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A man is reading a wonderful book but must put it down. He desperately wants a bookmark so that he doesn't lose his place (he is not willing to dog-ear the page). When he is offered a fine bookmark for only a dollar, he agrees. However, he then smiles and refuses the bookmark. Why?
Hint
He already has a better alternative.Answer
As he is paying, he realizes the dollar bill itself can be used as a bookmark. When he is done reading the book, he can then spend the money on something else.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Doesn't work so well with a dollar coin, though.
Marc, wonderful lol teaser!! The wonders of thinking!
Easy, but good.
I got it w00t
kool, lol if that was me, i would've bought the bookmark lol
Not everyone is American...and that means not everyone has a dollar bill.
I got it, but I agree with the other guys, where i'm from we have $1 coins Still a good puzzle though!
I'm Canadian. We also have a $1 coin, but $5 seemed too expensive for a bookmark.
in canada this doesnt work cause we use loonies!!!!!!! actually the USA is one of the few countries this works in!
Unless of course he paid with quarters, it never said he pays with one thing.
Yes, I was thinking of loonies, too.
Yes, I was thinking of loonies, too.
CLEVER!!into my favs!
Awesome teaser
got it but I thought of the loonie
first
got it but I thought of the loonie
first
Easy but cool.
Piece of cake because we sometimes do use a dollar bill as a bookmark. I've put a dollar bookmark in books that I give as gifts as well.
ok lang din
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got it very quickly.
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