Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:09 am by mallk10 |
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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. |
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Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:23 am by Callyst |
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sign language or he pointed at the fish maybe |
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Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:48 pm by rj82330 |
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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. |
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Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:49 pm by EDWARD de BONO |
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[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 |
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Mon Jul 04, 2011 4:05 pm by cat |
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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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