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hm
The three people actually paid 30 quid and got 3 quid back, hence the 27 quid. They should have paid 25 quid but the woman has got the two quid.
the three people are actually all called fatipa, brian, and Brian Fatipa, as only they would consider staying in a £9quid a night fleapit and then start arguing about one lousy quid which doesn't exist unless you add the wrong numbers together.
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hm
The three people actually paid 30 quid and got 3 quid back, hence the 27 quid. They should have paid 25 quid but the woman has got the two quid.
the three people are actually all called fatipa, brian, and Brian Fatipa, as only they would consider staying in a £9quid a night fleapit and then start arguing about one lousy quid which doesn't exist unless you add the wrong numbers together.
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jimi
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Re: non boaty - a puzzle.
It's cos they were the US security services and all the decent accomodation has been snapped up by protestors the illusory diff is due to exchange gains.
<hr width=100% size=1>O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It's cos they were the US security services and all the decent accomodation has been snapped up by protestors the illusory diff is due to exchange gains.
<hr width=100% size=1>O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
ParaHandy
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Re: three men in a boat ...
Three men moored a boat in Tobermory for £30 (each man gave the harbour master £10) but the skipper, claymore, being a wily auld goat, told the HM he had overcharged for the mooring and ordered him to refund £20.
The skipper couldn't work out how to split the £20 refund into three equal parts so without telling anybody, he pocketed £20. The crew were oblivious to this. Because each man had now paid £10, totalling £30 (3 x £10), and the skipper had pocketed £20 less the £10 on the deal which all adds up to £40, what has happened to the missing £10?
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Three men moored a boat in Tobermory for £30 (each man gave the harbour master £10) but the skipper, claymore, being a wily auld goat, told the HM he had overcharged for the mooring and ordered him to refund £20.
The skipper couldn't work out how to split the £20 refund into three equal parts so without telling anybody, he pocketed £20. The crew were oblivious to this. Because each man had now paid £10, totalling £30 (3 x £10), and the skipper had pocketed £20 less the £10 on the deal which all adds up to £40, what has happened to the missing £10?
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AlanPound
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Re: Boaty (just) - another puzzle.
You want to send one of your best sailing mates a rude birthday card. But as you review the note you made after the last drunken 'apres sail', you get more and more confused.
You read them again, "Two days ago he was 34 years old. Next year he'll be 37."
Can you figure out his birth date?
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You want to send one of your best sailing mates a rude birthday card. But as you review the note you made after the last drunken 'apres sail', you get more and more confused.
You read them again, "Two days ago he was 34 years old. Next year he'll be 37."
Can you figure out his birth date?
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Roberto
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another one
You may know it, not a puzzle at all, rather a personality check !
A Lady is separated by her much loved Man by a river. Impossible to cross it or swim; she feels very sad and cries silently. The Man cannot hear nor see her.
A Boatman comes along, the crying Lady waves at him, tells him about her lover and asks to be brought to the other side of the river.
Boatman says that will be £10.
Lady "Oh god I have only got 7 quids, could you please please make a discount and accept just £7, I am so in love with the Man..."
The Boatman refuses, £10 or nothing...
The Lady keeps sighing and crying, but the Boatman does not change his price.
Then a Sleazyman arrives: "what s going on? why are you so sad ?"
The Lady tells him the full story: her lover on the other side, hasn got enough money, Boatman does not want to reduce price, etc.
As the Lady is gorgeous, the Sleazyman tries : "If you have sex with me, I ll give you the missing £3" [cheap isn it..]
Tears and tears later, the Lady accepts the offer. She has sex with the Sleazyman, pockets the £3, pays the Boatman £10 and he starts bringing her to the other side of the river.
Meanwhile, a Friend is paying a visit to the Man. As they are the dearest friends in the world, in the past they both promised to always tell each other the truth.
The Man asks to the Friend : do you know anything about my wife ?
The Friend dimfully says to the Man "I am very very sorry, but in light of our promise of full truth, I have to tell you one awful thing...
Man says -go ahead-
So a very embarassed Friend tells the Man what happened on the other side of the river.
The boat arrives, the Lady joyfully runs into her Man arms but he abruptly says "I know what happened, how could you do that, I cannot love you any more, forever goodbye... and leaves her.
End of story.
Now, rank the five persons from the one you liked(appreciated, esteemed, respected etc) most, downward. The five are Man, Lady, Boatman, Sleazyman, Friend.
