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Originally posted by mule
OK, 3 guys are on holiday in England. Every evening they go to the same restaurant. On their last evening they booze it up a bit, and when the waiter brings the bill it's £30.
They consider this a bit steep. Each gives £10 to the waiter, but ask him to ask the manager for a reduction, as they'd been such good customers.
The waiter returns with £5 in £1 notes. They are so extatic about getting some money back, that they each take only £1, and give the other £2 to the waiter.
So let's tally up:
Each pays £10
Each gets back £1
So each has paid £9
3 X £9 is £27
Add the £2 they gave to the waiter:
£29
Where's the other pound?
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Seriously, this is just in the way the question is worded really:
The guys orginally paid 30 quid
The owner keeps 25 and gives the waiter 5
The guys take a pound each and the waiter takes two
= 30
