While walking in a park, one morning, I found a Hundred Rupee note on one of the park benches. I picked it up, noted the number and took it home.

In the afternoon the plumber called on me to collect his bill. As I had no other moey at home, I settled his account with the Hundred Rupee note that I had found.

Later I came to know that the plumber paid the note to his milkman to settle his monthly account , who paid it to his tailor for the garments he had made.

The tailor in turn used the money to buy an old sewing machine, from a woman who lives in my neighbourhood. This woman incidentally, had borrowed Hundred Rupees from me sometime back to buy some household appliance. She, remembering that she owed me a Hundred Rupees, came and paid the debt.

I recognized the note as the one that I had found on the park bench, and on careful examination, I discovered that the note was counterfeit.

How much was lost in the whole transaction and by whom ?

(In reply to as i see it by Jonathan Waltz)

Yes I agree with you Jonathan but only for the first few lines where you have tried to say that no one among the person who found the note, the plumber, the milkman, the tailor and the lady lost anything but what about the last statement which says "...."the only person who lost any money in the transaction was the person who dropped the bill in the first place". Just think about it once again. Is it correct ?

Posted by Ravi Raja on 2003-03-26 19:57:59