sabato 16 dicembre 2023

The first hard one TC has had for a while.

 


Okay, after the failure of his quizzes and puzzles, the poor old fellow has come up with a conundrum for his readers (2) to solve.



Well, no guesses needed about who sorted out this little 'conundrum'.

Richard (of RBB), of course.



Winner! So, what did I win?

Sorry, but The Curmudgeon was talking shit (again).



I won't be wasting my time with these conundrums again.

Oh well, I guess it gives the old chap something to do.


9 commenti:

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

Mmmm.
I guess a 'Who Am I' puzzle will have to be the next one Mr Grumpy.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

My efforts to add a little spice into the lives of the two old readers have been in vain I see.
Never mind eh.
One can go and diddle with his fiddle and the other can fiddle with his diddle. You can decide which one is which.

Anonimo ha detto...

Come on TC, don't be hard on yourself.
No pun intended, but they do pop up sometimes.

Richard (of RBB)

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

I was just trying to be kind to the old guy.
I don’t know why I bothered really?

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Robert, please read this SLOWLY, and several times...

"Okay, let's make it simple for you.
In the end, after having been refunded $10 each, each woman had paid $90 (total $270), and the meal cost $250.
They'd now overpaid by $20, which the waiter had stolen."

Seems pretty simple to me.

TC, stop being a baby. If you want to be kind, help Robert to understand the answer.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

There was never $10 left over. The original statement, on Peter's blog, tricks you.
Divide 250 by 3 and start your thinking there. Think about how the three women could have evenly divided the correct bill.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Alternatively, ask Father when you're next at mass. He seems to know everything.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

Are you sure about that Richard?
I read that the priest didn't know who Robert was or where he was going?

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

No, it's okay, priests know everything.
Hey, who else could give all that great advice at a Sunday Mass?

"I read that the priest didn't know who Robert was or where he was going?"
Obviously the priest was having a bit of a laugh.