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 re(6): The solution by Charlie)

Sorry, I didn't want to take the time to read all 95 messages... I just read the most recent ones.

What I think is although the transaction isn't strictly legal in the "paying-for-things" sense, money is just a way to pay for things instead of bartering.

Think of it this way. The narrator took a 100 rupee note from the ground, and passed it around. Then the narator put it back on the ground. Thus, everyone is how it should be, as well as the ground, since it got its 100 rupee note back.

Posted by Gamer on 2003-04-20 09:17:54