I thought I'd share some conundrums that my Dad told me...

Three cowboys come into a small town, and go to the hotel. They each book a room. The owner charged them a total of $30. They go up to their rooms, and she decides that they were nice folks, so she will give them a discount. She gives $5 to the bellboy to split between the three cowboys. He can't figure out how to split the money, so he gives each cowboy $1 and keeps $2 for himself.
How much did each cowboy spend on the room? $9.
That makes a total of $27 for all three of them. But the bellboy kept $2 for himself. That makes $29. So where did the other dollar go??

Why does sour cream have an expiration date?

If you try to fail and succeed, what have you done? Ha! I like this one.

Tell me the answer so I can sleep LOL
no seriously-what's the answer?

There is no answer.



Just kidding! I spent three days overanalyzing it myself. Probably a pretty mean joke for some anxiety sufferers.

9+9+9=27 + 3 = 30... 30-2=28-3=27

I got confused because I wanted to say 9+9+9=27 +2 = 29 so where's the other $? Its just a matter of picking the right numbers to add and subtract. I've never been a math person.

Does this make sense?

Can you sleep tonight?

Cheers,

Deb

The answer is quite simple: They paid a total of $30.00 with a $5.00 discount which means that they each paid a total of $8.33. Then they got back $1.00 for a total paid of $28.00 ($9.33 each * 3 people) and the bellboy kept $2.00 for a total of $30.00. This may not be the correct answer but sounds logical to me.