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£50 cash for Xmas. Joke.

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mummmy2017 · 30/11/2019 22:47

Ok stay with me for this.
I stuck £50 cash in an envelopes.
I gave one to A and one too B. Said here is your Xmas presents early.
A and B swap envelopes.
A and B then hand me back the envelopes...
I then thanked then for my Xmas gifts and asked if they were happy as that was Xmas done....
The way I see it we all got £100 in Xmas cash....LOL.

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Abouttoblow · 01/12/2019 02:11

I'm not getting where Christmas Evr comes into it Confused

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mummmy2017 · 01/12/2019 02:17

We normally do me giving cash for Christmas Eve Mornings , to go shopping.
As I said I was joking when I did this today.
Bit like Big Bang, you either get it or you don't.

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WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 01/12/2019 02:20

I remember you from a thread months ago, you made little sense then too

Miaow - saucer of milk for changeforprivacy.

changeforprivacy · 01/12/2019 02:24

Miaow - saucer of milk for changeforprivacy.

I just speak the truth - this thread and everything OP has said make little sense.

It's maybe funny to OP but everyone else in the thread is as confused as I am.

It's not the first time I have read nonsense like this. Not sure why the need for the milk comment.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 01/12/2019 02:26

Reminds me of this other old one:

A man had 17 cows and three sons. He died. His will said:
The first son gets 1/2 of the cows.
The second son gets 1/3 of the cows.
The third son gets 1/9 of the cows.

The sons could not figure out how to divide the cows. A neighbour wanted to help so he loaned a cow to them.

Then the first son took 1/2 of 18 cows = 9 cows.
The second son took 1/3 of 18 or 6 cows.
The third son took 1/9 of 18 or 2 cows.

That makes 9 + 6 + 2 = 17 cows. So the neighbour took his own cow back home and all was fair (or was it....?) Smile

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 01/12/2019 02:29

Sorry, changeforprivacy - I think that was a classic example of the limitations of the written word on its own as what you wrote came across (to me at least) as possibly a lot less neutral than you intended.

BlackCatSleeping · 01/12/2019 02:34

Oh, gosh, now I can’t figure out the cow thing either. This thread is going to haunt me!!

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mummmy2017 · 01/12/2019 02:38

Logic says if you get given £50 by two people you should be up £100.
But because you have given those two people £50 each, you are no better off.
Yet if asked what you received for Xmas you should say £100.

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Original poster
mummmy2017 · 01/12/2019 02:48

Reminds me of this other old one:

A man had 17 cows and three sons. He died. His will said:
The first son gets 1/2 of the cows. 9/18
The second son gets 1/3 of the cows. 6/18
The third son gets 1/9 of the cows. 2/18

9 + 6 + 2 = 17/18.
The boy who got 1/2 the cows would only get half of 17 which is 8 1/2 cows.
The boy who got 1/3 got 5 2/3 cows.
The final boy got 1 whole cow , 1/2 a cow and a 1/3 of a cow... So 1 5/6 cows....

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Endspeciesism · 01/12/2019 03:14

Lol.

YANBU

Mummyoflittledragon · 01/12/2019 03:42

I get it but it’s not genius at all to me. Sounds like you like puzzles though.

myself2020 · 01/12/2019 05:56

Better than the usual A, B and C spend £50 twice each in a shop for gifts. A,B and C don’t need the stuff they got, so bring it to the charity shop 3 weeks later. The charity shop sells it for £8 per gift.
Result:
A, B and c lost £100 each
Big shop won about £250 (cost of gifts minus cost of goods)
Charity got £48.
Only winner: Big shop

Mlou32 · 01/12/2019 06:12

Is this meant to be funny or am I missing something?

longwayoff · 01/12/2019 07:02

Hmm. Tory maths, most impressive.

