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Tax Question: Three Men in a Motel Room? |
Three Men register for a Motel/Hotel room. The desk clerk charges them $ 30.00 for the room. They all chip in $ 10.00 a piece. The three walk into the room and prepare to sleep. A half hour later, the desk clerk realized he made a mistake and should have charged them $ 9.00 a piece. So the desk clerk gives the bellhop 5 dollar bills. He directs the bellhop to give the three that rented the room $ 1.00 dollar a piece and keep the remaining $ 2.00 for yourself. Tax Question: After returning the three dollars to the three men, their actual cost for the room became $ 27.00. $ 2.00 went to the bellhop which totals $ 29.00. What happened to the other dollar? This isn't a tax question, but I welcome a diversion. :-) The key to turning this into a riddle is in the punchline. By phrasing it as: "The men paid $27, the bellhop has $2 - where's the missing dollar?", the listener has already been painted into an irrelevant corner. Why? Because the punchline adds the money that the men DO NOT have ($27) with what the bellhop DOES have ($2); this is adding un-related figures. Look at where the money is actually at. The desk clerk originally received $30 and gave $5 back to the bellhop, so he has $25. The three men originally gave away $30 and received $3 back, so they have $3. The bellhop was allowed to keep $2 for his trouble. $25 + $3 + $2 = $30. To the desk clerc There is no "other dollar." $27 for the room and $2 for the bellhop = $29. There is no dollar missing 30.00 -27.00 = 3.00 5.00 3.00 refund 1.00 each man 2.00 to bellhop totals to 0 I dont get it?????? |
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