am i just slow today?
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
1. a friend sent this “funny/cute” email to me, but i didn’t get it until i re-read it again. well, i had to re-read the punch line a total of three times. am i just slow today? (
- A Love Story
Maria, a beautiful Latina, fell in love with
Jose. She planned to marry Jose very soon. She was so
happy about her wedding plans, she decided to tell
her papa. Papa told her, “Maria, you’ll have to find
another.Your Madre does not know this, but Jose is
your half-brother.”
So Maria forgot about her Jose,
and soon planned to marry Ricardo. But after telling
papa again, he said, “Maria otra vez there’s trouble
still.You cannot marry Ricardo, mi hija. Please
don’t tell your mother, but Ricardo and Jose are
your half-brothers.”
Maria had no choice but to go to her mama.
Mama already knew and said “Mi hija, do what makes
you happy. Marry Ricardo or marry Jose,because you
are not related to Papa.”
:: scroll down to bottom for explanation of joke ::
did you have to read that twice? is it me? or is the humor too complicated on only 5 hours sleep? or is it just not even funny? what’choo think?
2. i found the following while looking for a picture of a question mark.
i got the answer to this one right away though!
- Apples and Oranges
Three businessmen checked into a hotel and paid the clerk $30 for a room ($10 each). When the hotel manager returned, he noticed that the clerk had incorrectly charged $30 instead of $25 for the room. The manager told the clerk to return $5 to the businessmen. The clerk, knowing that the businessmen would not be able to divide $5 evenly, decided to keep $2 and to give them only $3.
The businessmen were very happy because they paid only $27 for the room ($9 each). However, if they paid $27 and the clerk kept $2, that adds up to $29. What happened to the other dollar? - from an oregon state university math professor
:: scroll down to bottom for answer ::
1. jose y ricardo are maria’s half brother with the assumption that her dad is her biological father.
maria can marry either jose or ricardo because her dad isn’t her biological father. her mom had her with (shhhhhhh!) another man!
so maria and her “half” brothers don’t share the same father = they’re not half brothers and sister!
2. my S2BX is bringing my golf clubs and stuff … so i’ll finish this soon
where’s the extra dollar??? there is no extra dollar because they didn’t pay $27 total
since each man is getting $1 back from the clerk:
$1 x 3men = $3 + $25 cost of room = $28
so they paid a total of $28
did i explain that clearly? it’s in my head. please comment if i am wrong about the joke/riddle or if someone can explain it more clearly …
