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10/31/2009 7:32:45 AM EDT
i will post the answer later


A man needs something specific for his house, so he goes to a
hardware store to purchase it. When he asks the clerk the price, the clerk answers "the price of one is fifty cents, the price of thirty is one dollar, and the price of one hundred forty-four is one dollar and fifty cents."

what is the man buying?
10/31/2009 7:35:52 AM EDT
[#1]
House numbers.
10/31/2009 7:35:53 AM EDT
[#2]
Washers - back in the 1960's. Damned if I know.
10/31/2009 7:36:30 AM EDT
[#3]
Quoted:
House numbers.


this sounds like a good answer
10/31/2009 7:37:00 AM EDT
[#4]
Sounds like .380 ammunition.
10/31/2009 7:37:13 AM EDT
[#5]
Quoted:
House numbers.


Winner!
10/31/2009 7:37:37 AM EDT
[#6]
Not much of a teaser.
10/31/2009 7:37:47 AM EDT
[#7]
Quoted:
House numbers.


This.
10/31/2009 7:40:03 AM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
House numbers.


That has to be it.

1=50 cents

3/ 50 cents+ 0/50 cents=$1.00

1/50 cents+ 4/50 cents+ 4/50 cents=$1.50

10/31/2009 7:42:01 AM EDT
[#9]




Quoted:

Not much of a teaser.


Agree

10/31/2009 7:51:21 AM EDT
[#10]
Here's an oldie but a goodie:

What do you put in a barrel to make it lighter?

And:

I have two coins that equal 30¢.  One of them is not a nickel; what are they?


(not meant to be a challenge)
10/31/2009 8:18:02 AM EDT
[#11]

I have two coins that equal 30¢. One of them is not a nickel; what are they?

One is a nickel the other a quarter

10/31/2009 8:20:01 AM EDT
[#12]

What do you put in a barrel to make it lighter?

A hole

10/31/2009 8:21:56 AM EDT
[#13]




Quoted:

House numbers.




Damn! that was fast!
10/31/2009 8:25:03 AM EDT
[#14]
It would be a little less obvious if you used a dozen and a gross for the second two numbers.
10/31/2009 8:27:10 AM EDT
[#15]


You throw away the outside and cook the inside  then you eat the outside and throw away the inside.  



what is it?
The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user doesn't see it



what is it?







10/31/2009 8:32:33 AM EDT
[#16]
Back in the early days of the PC there was a cool game called Betrayal at Krondor.   You had to answer riddles to open treasure chests, and there were some great ones.
10/31/2009 8:34:11 AM EDT
[#17]
Quoted:
You throw away the outside and cook the inside  then you eat the outside and throw away the inside.  

what is it?

Chicken.  You throw away the feathers, eat the meat, discard the bones.  Also a peach or other pitted fruit that has to be peeled before eating




The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user doesn't see it

what is it?


The packaging





10/31/2009 8:38:00 AM EDT
[#18]
Quoted:
Quoted:
You throw away the outside and cook the inside  then you eat the outside and throw away the inside.  

what is it?

Chicken.  You throw away the feathers, eat the meat, discard the bones.

Ear of corn







The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user doesn't see it

what is it?

A coffin
The packaging









10/31/2009 3:34:29 PM EDT
[#19]




Quoted:



Quoted:



You throw away the outside and cook the inside then you eat the outside and throw away the inside.



what is it?



Chicken. You throw away the feathers, eat the meat, discard the bones. Also a peach or other pitted fruit that has to be peeled before eating
The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user doesn't see it



what is it?





The packaging













Question 1   correct.



Question 2  wrong.   correct answer is a coffin