Riddles!! I Need Your Help

[clayistheway]

I'm sorry but this is not Clay related.  It's really bugging me.  Can anyone figure out this riddle?


3 MEN GO INTO A MOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID THE ROOM IS $30, SO EACH MAN PAID $10 AND WENT TO THE ROOM.

A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE ROOM WAS ONLY $25, SO HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3 GUYS' ROOM WITH $5.

ON THE WAY, THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPLIT $5 EVENLY BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A $1 AND KEPT THE OTHER $2 FOR HIMSELF.


THIS MEANT THAT THE 3 MEN EACH PAID $9 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF $27, ADD THE $2 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = $29.

WHERE IS THE OTHER DOLLAR?


******* THE NEXT POST (from Beth) CONTAINS THE ANSWER TO THIS RIDDLE.....

[Beth]

The facts in this riddle are clear:  There is an initial $30 charge.  It should have been $25, so $5 must be returned and accounted for.  $3 is given to the 3 friends, $2 is kept by the bellhop - there you have the $5.  The trick to this riddle is that the addition and subtraction are done at the wrong times to misdirect your thinking - and quite successfully for most.  Each of the 3 friends did indeed pay $9, not $10, and as far as the friends are concerned, they paid $27 for the night.  But we know that the clerk will tell us that they were charged only $25 and when you add the $3 returned with the $2 kept by the bellhop, you come up with $30.

[clayistheway]

Beth:

         You're good!!!!  Thank you so much.  Now it makes sense. 

                                                                      - Kathy

[Pamela]

Very good Beth!  I love that riddle.  You can also work backward - the hotel has $25, the men have $3 and the bellhop has $2 = $30.

Here's another riddle for you:

The rich need it-
The poor have it-
It's greater than God-
And more evil than the devil-
If you eat it...you will die.

What is it?

[clayistheway]

Pamela,  I heard this one before.  I need a little time, but I'll come up with the anwer!!!

[Prissy]

Very good Beth!  I love that riddle.  You can also work backward - the hotel has $25, the men have $3 and the bellhop has $2 = $30.

Here's another riddle for you:

The rich need it-
The poor have it-
It's greater than God-
And more evil than the devil-
If you eat it...you will die.

What is it?

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NOTHING

Prissy

[Beth]

I love that one! 

[Pamela]

Prissy, you got it!

[clayMaine-iac]

When I'm used, I'm useless,
once offered, soon rejected.
In desperation oft expressed,
the intended not protected.
What am I?

[LoveOfMyLife]

an excuse

[clayMaine-iac]

That's correct!! Very good!! 

[shadowgnome]

Haha, I'm loving these riddles. 

[Ilovetowrite]

Stop trying to confuse me LOL.