Here is some homework for ya

A farmer died leaving his 17 horses to his 3 sons.
When his sons opened up the Will it read:

My eldest son should get 1/2 (half) of total horses;
My middle son should be given 1/3rd (one-third) of the total horses;
My youngest son should be given 1/9th (one-ninth) of the total horses.

Hint - there was a massive argument ! As you would expect then what ?

Hmm...dunno the correct answer..but someone must end up with a horses arse !

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Ted the Kiwi said..

Hint - there was a massive argument ! As you would expect then what ?

No need for an argument just borrow a horse.

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SP said..

Ted the Kiwi said..

Hint - there was a massive argument ! As you would expect then what ?

No need for an argument just borrow a horse.

The old farmers Horses are old and slow - easy split up the cans of Pal

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SP said..

Ted the Kiwi said..

Hint - there was a massive argument ! As you would expect then what ?

No need for an argument just borrow a horse.

I was hoping Teacake would show us a nice algebraic solution - as he is clearly spending his evening trying too make it up to his chickybabe for ditching her at the weekend for waves and / or getting his pics together for us - this is what happened next.



As it?s impossible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the three sons had a massive fight. So, they decided to go to a farmer friend who they considered quite smart, to see if he could work it out for them.

And the farmer - as SP suggested - lent them a horse.

So what happens next?

Should change the story Ted to an old surfer dies and leaves 17 old collectible surfboards to his sons . Much more interesting

Horses are only good for eating grass and making the local vet rich so he can buy some more surfboards

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Ted the Kiwi said..

SP said..

Ted the Kiwi said..

Hint - there was a massive argument ! As you would expect then what ?

No need for an argument just borrow a horse.

I was hoping Teacake would show us a nice algebraic solution - as he is clearly spending his evening trying too make it up to his chickybabe for ditching her at the weekend for waves and / or getting his pics together for us - this is what happened next.



As it?s impossible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the three sons had a massive fight. So, they decided to go to a farmer friend who they considered quite smart, to see if he could work it out for them.

And the farmer - as SP suggested - lent them a horse.

So what happens next?

they get more horse than they would have before..


Very funny Tassie...

Ted,
It may be less then 50 words but my brain is hurting more then one of Simondo's dosiers

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Tassiedevel said..

Should change the story Ted to an old surfer dies and leaves 17 old collectible surfboards to his sons . Much more interesting

Yes good point.

Scotty - I was doing it in parts so you would keep reading


In a time far far away and in the distant future Simondo died leaving his 17 hand shaped Bob McTavish Surboards to his 2 sons and his hot next door neighbour. Most people were wondering why she received any. The sons never questioned this as they also had enjoyed years of watching the shower across the back fence.

When they read the will it read:??My eldest son should get 1/2 (half) of total hand shaped Bob boards;
My next son should be given 1/3rd (one-third) of the total hand shaped boards by Bob; and the hot next door neighbor should get be given 1/9th (one-ninth) of the total boards because she gave me much pleasure.

As it?s impossible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the three of them started to fight with each other. I think there was also some resentment that the neighbor would still not put out for Simondo?s two sons even though he had now passed away.

So, they decided to go to the legendary and original Bob McTavish knowledge king (who just incidentally also had a rather nice collection. He was considered quite smart from all accounts and could be regularly seen in the Bells line up (after years earlier getting sick of the Superbank crowds and after falling in love with the new wetsuit heating technology decided to migrate south). Even though Mac was aging he was still a considerable force in the lineup.

Mac - never one to miss a trick - after reading the will thought that the best thing to do would be give Simondo?s 2 sons and his hot neighbour one more Bob McTavish hand shaped board so that there was now 18 boards.

Now, he divided the hand shaped Bobs according to Simondo?s Will - Half of 18 = 9. So he gave the eldest son 9 beautifully crafted Bob McTacish boards. 1/3rd of 18 = 6. So he gave the youngest son 6 beautiful Bob boards.?1/9th of 18 = 2. So he gave the hot neighbour from next door (who he had also spied in the shower a few times) 2 boards hand shaped by Bob.


Now add up how many boards from Bob they have:
Eldest son??..9
Youngest son??.6
Hot neighbor 2
TOTAL IS??.17.
Now this leaves one beautifully crafted Bob McTavish board left over, so Mac takes his board back home with him after watching the hot neighbor one more time in the shower.

The problem was solved
?Moral: ?The attitude of negotiation and problem solving is to find the 18th Bob board i.e. the common ground. Once a person is able to find the 18th board the issue is resolved. It is difficult at times. However, to reach a solution, the first step is to believe that there is a solution. If we think that there is no solution, we won?t be able to reach any!

PS: If you add ? + 1/3 + 1/9, you get 17/18! That might have something to do with it.
PPS: If there is a hot neighbor involved its much better.

^^^^ Holy Magna Carta Batman !!

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NewScotty said..

^^^^ Holy Magna Carta Batman !!

Gold . Scotty !!!

Ted i dont get it






when did simondo die

^^ His neighbour shot him for perving on his missus.

he says wtf and goes for a surf

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jasdeking said..

he says wtf and goes for a surf

I am with jades on that one Ted. We don't have horses, not one headed ones anyway. Most Tassie blokes are hallucinating and see unicorns.

Haven't been on not because of missus, although, am waiting for that to fall through in the next few weeks, but in the hole I have no internet so have to use my phone but have had no data on it

As for the maths you did help me with, got an A and 2 B's for the assignment so I was stoked! I sat on C's all last year in maths.

Thanks for the help Ted!

This question, effed! If I was kiwi, I would just go buy a sheep instead. So much more fun, for a kiwi

Why did we you a B? That's poor form

Looking forward to these pics

You've gone stark raving bonkers hahahahahaha what the fark is that tripe

This forum reminds me of surfing at currumbin....

A few small mistakes unfortuneately ted. Worst one was did the square root of 9/4 and said it was 3/2 and not + or - 3/2...

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Teacake said..
A few small mistakes unfortuneately ted. Worst one was did the square root of 9/4 and said it was 3/2 and not + or - 3/2...

Tom hi mate please explain to me i have never had the opportunity of a square root of what ever

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Teacake said..
A few small mistakes unfortuneately ted. Worst one was did the square root of 9/4 and said it was 3/2 and not + or - 3/2...

Tom hi mate please explain to me i have never had the opportunity of a square root of what ever

Yeahhhh riiiiiiiiggggghhhhht

Probably never heard of a root aye Asea?

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Teacake said..

Probably never heard of a root aye Asea?

Asea is known as "Horse" on the Goldie TC .....

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Teacake said..
Probably never heard of a root aye Asea?

Tom now you mention it please explain

Part of a Tree asea... Farkin' city dwellers...

Big horse? asea, change your username to big horse.

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Teacake said..
Part of a Tree asea... Farkin' city dwellers...

Big horse? asea, change your username to big horse.

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Teacake said..
Part of a Tree asea... Farkin' city dwellers...

Big horse? asea, change your username to big horse.

Hey Tom you're mate Weaver forgot his first name thinks he's a big horse

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asea said..

Teacake said..
Part of a Tree asea... Farkin' city dwellers...

Big horse? asea, change your username to big horse.

Teacake said..
Part of a Tree asea... Farkin' city dwellers...

Big horse? asea, change your username to big horse.

Hey Tom you're mate Weaver forgot his first name thinks he's a big horse

Haha must of mate. I would say something to that but not for the rest of the breezers to read I would think!

I'm picking up what you're putting down Tom

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asea said..

I'm picking up what you're putting down Tom

Leave it on the ground asea, otherwise I wouldn't have put it down now would I?