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Recently heard this one, I like it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

If you decide to find the answer and post it, please use the "spoiler"-color, so I can enjoy the illusion of a huge amount of people having their brain teased for a while, ok? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

I'll post the answer in a few days if no one happens to find it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

A man bought bananas at $3/piece. He sold them at $2/piece.
He made a habit of it and eventually became a millionaire.
How did he do that?

Some clarifications:
- A piece = 1 banana, and the only bananas he sold are the exact same ones that he bought
- The fact that he became a millionaire is a direct consequence of what he did as described in the riddle
- Let's assume a dollar has a steady value (to not complicate things too much <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> )

[color:"orange"] He bought whole bananas and then cut them into pieces. Each piece cost $2. Don´t know how many pieces make a whole banana. Perhaps 5 or 6 ? x $2/piece = $10-12. So take of $3 which is the cost of the whole banana = $9-10 profit[/color]

ok, stop me if u've heard this one already.

why does the chicken cross the road?

KERCHANG!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

Liked that one Janggut

@kejero.. no idea and 2 damn lazy to think <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

he had a lot of succes with other things <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
No one said he became millionaire because of the bananas <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

Check the original post for some clarifications. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

that does make it more tricky <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

He sold them when dollars were worth more? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Nope <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Bananas go rotten pretty fast, don't they? