Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em? - Page 5

BigV · 12-19-2011, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Infi wins this one.

$4 shoes
$6 change
$10 make good on bad bill

$20.

I say $16. All of what you have above, and including the $4 the shoemaker gets to keep from the original change for the bad bill.

classicman · 12-19-2011, 10:07 AM

Butt the shoes sold for $4.00. Surely they didn't actually cost him that much.
There would have been profit involved for the shoemaker.
Then again I guess we are talking opportunity cost ...

just bustin' on ya.

infinite monkey · 12-19-2011, 10:19 AM

Orange you glad he didn't say banana?

BigV · 12-19-2011, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Orange you glad he didn't say banana?

Oh, no!!! I love BANANAS!

infinite monkey · 12-19-2011, 12:59 PM

Rachmaninoff.

footfootfoot · 12-19-2011, 01:09 PM

Gesundheit

infinite monkey · 12-19-2011, 01:13 PM

Haggis.

monster · 12-19-2011, 08:29 PM

There was no loss to the boy.

ZenGum · 12-19-2011, 09:20 PM

Well the boy is up a pair of shoes and six bucks, but down a fake tenner.
The neighbour is par - gave change for a fake tenner, but got a real tenner later on.
The shoemaker is therefore down by the same amount the boy is up - one pair boots, six bucks.

footfootfoot · 12-21-2011, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Well the boy is up a pair of shoes and six bucks, but down a fake tenner.
The neighbour is par - gave change for a fake tenner, but got a real tenner later on.
The shoemaker is therefore down by the same amount the boy is up - one pair boots, six bucks.

Zen gets this one. I misread the answer earlier.

Gravdigr · 12-20-2011, 12:38 AM

Ima go w/V, $16.

footfootfoot · 12-20-2011, 06:34 PM

next nut

jimhelm · 12-20-2011, 06:46 PM

Give me as much as I have?

what is this i don't even

BigV · 12-20-2011, 06:56 PM

The man has 8 3/4 cents.

8.75 plus 8.75 equals 17.5 ; 17.5 minus 10 equals 7.5

7.5 plus 7.5 equals 15 ; 15 minus 10 equals 5

5 plus 5 equals 10 ; 10 minus 10 equals 0

footfootfoot · 12-21-2011, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

The man has 8 3/4 cents.

8.75 plus 8.75 equals 17.5 ; 17.5 minus 10 equals 7.5

7.5 plus 7.5 equals 15 ; 15 minus 10 equals 5

5 plus 5 equals 10 ; 10 minus 10 equals 0

Big V is right. I have no idea about how one gets 8 3/4 cents, but no less unlikely than finding a merchant who will give you matching funds to spend at his store. Let's assume the transactions were credit transactions on paper.

Scores so far:

Mental Nuts:
Rhianne = 1
HLJ = 2
Zen = 1
BigV =1

12-19-2011, 10:07 AM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Butt the shoes sold for $4.00. Surely they didn't actually cost him that much. There would have been profit involved for the shoemaker. Then again I guess we are talking opportunity cost ... just bustin' on ya. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-19-2011, 01:09 PM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Gesundheit __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-19-2011, 08:29 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	There was no loss to the boy. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-19-2011, 09:20 PM	#9
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Well the boy is up a pair of shoes and six bucks, but down a fake tenner. The neighbour is par - gave change for a fake tenner, but got a real tenner later on. The shoemaker is therefore down by the same amount the boy is up - one pair boots, six bucks. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-20-2011, 12:38 AM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Ima go w/V, $16. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

12-19-2011, 10:19 AM	#3
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Orange you glad he didn't say banana?

12-19-2011, 12:59 PM	#5
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Rachmaninoff.

12-19-2011, 01:13 PM	#7
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Haggis.

12-20-2011, 06:34 PM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	next nut Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-20-2011, 06:46 PM	#13
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Give me as much as I have? what is this i don't even __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

12-20-2011, 06:56 PM	#14
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	The man has 8 3/4 cents. 8.75 plus 8.75 equals 17.5 ; 17.5 minus 10 equals 7.5 7.5 plus 7.5 equals 15 ; 15 minus 10 equals 5 5 plus 5 equals 10 ; 10 minus 10 equals 0 __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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