Let's have dinner SON

Kongwei Ying

Posers and Puzzles

11 Sep 06

Kongwei Ying

Joined: 05 Jul 06
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11 Sep 06

Two fathers and two sons went out to have dinner. All meals at where they were eating costed $5.How did they only have to pay $15?

~~skeeter~~

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Syver Yurt TC

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11 Sep 06

Originally posted by Kongwei Ying
Two fathers and two sons went out to have dinner. All meals at where they were eating costed $5.How did they only have to pay $15?

They were only three. A man, his son and his son. Two sons, two fathers.

skeeter

FabianFnas

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11 Sep 06

Originally posted by Kongwei Ying
Two fathers and two sons went out to have dinner. All meals at where they were eating costed $5.How did they only have to pay $15?

They got a discount...?

Kongwei Ying

Joined: 05 Jul 06
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11 Sep 06

Could be but second guy's answer was what it was suposed to be

Coconut

Earth Prime

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11 Sep 06

everyone is someone's son.

A grandfather, a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a cousin went out to eat. It only cost $5 total.

AThousandYoung

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Joined: 23 Aug 04
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12 Sep 06

One of them did not eat.

FabianFnas

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12 Sep 06

1 edit

Originally posted by Coconut
everyone is someone's son.

Yes.
He should have written it:
"Two fathers along with their two sons..."
or
"Two fathers with one son respectively..."
...or something.

bloodyboy

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13 Sep 06

1 edit

A grandfather, a dad and a son went to eat.

The grandfather is a father of the dad and the dad is a father of the son. Two fathers.

The dad is a son of the grandfather and he, the dad has a son. Two sons.