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TWCP OTD (The Who Cares Puzzle Of The Day) - 1st of February, 2017

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  • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

    ACCOUNTANTS? REALLY? Three accountant checked in a small hotel, evening before some conference. The boy - replacing the clerk momentarily - charged them $30 ($10 each)... However a few minutes later - after the clerk got back - he brought the accountants $5 as a special discount for the conference... The accountants decided to keep $1 each and giving the remaining $2 to the boy... Later that evening, they wanted to write down their expenses - as good accountant should, but was unable the get the right amount... As each of them paid $10 originally and got back $1 later, they write down their expenses like this: 3 * $9 + $2 (the $2 they gave to the boy), but that sums up to $29 only!!! What's wrong here?

    Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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    dan sh
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    27 from 3 * 9 already includes the room charges and tip. Hotel guy took 25, that guy took 2.

    "It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[^]

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    • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

      ACCOUNTANTS? REALLY? Three accountant checked in a small hotel, evening before some conference. The boy - replacing the clerk momentarily - charged them $30 ($10 each)... However a few minutes later - after the clerk got back - he brought the accountants $5 as a special discount for the conference... The accountants decided to keep $1 each and giving the remaining $2 to the boy... Later that evening, they wanted to write down their expenses - as good accountant should, but was unable the get the right amount... As each of them paid $10 originally and got back $1 later, they write down their expenses like this: 3 * $9 + $2 (the $2 they gave to the boy), but that sums up to $29 only!!! What's wrong here?

      Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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      Chris C B
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      Your concept of accountants giving back money is deeply flawed. :suss:

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        Your concept of accountants giving back money is deeply flawed. :suss:

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        Daniel Pfeffer
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        <Jedi hand-wave> These aren't the accountants you're looking for.

        If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill

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        • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

          ACCOUNTANTS? REALLY? Three accountant checked in a small hotel, evening before some conference. The boy - replacing the clerk momentarily - charged them $30 ($10 each)... However a few minutes later - after the clerk got back - he brought the accountants $5 as a special discount for the conference... The accountants decided to keep $1 each and giving the remaining $2 to the boy... Later that evening, they wanted to write down their expenses - as good accountant should, but was unable the get the right amount... As each of them paid $10 originally and got back $1 later, they write down their expenses like this: 3 * $9 + $2 (the $2 they gave to the boy), but that sums up to $29 only!!! What's wrong here?

          Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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          Lost User
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          Sorry,but our only accountant here ran off to become a politician. :-D

          The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
          This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
          "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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            Sorry,but our only accountant here ran off to become a politician. :-D

            The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
            This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
            "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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            Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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            And I'm not sure he can help you anyway... :laugh:

            Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

            "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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            • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

              ACCOUNTANTS? REALLY? Three accountant checked in a small hotel, evening before some conference. The boy - replacing the clerk momentarily - charged them $30 ($10 each)... However a few minutes later - after the clerk got back - he brought the accountants $5 as a special discount for the conference... The accountants decided to keep $1 each and giving the remaining $2 to the boy... Later that evening, they wanted to write down their expenses - as good accountant should, but was unable the get the right amount... As each of them paid $10 originally and got back $1 later, they write down their expenses like this: 3 * $9 + $2 (the $2 they gave to the boy), but that sums up to $29 only!!! What's wrong here?

              Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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              Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:

              What's wrong here?

              It's 2017 and you're still posting this.

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                Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:

                What's wrong here?

                It's 2017 and you're still posting this.

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                Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                Still? Just started :laugh:

                Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

                "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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                • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                  ACCOUNTANTS? REALLY? Three accountant checked in a small hotel, evening before some conference. The boy - replacing the clerk momentarily - charged them $30 ($10 each)... However a few minutes later - after the clerk got back - he brought the accountants $5 as a special discount for the conference... The accountants decided to keep $1 each and giving the remaining $2 to the boy... Later that evening, they wanted to write down their expenses - as good accountant should, but was unable the get the right amount... As each of them paid $10 originally and got back $1 later, they write down their expenses like this: 3 * $9 + $2 (the $2 they gave to the boy), but that sums up to $29 only!!! What's wrong here?

                  Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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                  Mark_Wallace
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                  You're adding the $2 to the debit column twice. [edit: the word "debit" wouldn't come to mind, earlier]

                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                  • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                    Still? Just started :laugh:

                    Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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                    Nighthowler
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                    You forgot to add some arcane rules like that movie thing that is (mercifully) posted less often now. These rules have to be hidden well enough, so that we can pounce on any newcomer who inadvertently violates them. Better still, make up some arbitrary new rule each time. Like Calvinball.

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                      You forgot to add some arcane rules like that movie thing that is (mercifully) posted less often now. These rules have to be hidden well enough, so that we can pounce on any newcomer who inadvertently violates them. Better still, make up some arbitrary new rule each time. Like Calvinball.

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                      Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                      There are rules so hidden, that even I can't find them now...

                      Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

                      "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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                      • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                        ACCOUNTANTS? REALLY? Three accountant checked in a small hotel, evening before some conference. The boy - replacing the clerk momentarily - charged them $30 ($10 each)... However a few minutes later - after the clerk got back - he brought the accountants $5 as a special discount for the conference... The accountants decided to keep $1 each and giving the remaining $2 to the boy... Later that evening, they wanted to write down their expenses - as good accountant should, but was unable the get the right amount... As each of them paid $10 originally and got back $1 later, they write down their expenses like this: 3 * $9 + $2 (the $2 they gave to the boy), but that sums up to $29 only!!! What's wrong here?

                        Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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                        imzhangqin
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                        ;)

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