a riddle.
hi all.
wanted to post a riddle (finished second in a live tourney yesterday) cause i'm in an "off poker" mood.
THE RIDDLE:
A shoemaker used to have a worker with him. so one day he sents the worker to the market in order to sell a pair of boots for the price of 25$.
So the worker goes to the market, and finds a nice spot. he sits there, selling, waiting....
The client approaches and asks: "dear sir, i really like these boots, but i would like to buy just one". the seller looks at the mans feet and sees, that the client turned out to have only one leg.
"i can't sell you only one boot because my employier has sent me to sell them both" said the seller.
"but i tell you what": "if you could find someone who's other leg is missing, then i will sell them to you, each one for the price of 12.5$"...
the one legged man goes away and returnes with the needed person and they both buy one boot each, for the price of 12.5$.
the happy worker/seller returnes to the shoemaker. he proudly gives the shoemaker the 25$ earned money. "mission accomplished sir" said the worker.
So the shoemaker answers: "aren't you ashamed of yourself?! selling two poor people the boots for a full price? you will now return to the market and give them 3$ back!"
the shoemaker gives the worker 3$ and keeps the rest to hisself.....
The worker returned to the market, not before he spent 1$ in a local pub.
So he goes to the market, finds those two happy buyers, and returnes them $1 each.
The outcome from this, is that eatch buyer has spent 11.5$, each one of them, for every boot.
THE QUESTION:
So it turned out that every boot costed them (the one legged folks) 11.5$,
and if we combine the prices then 11.5$+11.5$= ?
+ the dollar that he spent in the pub.........
what happened to the missing dollar??
your answer..........
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