Rattysparklebum · 01/12/2019 07:29

I have a friend who exchanges a £20 note with her brother, they then both go and buy a gift for themselves, then swap the gifts and wrap them and give them back to each other on Christmas Day.

havenofwhiskers · 01/12/2019 07:45

A man had 17 cows and three sons. He died. His will said:
*The first son gets 1/2 of the cows.
The second son gets 1/3 of the cows.
The third son gets 1/9 of the cows.

The sons could not figure out how to divide the cows. A neighbour wanted to help so he loaned a cow to them.

Then the first son took 1/2 of 18 cows = 9 cows.
The second son took 1/3 of 18 or 6 cows.
The third son took 1/9 of 18 or 2 cows.

That makes 9 + 6 + 2 = 17 cows. So the neighbour took his own cow back home and all was fair (or was it....?)*

1/2 + 1/3 + 1/9 doesn't equal a whole, only 17/18.

Good riddle, I'm going to use this.

PlumsGalore · 01/12/2019 07:56

From a bah humbug who is tired of the relentless effort and expense of Christmas can I be Either your A or B?

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mummmy2017 · 01/12/2019 07:56

Mlou32
I still intend to do Xmas gifts and the money.
The reason it is funny is because my DD had £100 pounds in her hand yesterday morning and then handed it back as gifts.
So while i can truthfully say she had £100 in Xmas cash, and she also gave out £100 in gifts, DD thinks she has been robbed.

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BarbaraofSeville · 01/12/2019 07:56

Illustrates what Christmas has become for many, a pointless exchange either of money/vouchers where you hope you aren't the one who ends up with a voucher where you either don't want anything, or it's an expensive shop and buying anything there feels like a waste of money, or the shop goes bust before you get round to using your voucher of course - even more shops are predicted to go bust next year.

Or people give each other precise lists of what they want, totally pointless if no thought/effort on the giver's part.

Or people exchange 'carefully chosen thoughtful presents' and most people end up with something that they don't want and everyone has just wasted time and money.

Christmas doesn't need to be about exchanging gifts, except perhaps token consumable items. Most people can buy what they want and need for themselves whenever they want, and if they can't, they're not in a position to be getting into a cycle of buying stuff that no-one wants or needs like this.

Martin Lewis tried to make the No unnecessary present pact about 10 years ago, but sadly it doesn't seem to have caught on.

cptartapp · 01/12/2019 08:02

We exchange money and vouchers with PIL. They dont want anything. We can buy what we want anytime. I've suggested pooling monies and going out for a nice meal instead, but that's deemed frivolous.
Completely pointless and farcical exercise.

BarbaraofSeville · 01/12/2019 08:02

The very spirit of Christmas. hmm

Spending time with friends and family
Enjoying nice food and drink at home and during meals out
Decorating the house with a Christmas tree and lights to brighten up the dark days and long nights
Going to see the lights and having a mulled wine or hot chocolate
Time off work
Watching the Christmas films and other TV
Going out for walks
Going to church for those who are Christian

That's the spirit of Christmas and nowhere does this need to involve trawling the shops to pick out things that no rational person would ever want or buy or spending money you can't really afford on non essentials or any other reason why presents other than for DC is really not necessary.

DowntownAbby · 01/12/2019 08:06

@longwayoff

Hmm. Tory maths, most impressive.

Have heard of someone called Diane Abbott?

LetThemEatDrama · 01/12/2019 08:10

Read the thread but now stuck on the cows riddle! How do they all get more cow than they should have got dividing up the 17 but the other farmer still gets his 18th one back???? The maths seems to work but it's driving me mad Shock

ThinkIamflyingundertheradar · 01/12/2019 08:13

That is pretty much what Christmas is in many households. We’ve pretty much phased out presents. We just give to our own adult DC, three little kids we are close to and our two widowed parents. None for each other, siblings, nieces and nephews or friends. At first I was worried it might spoil Christmas but with all the food, games, singing, much wine and general shenanigans we don’t even notice the lack of presents.

User342109097569098 · 01/12/2019 08:14

Yabu for this pointless thread