leemond2008 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I've just got everyone at work with this old gem You see a shirt for £97, but you haven't got the money to buy it, so you borrow £50 off your Mum and £50 off your Dad. £50+£50=£100. You buy the shirt and have £3 change, you give your Mum £1, your Dad £1 and keep £1 to yourself. Now you owe them both £49 £49 + £49 = £98 + Your £1 = £99 Where's the other Pound? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Here are the answers to all your problems; Imhotep is invisible, the ladies were 8 pence short and the party was cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw95 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I've just got everyone at work with this old gem You see a shirt for £97, but you haven't got the money to buy it, so you borrow £50 off your Mum and £50 off your Dad. £50+£50=£100. You buy the shirt and have £3 change, you give your Mum £1, your Dad £1 and keep £1 to yourself. Now you owe them both £49 £49 + £49 = £98 + Your £1 = £99 Where's the other Pound? Take the owed values as negatives to yourself and the £1 as positive because you have that. You are in a negative of £98 and have the £1 positive making yourself £97 down. You're trying to get the value of the shirt not the £100 I'm not sure that what I've said makes sense... Who pays £97 for a shirt!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 (edited) you dont add on your £1, it's already included in the £98 you owe. you've borrowed £100 and given back £2. so you still owe £98 total (£97 shirt plus £1 you've kept), £49 each. no missing money Edited July 28, 2014 by andym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Wrong. The answer is postage & packaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I've just got everyone at work with this old gem You see a shirt for £97, but you haven't got the money to buy it, so you borrow £50 off your Mum and £50 off your Dad. £50+£50=£100. You buy the shirt and have £3 change, you give your Mum £1, your Dad £1 and keep £1 to yourself. Now you owe them both £49 £49 + £49 = £98 + Your £1 = £99 Where's the other Pound? Why would you add the pound you took to the debt? you don't owe it as you already have it available to give to your parents so you take it away. Give your mom the pound that you inexplicably kept for yourself and you have paid off £3 of the £100 debt, with £48 owed to mother and £49 owed to father, which comes to the £97 you gave to the shop. Take a course in maths, get a job and pay back your debt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I've just got everyone at work with this old gem You see a shirt for £97, but you haven't got the money to buy it, so you borrow £50 off your Mum and £50 off your Dad. £50+£50=£100. You buy the shirt and have £3 change, you give your Mum £1, your Dad £1 and keep £1 to yourself. Now you owe them both £49 £49 + £49 = £98 + Your £1 = £99 Where's the other Pound? you'll be wowing them with free chocolate next ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I have installed snapchat ......a lot of the young folk in the hotel are using it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrinityRoadSteps Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Who pays £97 for a shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Xela Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I hope the £97 was for a pack of 10 crease free work shirts from George at Asda? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted July 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2014 I have installed snapchat ......a lot of the young folk in the hotel are using it 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 as black as a gorilla's goolies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Starting to reach the point of utter disinterest in the world's problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa_shere Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Dan Greaves won a gold in the discus today at the commonwealth games. A fellow villa fan. Talks about villa loads on his twitter @DiscusDan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Dan Greaves won a gold in the discus today at the commonwealth games. A fellow villa fan. Talks about villa loads on his twitter @DiscusDan Wonder if he posts on VillaTalk ... It's long overdue a proper sportsman type 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 was this the last one? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8pints Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 It would be nice to have a winner, I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 (edited) Lolley will never be forgiven. Long shall he play reserve team football in future FMs. Edited July 29, 2014 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 This week is going to be very long. I've finished all the work that I have for this month, and won't have any more work to do until next Monday. If I could go home or to the pub, that'd be great, but I can't, so.. I'm... Bored!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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