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Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives the bellboy $5 to return to the guests. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to split among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totaling $27. The bellboy has another $2, adding up to $29. Where is the remaining dollar?
This is a nice nonsense. Each guest paid $9 because they gave $30 and they were given back $3. The manager got $25 and the difference ($2) has the bellboy. So it is nonsense to add the $2 to the $27, since the bellboy kept the $2.

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

I have a tongue but I can't talk. I have no legs or wings but I can move from one place to another. Who am I?

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies, How many people where going to the mall?
One! As I was going to the mall I met a man...

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

End always begins with me. Time, space and universe always end with me. Who am I?
The letter 'E'.

I am in the beginning of sorrow and sadness. You will find me in happiness also. You will find me in sun and stars but not in moon. I am in summer and spring but not in fall or winter. Who am I?
The alphabet S.

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