Mysterious Loss
Trick brain teasers appear difficult at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.
At a train station in Sydney, Australia, an intelligent rich man was awaiting his upper class rail transport. He was sorting through his wallet and pulled out credit cards, receipts, and $200 in cash.
An egotistical scam artist (and a talented one at that) approached the man and said to him, "I'll bet you, on all the money in your wallet, that I can get a packet of chips out of that snack machine without inserting any money!"
The rich man, who was intrigued by this 'talent', readily agreed.
The scam artist walked over to the snack dispenser, stuck his hand up through the compartments, and a chip packet fell out.
The rich man was amazed, but being a faithful businessman, stuck to his word, yet the scam artist walked off without a penny.
HintWhat was in his wallet at the time?
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Answer
The rich man had already removed all the money and items from his wallet before he made the bet. Therefore, when he gave the scammer all the money in his wallet, it totaled $0!
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Comments
IMCUL4E   
Mar 22, 2005
| uhhh....DUH! *shakes head sadly*  nice try people, but you haven't stumped me for weeks!!!!!  (shh! I know that's lame, but for me it's a record!  ) |
smartie_pants
Mar 22, 2005
| that was way too ez. it was funny though!  |
dutchymonster  
Mar 22, 2005
| got it strait away far to easy but a good one tho
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Strange1 
Mar 22, 2005
| to easy figured it out w/ no problem |
Iamthedude54321
Mar 22, 2005
| Oh. I thought that it was because the rich man had no pennies in his wallet. Only bills, nickels, quarters, and dimes. |
katiebeth123
Mar 22, 2005
| the tress have gone and where is the kat of the sky! what have you done! no!!!!!!!!!!1 the elves will get you now! LEAP LEAP LEAP |
filetmerlot
Mar 23, 2005
| That one is like the one they like to try to pull in any city. the guy comes up to you and says "I bet I can tell you the exact place that you got those shoes" If you Agree he will say "You got them on your feet in (fill in city name)" |
(user deleted)
Mar 23, 2005
| good & easy the way i like um |
-chica-
Mar 24, 2005
| o wow that was pretty ez...still it was fun..=P |
Skoolkid
Mar 24, 2005
| I thought it was that he didn't get any pennies, he got 200 dollars. Oh well they both work lol |
Israel-Girl
Mar 25, 2005
| katiebeth what's up with you!? you are WEIRD!!  |
froggygg
Mar 25, 2005
| Easy but cute. |
(user deleted)
Mar 25, 2005
| neat! |
swimmer4life292
Mar 25, 2005
| wow...i was thinking, like, "Does Australia use dollars?"...lol, dont ask me im not smart  |
Taya
Mar 30, 2005
| lol, yes we DO use dollars (shock horror) but australian dollars
thanks for the nice words folks, i know it was a bit easy but hey....at least its solvable lol ^_^ |
unklemyke
Mar 30, 2005
| Decent Teaser - easy to solve but it did require a minute's thought. Puzzle on! |
swithie
Mar 31, 2005
| Got that one fairly quickly, but good all the same |
lilwes2005
Apr 09, 2005
| i have seen a teaser like this before but this was nice and easy  |
Red_Baron
Apr 24, 2005
| Too easy word play, but a good attemp. If you could have added a little more in that paragraph that could have distracted the reader, they might not have guessed it. |
Chakoteya
Apr 24, 2005
| Nice, but Way Too Easy
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boakley2
Apr 24, 2005
| nice and simple just the way i like them |
kaityaz_finest
Apr 24, 2005
| cool one |
tezme
Apr 24, 2005
|  this is the same as one from a week or so ago that was told badly except the punch line was correct this time (in the last one the crook got the money)...no contest, knew it immediately |
timilee
Apr 24, 2005
| THIS IS A DUPLICATE OF:
#11263 What Song?
A man is sitting in a pub feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of £50 notes out of his wallet.
(bla bla bla)
The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE 140+ COMMENTS FOR THAT TEASER:
Posted by ahd62 Oct 13, 2004
it was a good one but technically its wrong. if u read the actual wording the poor man went home poor and he rich man went home rich. the bet was for the money in his wallet and yet he pulled it out and was holding the wad in his hand. they actully bet for no money.
Posted by ixilight_raven Jan 26, 2005
(edit)....the bet was for the money in his wallet and yet he pulled it out and was holding the wad in his hand. they actully bet for no money."
lol, my first thought, before I finished the puzzle, was that the question was "poor man on the bet, but no money, how?"
(edit)
Posted by super_duper08 Apr 19, 2005
(edit)
....cus the rich man took it outta his wallet so if he didn't have anything else in it then they woulda gone home with the same amount of money
Posted by gagurl1617 Apr 19, 2005
If the rich man pulls all of his money out of his wallet, then the poor man has won nothing! ( He bet on the money "in" his wallet)
Posted by timilee Apr 21, 2005
This was cute
But i agree with the folks that point out that the money had been pulled out of the wallet.
If it said 'all the money in your hand...' then it would work better.
Posted by GuinevereIsmene Apr 22, 2005
He took the money out of his wallet--was there more money in there? But good teaser otherwise.
AND THIS (#11263) WAS REUSED AGAIN JUST THE OTHER DAY
I don't want to be a stick in the mud, but the first few teasers that i submitted were 'rejected' for being 'duplicates' of other teasers.
...so this stands out like a sore thumb!
