Braingle: 'Bug on the Plate' Brain Teaser

Bug on the Plate

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Puzzle ID:	#757
Fun:	(2.27)
Difficulty:	(0.77)
Category:	Mystery
Submitted By:	beans
Corrected By:	luckythirteen

A man was eating at a restaurant. When his food came, his waitress told him that they had run out of their usual fancy dinner plates and had to serve him their only plain dish. The man did not object, but there was a bug on his food. His waitress took it away and said she would bring him a new plate with new food. When she came back the man knew she had only tossed off the bug. How?

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Comments

Beelzebub Feb 05, 2002	Since they had run out of all the fancy plates, then the plain on is the only on they could use. It could have been washed and given back to him with new food
angie Jun 05, 2002	she's right
eterpay Aug 02, 2002	I read this somewhere else but it had a different answer, but I won't say it in case it is somewhere else on the site.
TheGermanGemini Oct 20, 2004	After this plate got used, what did everyone else get served on?
alicewashere13 Jan 04, 2005	not really requiring much thought...why would they only have _one_ plain dish???
Punk_Rocker Mar 13, 2005	That was one of the most unlikely teasers I've ever read...O_o
changegurl May 05, 2005	That's all I can share @ this time.
dolphingurl12 Jun 25, 2005	They had more than one plain plate, and she put the new food on another plain plate. So what's the real solution?
burfly01 Jul 21, 2005	i thought it was a good brain teaser once i did what the hint said i got it!!
toxic_happiness Jul 29, 2005	whoa
FerretGirl Sep 11, 2005	I like it!
rkaaland Dec 10, 2005
flamingsword Dec 21, 2005	Ya, u know what, i read something like that in an english book in first grade.
pinay Dec 29, 2005	if ALL the fancy dishes were being used already then the waitress had no choice but to use the plain dishes, therefore it being the reason why the the person realized that the fly was just thrown out is insubstantial.
SPUTNIK2 Feb 08, 2006	Got to really read the the teasers to get the answer right, afterall they are here to tease and confuse us, I read and reread and was able to get the answer correct. Good teaser! I liked it , thanks
JessicaLynn Apr 10, 2006	I thought he had already buttered his bread or something.
kcheer2493 Jun 01, 2006	At first i thougt that, but then i fugured they had more plain plates than their fancy ones
blonde_genius Jul 14, 2006	There is another one only it is a bug in coffee.? Too easy
Pizzazz2u Sep 27, 2006	One just has to pay attention to the detail of the story. I had also read something similar to this one, at an earlier date. But, it is a great teaser.
natureluver Nov 19, 2006	I've read it before.
EKBsnookiepie Apr 21, 2007	ez ez EZZZZZZZZZ and i mean SO easy
reptile5000 Jun 01, 2007	maybe she washed the plate really fast? and they cooked the same food really fast....its possible...sort of
brain23 Mar 19, 2008	Got it with the hint. But dish can also mean a meal, not just a plate or bowl or whatever.
luckypuppy Apr 14, 2008	Beelzebub is right, if they ran out of plates then the chances are the plain one would have been washed before another diner was done with his fancy plate. Sorry
Marisa_me Jan 04, 2010	Beans what are you... a 1st grader?
oxana007 Mar 16, 2010	they could have taken the of and given him the plate back.
MagicPurple Feb 27, 2011	I got it !