Braingle: 'Robbery' Brain Teaser

Robbery

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Puzzle ID:	#19280
Fun:	(2.83)
Difficulty:	(2.06)
Category:	Trick
Submitted By:	UTforever22
Corrected By:	nogoodnames

A man left his house to go to work. When he got home he saw that his house had been broken into. The robbers had taken everything in his house except for 2 one hundred dollar bills that were in plain sight.

Why weren't the one hundred dollar bills taken?

Answer

Because they were an electricity bill for one hundred dollars and a phone bill for one hundred dollars.
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Comments

bellhead Oct 29, 2004	man thats cool
dsquared Oct 30, 2004	I agree, very clever .
Therulerofthem Oct 30, 2004	wait, question, how is this a riddle?
UTforever22 Oct 30, 2004	I don't know, at the time it i thought it was the best place to put it,
I_am_the_Omega Oct 30, 2004	Ah, nice. I was thinking maybe it was Monopoly money lol
Tongue-Twister Oct 30, 2004	Great teaser! I agree that this really isn't a riddle. Great teaser, yet again!
UTforever22 Oct 31, 2004	for future reference, where should it go?
Skoolkid Nov 01, 2004	I'd say it should be trick.
Therulerofthem Nov 04, 2004	I would say trick as well, but what about the answer that the bill were marked and that he could prove they were his
StepIntoNoWhere Nov 13, 2004	That was a good one... it was easy but still fun!! keep up the good work!!
StepIntoNoWhere Nov 13, 2004	That was a good one... it was easy but still fun!! keep up the good work!!
passion Nov 13, 2004	i liked it, but i knew the answer directly, i think i heard it before!!!sorry
brain357309 Nov 16, 2004	cool teaser like the play on bills
algarbonzo Nov 22, 2004	this one is great
Nicky101 Nov 25, 2004	I don't get it. Shouldn't they take the 2 bills and nothing else?
hotchickattitude Nov 27, 2004	Good teaser. I was thinkin mayb fake money. i like dis teaser alot! keep up da gud work!
goldmare Nov 28, 2004	Ha! I never even guessed that. Very clever. I can certainly understand why the robbers left them!
babygirl35 Dec 02, 2004	i like this on but like the other i thought it was fake money. oh yes and nicky101 they didn't take the bills because they were bills that you have to pay like you know when you get like the cable bill in the mail that is what type of bill it was. do you get it now?
linz2229 Dec 05, 2004	i liked that 1 a lot, it was awesome , keep it up
gift_of_gab4242 Dec 10, 2004	too cute, ima use that one
liz_beth_1213 Dec 14, 2004	good one!
(user deleted) Jan 24, 2005	hahah! Thats pretty good!
whoelsebutme09 Feb 23, 2005	cute!!! loved it!
marigold Mar 03, 2005	Oh I get it now! That was a really, really good teaser!!!
froggygg Apr 09, 2005	Very clever. I also thought it was monopoly money.
moktapa Apr 23, 2005	i thought that was easy
kcelf27 May 01, 2005	!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Clever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great wording, very funny, well written. Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!
sweetime May 24, 2005	very nice - i had decided that the bills were glued to the table
trickyleprecaun Jun 24, 2005	that was brilliant!
amelia639 Jul 23, 2005	i donn't get it
deepsea Jul 29, 2005	that was awsome i said that the were two hundred 1 dollar bills keep up the good work
mejoza Sep 10, 2005	I like it!
peppamintp Nov 30, 2005	I also thought monopoly money but hey good one.
swithie Feb 11, 2006	How about the bills on two very expensive ducks, a robber probably wouldn't know how much they were worth.
cb123 Feb 13, 2006	nice one i liked it very much i had to put that in my favorits
katieevs Mar 10, 2006	Very clever, one of my favourites!!!
bhssoccer23 Jul 11, 2006	Very cute!!
Blondie116 Jan 24, 2007	LOVED IT
Flamey500 Jan 05, 2010	Great teaser! I never thought of that..
braingle100 Dec 09, 2010	I thought they left the bills there, and they were like fake or something....
gaylewolf Mar 02, 2013	You got me, this time! Good one!
cutebug Mar 02, 2013	Sorry,I give this one a thumbs down.
FarFetched Mar 02, 2013	Way to obvious to be fun. And it was a burglary not a robbery.
HABS2933 Mar 02, 2013	Farfetched - it would depend on where you live whether it was a burglary or a robbery. Different jurisdictions use different terms for things. For instance where I live NO ONE would call it an "electricity bill" we call it a "Hydro Bill" IT was pretty easy to solve but I think this should be put in the "too many possible answers" category. Why do they have to be an electricity bill and a phone bill? Why not a cable bill and a credit card bill? Or a gas bill and a water bill? How about an insurance bill and a rent bill?
jaycr Mar 02, 2013	Too many possible answer for this one.
Maggiethe8th Mar 02, 2013	I didn't get it, also thought there were a variety of answers. But if the answers included the ones listed, then you Did get it! I like being reminded to think outside the box & stretch my mind a bit.
allythebuterfly Mar 02, 2013	For those who aren't "getting it", it's two bills that must be PAYED, not two bills as in dollar bills that are worth money
tripleteam5 Mar 02, 2013	Quite clever. I went off on " The answer better not be they were counterfeit " cause nothing would logiaclly go there. I enjoyed being fooled
iggy39 Mar 02, 2013	Very very good. I didn't get it but I usually don't. Fun though. I did try but I gave up cause I just couldn't come up with anything. It was just too obvious I guess. I'm looking at bills too and not even thinking that kind of "bill" Love it. Thanks.
auntiesis Mar 02, 2013	Very tricky. I didn't get it.
thecatladycac Mar 03, 2013	Like many others, I thought it was Monopoly money - I like your answer better!