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The puzzle thread
« on: 21 July 2017, 14:31:50 »

I have this one but I dare say others having had a go at answering this one will have their own puzzles, conundrums etc to add.

Here goes:-

How smart are you? A lady goes into a shop and steals a £100 note from the till without the owners knowledge. She comes back five minutes later and buys £70 of goods with the £100 note.  The owner gives £30 change .
How much did the owner lose?
A. £30
B.£70
c. £100
D £130
E. £170
F £200
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #1 on: 21 July 2017, 14:56:08 »

Should we withhold answers to avoid giving it away? :-\
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #2 on: 21 July 2017, 15:02:29 »

I'll delay offering my answer for a while, but I have a question:-
What is a word, of 13 letters, beginning and ending in "m" which means constipation?  ???

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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #3 on: 21 July 2017, 15:03:26 »

I'll delay offering my answer for a while, but I have a question:-
What is a word, of 13 letters, beginning and ending in "m" which means constipation?  ???

Ron.
That's actually spelt with an 'N' Ron, and if I've not been for a few days, can be spelled with over 50 letters  ;D
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #4 on: 21 July 2017, 15:10:53 »

Post up just your answer for now.

later we can have the clever guys explaining why £70 is wrong and it should be £70 less the trade cost of the items  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #5 on: 21 July 2017, 15:40:08 »

Stemo, you are obviously even more full of sh!t than me!  ;D

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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #6 on: 21 July 2017, 15:41:08 »

Doesn't the answer depend on what the goods she bought are? Specifically if she 'bought' the printing press that the shopkeeper printed the £100 note on, in which case she's cost the shopkeeper many tens of thousands when he could have been printing virtually limitless fake notes.

Or are we in Scotland where £100 notes alegedly exist - just like Nessie and flying Haggis.
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #7 on: 21 July 2017, 15:47:33 »

No the notes are real. Call it dollars , euros . Gives same answer.

Don't over think it. :y
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« Reply #8 on: 21 July 2017, 15:51:09 »

No the notes are real. Call it dollars , euros . Gives same answer.

Don't over think it. :y

So she's 'bought' £70 with a stolen $100 note and got £30 in change? In which case none of the answers are correct.  ;D

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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #9 on: 21 July 2017, 16:01:20 »

C.....the till now has the £100 back in it but is down £30 and £70 of goods.

The loss may be tax deductible though as it will impact earnings....
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #10 on: 21 July 2017, 16:03:11 »

Is the shop VAT registered?
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #11 on: 21 July 2017, 16:09:28 »

£200  at full retail;)
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #12 on: 21 July 2017, 16:38:52 »

What do you call a dog with no nose?

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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #13 on: 21 July 2017, 17:33:13 »

Who cares what was she doing out the kitchen in the first place ;D
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #14 on: 21 July 2017, 17:41:28 »

C, £100 - unless its a trick question.  ::)
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #15 on: 21 July 2017, 22:05:24 »

What do you call a dog with no nose?

Ron.

Or a dog with no ears?
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #16 on: 21 July 2017, 22:37:32 »

What do you call a dog with no nose?

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I don't know Ron what do you call a dog with no nose?

Danella westbrook?
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #17 on: 21 July 2017, 22:41:06 »

Good answer, Ian, if a little cruel! What I had in mind was - smelly boll*cks!

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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #18 on: 21 July 2017, 22:41:43 »

I don't know the actual answer but we both think £100 too.
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #19 on: 21 July 2017, 22:45:07 »

Ok an English language puzzle now.

What Is the word in the English language , in regular use, that has the most silent letters ( not pronounced)?
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #20 on: 21 July 2017, 23:01:37 »

Theres one that springs to mind Pterodactyl but not sure its an everyday word
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #21 on: 22 July 2017, 00:34:01 »

Theres one that springs to mind Pterodactyl but not sure its an everyday word


 only the 'p' is silent, so a word like knife would be much more common.
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #22 on: 22 July 2017, 07:12:11 »

What do you call a dog with no nose?

Ron.

Ahem, didn't I make a right prat of myself there! The question I had in my head, which never got through to my typing fingers, was:-
 "what do you cal a dog with no TONGUE?" :-[ :-[ :-[

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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #23 on: 22 July 2017, 10:08:02 »

here are two clues .

First one is MigV6 will know the answer.

Second is that there are six silent letters at the beginning for your troubles
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« Reply #24 on: 22 July 2017, 11:21:36 »

here are two clues .

First one is MigV6 will know the answer.

Second is that there are six silent letters at the beginning for your troubles
It's not true though, is it? London doesn't sound silent to me.
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Re: The puzzle thread
« Reply #25 on: 22 July 2017, 22:43:55 »

The most common word/phrase with silent letters round here is "heater bypass valve". The first seven letters are silent, F * * * I N G.
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« Reply #26 on: 22 July 2017, 22:49:37 »

  ;D ;D
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