the bet

[Guest]

a boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy,"If i write your exact weight on the paper I'll pay you $50". If i cannot then I will pay you $50. The boy looked around saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the man says he'll just say he ways more or less. In the end the boy ends up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

The man did exactly what he said. He wrote "YOUR EXACT WEIGHT" on the peice of paper

[Guest]

Another answer....

0 lbs, in the absense of gravity.

Since weight is the measurement of the force of gravity on an object, no gravity = no weight. No where does the man state he will tell the boy he will correctly guess his weight on earth.

[abhisk]

Dudeeee, I love this one!!!!!!!!!!!! I have heard it a lot though.

[Guest]

ahah! He wrote it in capital letters, but he said it in lowercase, so the man owes the boy 50 dollars

And still, a grown man cheating a boy. Not fair at all.

[Guest]

yea that is kinda mean... i thought that grown men were supposed to be more mature than that... playing tricks on little boys... not nice...

[Guest]

a boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy,"If i write your exact weight on the paper I'll pay you $50". If i cannot then I will pay you $50. The boy looked around saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the man says he'll just say he ways more or less. In the end the boy ends up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

The man did exactly what he said. He wrote "YOUR EXACT WEIGHT" on the peice of paper

It says "If i write your exact weight on the paper I'll pay you $50". If i cannot then I will pay you $50.", either way the man pays the boy $50.

[Guest]

he wrote "your exact weight" on the piece of paper

[Gambit]

this riddle is pretty old... nice one though.

[Guest]

what parents just let a kid wander around unsupervised with $50 at a carnival?

c u all 2morrow

Edited June 12, 2008 by skirider

[Guest]

I would have tossed the boy in the air and told him at the at the peak of the toss, he was weightless.

[Guest]

I meant to write If i write your exact weight on the paper You'll pay you $50". If i cannot then I will pay you $50.

so how did the man win the bet

You meant "You'll pay you $50" ??? Meaning You will pay you $50??... What?