashier at the counter collected $30 from the 3 men.
The bellhop returned $1 each to the 3 men, and kept $2 for himself.
But the room for the 3 men cost $27 not $25 bcos the bellshop ‘ate’ the $2 up.
There’s no extra $1 missing as the original $30 in the transaction became $27 (The 3 men paid $27) for the room. We need only to account for $27, not $30.
Tio bo?
Constance’s reply brought a smile.
Andrew’s reply brought crossed eyes for a second.
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Hi June
Why you so free today, and give out such a tricky question to test our brain. You no good, you no good, baby you no good…
I spent more than one hour to mull over the puzzle and got the following answer (but the people see the answer still have to think to understand it!)
In this question, what perplexed us is the number 30: in one side 30 – 2 is 28 (the 2 is the money took by the bellboy), in the other side, 3 x 9 is 27 (3 is the 3 men and 9 is the money they play after $1 returned). Here $1 difference appeared, and that is the trick of the question.
So my answer is after $3 returned, there should be no more $30 dollar question and the question should be changed to $27 the three men has paid. So in one side is 3 x 9 = 27 and in the other side is 2 + 25 = 27 (where 2 is the money the bellboy kept and 25 is kept by the man behind the desk) and both side is equal, no more problem.
Hi Lady June, am my answer right?
Hi June,
I think it’s incorrect to add
$2 to $27 as the $2 is a refund.
My reasoning – originally paid -$30
Less refund given back -$3
Less refund kept by bellboy -$2
Total paid/collected – $25
Cheers!