There is obviously no one right solution, but every ranking offers a funny personality insight.
For anyone interested, "how to read your test" later...
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You may know it, not a puzzle at all, rather a personality check !
A Lady is separated by her much loved Man by a river. Impossible to cross it or swim; she feels very sad and cries silently. The Man cannot hear nor see her.
A Boatman comes along, the crying Lady waves at him, tells him about her lover and asks to be brought to the other side of the river.
Boatman says that will be £10.
Lady "Oh god I have only got 7 quids, could you please please make a discount and accept just £7, I am so in love with the Man..."
The Boatman refuses, £10 or nothing...
The Lady keeps sighing and crying, but the Boatman does not change his price.
Then a Sleazyman arrives: "what s going on? why are you so sad ?"
The Lady tells him the full story: her lover on the other side, hasn got enough money, Boatman does not want to reduce price, etc.
As the Lady is gorgeous, the Sleazyman tries : "If you have sex with me, I ll give you the missing £3" [cheap isn it..]
Tears and tears later, the Lady accepts the offer. She has sex with the Sleazyman, pockets the £3, pays the Boatman £10 and he starts bringing her to the other side of the river.
Meanwhile, a Friend is paying a visit to the Man. As they are the dearest friends in the world, in the past they both promised to always tell each other the truth.
The Man asks to the Friend : do you know anything about my wife ?
The Friend dimfully says to the Man "I am very very sorry, but in light of our promise of full truth, I have to tell you one awful thing...
Man says -go ahead-
So a very embarassed Friend tells the Man what happened on the other side of the river.
The boat arrives, the Lady joyfully runs into her Man arms but he abruptly says "I know what happened, how could you do that, I cannot love you any more, forever goodbye... and leaves her.
End of story.
Now, rank the five persons from the one you liked(appreciated, esteemed, respected etc) most, downward. The five are Man, Lady, Boatman, Sleazyman, Friend.
There is obviously no one right solution, but every ranking offers a funny personality insight.
For anyone interested, "how to read your test" later...
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tcm
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Re: 31st december
it's the first of jan now, and he's just turned 35 - two days ago on the 30th Dec he was 34. The current calendar year will see him celebrate his 36th birthday and (at the very end of) the next (calendar) year he will have his 37th.
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it's the first of jan now, and he's just turned 35 - two days ago on the 30th Dec he was 34. The current calendar year will see him celebrate his 36th birthday and (at the very end of) the next (calendar) year he will have his 37th.
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tcm
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Re: answer
The skipper announced that the shortfall of 10 quid would have to be met somehow, so they eked out an existence on rare cauliflower (which was recharged to the boat account at £2) which meant that at the end of the weekend each of the not-so-wily crew had to fork out an extra £4 each (mising £10 +2 quid shared by three), thus the wily skipper made a profit on the weekend of £22 (cos the cauli was acshully free) with which he bought lottery tickets and won a jackpot. Treating himself to a caribbean holiday and a new boat meant that he rarely had time to discuss anything on the internet, had to avoid future sailing meetings at the last minute, and kept the old boat far away in Scotland as a basket case, ready for the very unlikely event of the two crew ever turning up again.
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The skipper announced that the shortfall of 10 quid would have to be met somehow, so they eked out an existence on rare cauliflower (which was recharged to the boat account at £2) which meant that at the end of the weekend each of the not-so-wily crew had to fork out an extra £4 each (mising £10 +2 quid shared by three), thus the wily skipper made a profit on the weekend of £22 (cos the cauli was acshully free) with which he bought lottery tickets and won a jackpot. Treating himself to a caribbean holiday and a new boat meant that he rarely had time to discuss anything on the internet, had to avoid future sailing meetings at the last minute, and kept the old boat far away in Scotland as a basket case, ready for the very unlikely event of the two crew ever turning up again.
