Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site watdaisy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdaisy!cbostrum From: cbostrum@watdaisy.UUCP (Calvin Bruce Ostrum) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Buck Yucks Message-ID: <225@watdaisy.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jul-83 03:28:41 EDT Article-I.D.: watdaisy.225 Posted: Thu Jul 7 03:28:41 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 16:54:03 EDT Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 14 From brown@rochester.UUCP Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969 Three guys check into a room at hotel, are charged $30. Manager emerges from back when they've gone upstairs, tells desk clerk he's overcharged the guys -- the room's $25. Clerk gives $5 to bellhop to refund. On way up, bellhop decides dividing 5 by 3 is a hassle, and the guys wouldn't be Big Tippers anyway, so he refunds three bucks and keeps two. Now: each of the guys has spent $9, and the bellhop has $2 for a total of $29. Where'd the other dollar go? I dont understand. Each guy spent $9, true. Thus, a total of $27 was spent. $25 was spent on the rooms, as stated, and $2 were "spent" on the bellhop. This make a total of $27, which is how much was spent. Why add the $2 twice into the $27 that was spent? What "other dollar" are you talking about? What I really dont understand is: what is this doing in net.jokes?