Are you good at riddles?
 

Here's a riddle.

A owes B £250.

A gives B £220 in cash and asks B to transfer £250 to his Paypal account so he can pay for something off ebay.

A sends B a text saying can you make that £420.

B transfers A the £420.

how much does A owe B in the end? :)

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£450?

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£2000


Oh sorry I'm getting mixed up with the money you owe me for Moon Lander ;)

As for the riddle, do we include paypal fees??

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I'm still working it out.

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How did you manage that without cheating?

If I beat it what will you give me? ;)

No fees. just money that has changed hands.

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£450 would be correct

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No cheating, just bored .. took about 30 minutes and the lander dropped like a stone at the end..

As for beating it I'll give you the cup back ;)

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£30.00

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I'm not sure.

I'd take the cup back anyway if I win, you plonker.

then you'll be naked and no cup :D

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naked?? oh dear.. delusional again you be...

Back to the riddle..

A owes B 250 but then gives him 220 so then owes him 30.. then asks B to transfer 250 which he latter changes to 420.. so so A owes B 30+420 = 450

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That's what I get it to, but surely that's not a riddle, just simple arithmetic.

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It's standard misdirection in trying to make you thing that you should add the 250 to the 420 and the 30.. Used a lot is school..

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The answer is £30.00

We can only deal in absolutes.

A owed B £250.00 and he gave B £220.00 leaving a balance due of £30.00

The £250 and £420 are irrelevant as they are subjective - A merely "asks" B to transfer those sums - we have no indication or proof that any transaction in relation to either sum took place.

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I suppose it's context.. If you were doing a lesson in absolutes then yes it's £30.. but as a basic school lesson it would be £450

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Riddle updated with absolutes. :)

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I thought of that but "in the end" suggested to me that the transaction(s) had taken place.:confused:

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Yes, however without the absolutes it would be a bad basic school lesson as it would be based, in part, on hypothetical assumptions.

Once the absolutes are given it then becomes a basic school lesson - certainly not a "riddle" in the true context of the word.

On the matter of riddles here's one:

On holiday (assume it to be in an english / english speaking setting for convenience) you and a friend are trying to reach a village on foot and you come to a fork in the road.

At that fork there is a quaint little cottage which is occupied by two identical twin brothers one of whom only ever tells the truth and the other only ever tells lies.

There are no road signs and you can only ask one question to establish which direction you need to go to reach the village.

You walk up to the house and knock on the door. When the door is answered what is the question you would ask?

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What would your brother say if I asked him which path I need to take to reach the village?

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Winner! Well done Hugh.

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Yep it's an old one.. Last time I heard it was linked to escaping out of a tower

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Haven't heard the tower version but I can see how it would work.

I remember when I first heard this thirty odd years ago one of my mates was almost driven to distraction trying to work it out. I gave up after about 5 minutes!

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The answer's available on Google.

you look different Kymmy.

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Is that

"You are in a tower with no doors or windows, how do you escape?

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Use the basement and tunnel and come out of the adjoined building:D:D:D:D:D

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Nope you're a prisoner in a tower with two guarded doors, one leads to an escape tunnel and the other to the dungeons and there's a guard on each door.....................

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Here is one for all of you?

Question

A bus driver was heading down a street in Colorado. He went right past a stop sign without stopping he turned left where there was a "no left turn" sign and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the left side of the road past a cop car. Still - he didn"t break any traffic laws. Why not?"

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I give up already :(

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It wasn;t the full riddle, just explaining that MrAngry's riddle comes under different guises..

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As I say I give up on all counts:(

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So where the 2 guards twin brothers :D

.... who lived with bus drivers from colarado?:confused:

......... who wanted reminders on TiVo?


Hang on, I'm losing the thread here. :dunce:

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That is why I said that I give up:(

Anyway how many bean's make 5:confused:

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Isn`t the answer 42?:erm:

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Nope. That the answer to life. The answer it HP to the power Heinz

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What about Daddies or Chop?

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7, or 5.3 in metric. ;)

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Fair enough...

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Riddle:

There are four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good.

What is the answer?

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OK, I'll bite. What's the question?

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I gave it and you have to figure out the answer. Remember It's a riddle :D:D

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is that going to be something like water, fire, earth and wind?

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Yes that is the answer:D I think:confused:

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Here I will try again?

I make you weak at the worst of all times.
I keep you safe, I keep you fine.
I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold,
I visit the weak, but seldom the bold.
What am I?

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fear could do all of those

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Yep :D:D:D:D

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Answer

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How did you get in the tower as you would have been able to escape when they were building it. So leaving it empty:erm:

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**cough** Spoiler ** cough** :D

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I know as I read the spoiler that is why I posted what I did:D:D:D