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deadeye823
Apr 24, 2005
| i agree with timmilee i was just going to post a comment saying that about the happy birthday song teaser when i saw his comment good teaser tho |
timilee
Apr 24, 2005
| thanx deadeye
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(user deleted)
Apr 24, 2005
| This was soooooooo easy, but then again, I enjoy easy trick problems! |
vikingboy
Apr 24, 2005
| way too easy, but I do have a question....if he was really an "intelligent" man, would he have really taken all of money and credit cards out in public view like that???? |
Master_Yoda
Apr 24, 2005
| Personally, i don't think this was as good as "What Song?" But i still enjoyed it. |
mikeyman110
Apr 24, 2005
| How fun |
ficklefudge
Apr 24, 2005
| sooo....the joke--or was it a joke?--wasn't hard
but what would've been MORE interesting is how the scam artist got the bag of chips (not to mention more useful in my opinion :p) |
nvsourab
Apr 24, 2005
| This riddle was really easy and obvious.   |
nvsourab
Apr 24, 2005
| try harder brain teasers next time
(author of brain teaser)    |
kcelf27
Apr 24, 2005
| I thought it was pretty easy too, but that helps build my self esteem But like one of the other comments, I'd be more interested to know how he got the bag of chips out of the machine!!! |
dogboy
Apr 24, 2005
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brain_dead
Apr 24, 2005
| i think that was good
BUT
you didn't ask us a question there for how could there have been an answer |
kcelf27
Apr 24, 2005
| so true "brain_dead" so true It's amazing what gets past even ME. |
tracknfield
Apr 24, 2005
| I got really confused by that one. I thouhgt it had something to do with ethe SCAM ARTIST. |
hypercraze1024
Apr 24, 2005
| pretty good! |
tamjp
Apr 24, 2005
| 2EZ |
krabcat
Apr 24, 2005
| this was a good trick |
iblondhaha
Apr 25, 2005
| i liked it, but it was really easy... |
N-D-B
Apr 25, 2005
| Painfully easy ...
BUT, it should be noted, nowhere in the brain teaser is it stated that the businessman had EMPTIED his wallet. We were only provided with a list of what he withdrew. Who is to say how much he left inside the wallet?
Overall, an extremely poor brain teaser. |
Chelsie
Apr 25, 2005
|
mysterious?????!!!!! NOT |
Chelsie
Apr 25, 2005
| oh and yeah...I'm a proud member of the timilee fan club!
"ditto" |
Taya
Apr 27, 2005
| i havnt read that teaser yet :S
i (again) got this from my teacher and she told me to post it here, sorry if it does seem like a duplicate but i didnt know there was a similar one :S
also, if you ever come to australia, you can hot-glue two 5 cent coins together (must use special kind of glue which is heavier) and it tricks the machine into thinking its a $2 coin, but that costs you 10 cents.
Another way, as we discovered in a Mechanics class, is to get something similar to a coathanger, bend the end into a spiral and stick it up the machine. If you can get it through the first lever compartment then all you have to do is knock the chips down, and hold the compartment open with one hand.
It also helps if there is no flappy thing at the entrance of the machine.
also, i like having easy AND hard teasers, not everyone has a brain like einstein, so for those who have normal IQ's (such as myself) i like making easy but fun teasers, for those, who insist on having such a difficult teaser, i create harder ones, if this was 'way too easy' for ya, try my 'one word answer' teaser
ta-da |
xsadclowneyezx
May 06, 2005
| taya,
i believe that this is a darling teaser, there maybe duplicates all over the world, but, no mind is its own, and what i mean by this is that there is always gonna be someone like you, in which case, this applies to your teaser. good job |
froglover
May 09, 2005
| stupid ive heard it befor |
yourmom0101
Jun 29, 2005
| Next time tell us what we are supposed to do, please |
mgil93
Jul 01, 2005
| I love it and am adding it to my favorites |
Kukmiester
Jul 24, 2005
| good lord... |
amelia639
Sep 18, 2005
| i thought he walked away without a penny because there was no pennies in the man's wallet. good teaser! |
rkaaland
Dec 14, 2005
| haha- I thought he didn't get the money as he was arrested before he got paid for stealing Chip!!! |
Ouchy1
May 05, 2006
| it could be because he didn't walk off with any pennies, he walkeed off with it all in cards, receipts, and cash. |
calmsavior
Jun 12, 2006
| there is no question |
akl21
Aug 04, 2006
| I thought he gave the man his receipts. |
cowman12
Jun 21, 2007
| A classic. Good one. |
girlnxtdoor
Aug 18, 2008
| I didnt know what the question was. the questions need to be said |
HarryPutter
Aug 18, 2008
| The end should probably say "How did he do this?"
But otherwise, this was far too easy but still mildly entertaining |
zxyggrhyn
Aug 18, 2008
| Good one.
I'm just bothered with the 'duplicate' issues stated above.
Nevertheless, Good Job. |
doehead
Aug 18, 2008
| Very weak!!!! |
FatHead
Aug 18, 2008
| Aha! Be careful how you phrase things! |
auntiesis
Aug 18, 2008
| I never read another one like this one, but it was still too easy. |
UptheHill
Aug 18, 2008
| One word, "NICE". |
bradon182001
Aug 18, 2008
| Not sure this was a fair teaser, but I guess a trick is a trick. Thanks for posting. |
kauphi1976
Aug 18, 2008
| I am more curious to see how the scam artist got the bag of chips from the vending machine without putting money in. What I need now is a bag of chips |
Zarahemla05
Aug 18, 2008
| Got it quickly, and I like those! Good job.
Thanks.~Z |
Babe
Aug 18, 2011
| Excuse me, but did you not give away the answer in the second sentence? Seems you think we are in grade school. That was too, too. TOO easy! Bummer! |
gaylewolf
Aug 18, 2011
| AROB! 2 EZ Hi to CT and PA friends! |
doehead
Aug 18, 2011
| AROB. A good teaser for the kids that are getting ready to start kindergarden. To my friends G & A . Have a wonderful day. |
auntiesis
Aug 18, 2011
| Way too easy. What is AROB ? |
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