| Author | Message | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 2265 Registered: 12-2004 |
He asked for $1, but he was given $2. He was not happy. Explain. | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 438 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was the $2 in the form of a two-dollar bill? Did he think that this bill was counterfeit? Because it was a two-dollar bill? | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 664 Registered: 8-2005 |
$1 and $2 both legal tender? if he had been given $3 would he be happy? | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 2268 Registered: 12-2004 |
D Gordon: Was the $2 in the form of a two-dollar bill? Yes Did he think that this bill was counterfeit? No Because it was a two-dollar bill? Martinfg: $1 and $2 both legal tender? Yes if he had been given $3 would he be happy? It depends | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 665 Registered: 8-2005 |
Did he want change? | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 110 Registered: 2-2009 |
All three "he"s the same person? Did he want a specific form of currency? coin? bill? Was there a specific dollar that he wanted? to collect? Or could it have been any dollar (as long as it was in the form he preferred, if applicable)? He asked for $1, but did he actually want to receive $1? Did he want $1 for any reason other than his ability to spend it on goods or services? | ||
| Spackspartan (Spackspartan)
New member Username: Spackspartan Post Number: 12 Registered: 4-2009 |
Did he want the $1 in a specific form? Was he a coin collector? A bill collector? | ||
| Absinthe (Absinthe)
New member Username: Absinthe Post Number: 152 Registered: 3-2009 |
Did he want to use a vending machine that only took coins? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 569 Registered: 12-2008 |
Was it because he was given a $2 bill and wanted to spend it in a place that did not accept them? Is this related to the newstory several years ago about a tour group operator who got in troupble for giving a group of school students $2 bills to spend on a trip? Is this US currency? Did he think the number 2 was cursed? Did he hate Thomas Jefferson? Was he a reincarnation of John Adams? one of John Adams's descendants? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 570 Registered: 12-2008 |
Did he only like having his money in a form that couldn't be evenly divided? - at least without destroying the currency? | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 2272 Registered: 12-2004 |
Martinfg: Did he want change? Change would be acceptable to him Kalira: All three "he"s the same person? Yes Did he want a specific form of currency? coin? Several coins would work bill? One bill would work Was there a specific dollar that he wanted? to collect? Or could it have been any dollar (as long as it was in the form he preferred, if applicable)? All the rest are left as an exercise for the reader He asked for $1, but did he actually want to receive $1? Yes Did he want $1 for any reason other than his ability to spend it on goods or services? No Absinthe: Did he want to use a vending machine that only took coins? Not quite, but... Bolapara: Was it because he was given a $2 bill and wanted to spend it in a place that did not accept them? Yes Is this related to the newstory several years ago about a tour group operator who got in troupble for giving a group of school students $2 bills to spend on a trip? No Is this US currency? Yes Did he think the number 2 was cursed? Irrelevant Did he hate Thomas Jefferson? Irrelevant Was he a reincarnation of John Adams? Irrelevant one of John Adams's descendants? Irrelevant Did he only like having his money in a form that couldn't be evenly divided? Irrel. - at least without destroying the currency? Irrelevant | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 441 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he want to use a vending machine? One that did not take two-dollar bills, perhaps? (Given the prices in some vending machines, they should start to do so.) | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 2277 Registered: 12-2004 |
D_gordon: Did he want to use a vending machine? Yes One that did not take two-dollar bills, perhaps? Exactly... (Given the prices in some vending machines, they should start to do so.) I think this is good enough for a... *******SPOILER**************** Our hero, Mortimer, is addicted to caffeine. He was stuck at some sort of building that had vending machines. Unfortunately for him, the machine took only one-dollar bills, quarters, nickles, and dimes, and all he had was four twenty-dollar bills, a five-dollar bill, and a quarter. The Mountain Dew that he wanted was $1.25, so he pleaded to his homies for $1. Someone was like, "You know what? I'll give you two!" which was fine with Mortimer, until he realized that he would give him two dollars in a denomination whose relative rarity results in much discrimination, the infamous two-dollar bill, and still was unable to get his caffeine fix. :-] I'm sure this was much more fun for me than it was for the brilliant puzzle-solvers, but I'm going to post another obscure puzzle soon... |
