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The Pet Store

 
Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:09 am  by mallk10

A sign in a pet store reads the following:


Gold Fish: $8.00
Beta Fish: $9.00
Puffer Fish: $10.00

A man walks up to the counter and hands the clerk $10.00. The clerk asks him "Do you want a Gold Fish, Beta Fish or Pufferfish?" The man picks out a Puffer Fish and leaves the store. Another man comes in and hands the clerk $10.00. Without saying anything the clerk hands him a Pufferfish and the man walks out of the store. A Puffer Fish was exactly what he wanted. How did the clerk know this?

NOTE: the man and the clerk have never met before.
 
   
Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:23 am  by Callyst

sign language or he pointed at the fish maybe
 
   
Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:48 pm  by rj82330

I´ve just spent the day haggling with Guatemalan waiters for change in restaurants, hence the flash of inspiration!

If you give someone a $10 bill, there´s no way of telling how much your desired product costs: you may require change.

If you give someone $10 in EXACT CHANGE, you presumably know that what you are buying costs exactly $10.

This is what the second man did.

Person A hands over a single note, and has to specify which fish he wants.

Person B hands over a $5 bill, and FIVE $1 bills. It is clear he is trying to hand over $10 exactly, so wants the Puffer Fish.
 
   
Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:49 pm  by EDWARD de BONO

[quote="rj82330"]I´ve just spent the day haggling with Guatemalan waiters for change in restaurants, hence the flash of inspiration!

If you give someone a $10 bill, there´s no way of telling how much your desired product costs: you may require change.

If you give someone $10 in EXACT CHANGE, you presumably know that what you are buying costs exactly $10.

This is what the second man did.

Person A hands over a single note, and has to specify which fish he wants.

Person B hands over a $5 bill, and FIVE $1 bills. It is clear he is trying to hand over $10 exactly, so wants the Puffer Fish.[/quote]

great answer
 
   
Mon Jul 04, 2011 4:05 pm  by cat

The second man brought his loud, obnoxious, overbearing wife with him. The clerk surmised the man wanted the poison from the puffer fish to get rid of his wife.
 
   
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