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jimi
Well-Known Member
Re: answer
Meanwhile TCM mulling over cans of nice wine, was deciding to shoot the cat. The aforesaid spotty beast was shot, and canned as Fray Bentos, flogged to TK who being a wee smartie offloaded them onto Parahandy who's still wondering what to do with them. Claysie on the other hand is parading around the Fleetwood Sailing Club dressed in leopardskin thong and naught much else claiming senile dementia as an excuse not to go sailing in the winter. Sailbad the Winner stooped and picked up the tennner (being a scouse git, he had no option ) bought 5 scratch and sniffs + 3 bottles of Carlsberg Special and is now as happy as Larry ... to be contd
<hr width=100% size=1>O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
Meanwhile TCM mulling over cans of nice wine, was deciding to shoot the cat. The aforesaid spotty beast was shot, and canned as Fray Bentos, flogged to TK who being a wee smartie offloaded them onto Parahandy who's still wondering what to do with them. Claysie on the other hand is parading around the Fleetwood Sailing Club dressed in leopardskin thong and naught much else claiming senile dementia as an excuse not to go sailing in the winter. Sailbad the Winner stooped and picked up the tennner (being a scouse git, he had no option ) bought 5 scratch and sniffs + 3 bottles of Carlsberg Special and is now as happy as Larry ... to be contd
<hr width=100% size=1>O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
Roberto
Well-Known Member
key to the test
for the kind souls who bothered to read..
The preference you gave to the five persons should reflect the importance you give to
M - Morality
L - Love
B - Business
S - Sex
F - Friendship
fwiw
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for the kind souls who bothered to read..
The preference you gave to the five persons should reflect the importance you give to
M - Morality
L - Love
B - Business
S - Sex
F - Friendship
fwiw
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tcm
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Re: answer
The sailbad sub-plot is not actually so happy. Being a scouser and having picked up the tenner, he proceeded to burn most of it on liquidity and the remainder on a lottery ticket - and the numbers came up! But, again becos he is a scouser, he started a fight in the shop where he was to collect his winnings. The fight was going quite well until several onlookers keeled over from the wiff of his ghastly deck shoes. Extricating himself from the melée he confronted the shopkeeper and said "right that's it - if you're gonna be like that yer can keep the ticket and I'll have me blimmin' quid back! "
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The sailbad sub-plot is not actually so happy. Being a scouser and having picked up the tenner, he proceeded to burn most of it on liquidity and the remainder on a lottery ticket - and the numbers came up! But, again becos he is a scouser, he started a fight in the shop where he was to collect his winnings. The fight was going quite well until several onlookers keeled over from the wiff of his ghastly deck shoes. Extricating himself from the melée he confronted the shopkeeper and said "right that's it - if you're gonna be like that yer can keep the ticket and I'll have me blimmin' quid back! "
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tcm
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Lady, boat, boatman and the rest
Obviously the boat is top of the list. Yet it hardly gets a mention!
The boatman also sounds very canny too. If he's the ferry person he must have something like Yachtmaster or even more qualifications. And also, he didn't spinelessly drop his price just becos a customer started whingeing on about only having seven quid.
All the others must be very stupid because there must be a bridge somewhere (despite the fact that it says there isn't) - in order for the Friend to quickly find out about the Sleazyman and the Lady before the Lady has even arrived via boat.
Same applies to the woman, but she's a Lady so allowed to be a bit dim not noticing the bridge.... or maybe the Lady is a boatloving nymphomaniac, and DID notice the bridge but wangled a boatride AND a shag for a mere seven quid! Very clever - the Lady goes to the top of the list.
None of the men (apart from the boatman) has a boat or seven quid for a boatride (or even £3 quid for a shag) so all very low down indeed in my estimation.
Obviously the boat is top of the list. Yet it hardly gets a mention!
The boatman also sounds very canny too. If he's the ferry person he must have something like Yachtmaster or even more qualifications. And also, he didn't spinelessly drop his price just becos a customer started whingeing on about only having seven quid.
All the others must be very stupid because there must be a bridge somewhere (despite the fact that it says there isn't) - in order for the Friend to quickly find out about the Sleazyman and the Lady before the Lady has even arrived via boat.
Same applies to the woman, but she's a Lady so allowed to be a bit dim not noticing the bridge.... or maybe the Lady is a boatloving nymphomaniac, and DID notice the bridge but wangled a boatride AND a shag for a mere seven quid! Very clever - the Lady goes to the top of the list.
None of the men (apart from the boatman) has a boat or seven quid for a boatride (or even £3 quid for a shag) so all very low down indeed in my estimation.
AlanPound
Well-Known Member
Re: 31st december
"it's the first of jan now, and he's just turned 35.... "
... good man!
Alan
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"it's the first of jan now, and he's just turned 35.... "
... good man!
Alan
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TheBoatman
Well-Known Member
Re: another one
<<<<<<<scratching head,,,,,,, can't remember crying women and only charging £10,, must of been one of my more benevolent days.
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<<<<<<<scratching head,,,,,,, can't remember crying women and only charging £10,, must of been one of my more benevolent days.
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