Oooo I know the nswer to the second one:
Do you masturbate? Cause lets face it, if your male you either do it or your dead.

Edited by - Mustang on 2/16/2004 11:31:15 PM

whats one plus one?

The first one: Death?

try this...

Three men checked into a hotel room for which they paid $30. The next day, the manager realized that the men had been overcharged. She gave the bellhop $5 to return to the three men. On the way to their room the bellhop decided to keep $2 for himself, and give each of the three men one dollar. The three men had now paid $9 each, or a total of $27. This plus the $2 the bellhop kept makes a total of $29. What happened to the other dollar?

I think its really easy, but its still a great problem.

it was spent or dropped

Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams

It's a naff problem gromit and you should be spanked severly for asking it.
Mathematical trickery at it's best and a right bastard to answer but i'll give it a go.

You cannot add what the bellhop took, you can only subtract it. So dividing up the 30 dollars:

The hotel has $25, ($30 - $25 = $5)
The 3 men have one dollar each, or $3 total ($5 - $3 = $2)
and the bellhop has $2 ($2 - $2 = $0)

So there is no missing dollar.

i thouight we had that before.. ? i was spending quite some time figuring out just what you guys were confused about.

the answer to the first question is the letter "e".

Life: No one gets out alive.

yes yes I know...its an old problem...its just maths...its difficult to explain...its not original...

...but its still better than the **** at the top of this page

ok I'll shut up now.

@ Cronos's 2nd riddle:

The answer is:

I would tell the one that always lies to take me to his town. Then he has to take me to the city of safety, as he can't take me to his town, as he wouldn't be lying

I'm a genius. Thankyou.

But you don't know which one is which. But, I guess it'll work no matter who you talk to.

Life: No one gets out alive.

no, I think that Cronos formulated it wrong. I've heard it before. Its supposed to be that you meet the bad guy at the junktion, and you have one question that you can ask him.

Got one: what happens when an irrestible force meets an immovable object/?

I'm making record time!
If only I had someplace to be...

*sigh*

1st riddle:
the letter "E"
Edit: Crap, RILMS got it, i didnt spot it


2nd Riddle:
You'd ask one (doesnt matter which) "If i asked the other, which way would he say is the safe way?" then go the other way to the way you were told in your answer. The truthful guy would tell you that the other would give you the wrong way, so go the other way to THAT, adn the lyer would tell you that the truthful guy would tell you the RIGHT way, but he's a lyer, so he would tell you the wrong way ANYWAY. either way, go the opposite way to whichever way you're told.

Grom's riddle:
its not THAT steeped in maths, its just the direction your putting the $2 of the bellhop's. basically, the $27 the guys paid out, 25 to the hotel and 2 to the bellhop. the error is in the way grom describes the situation. from 27, the 3 dollars missing are in the guy's pockets.

Edited by - Arcon on 2/17/2004 9:34:52 AM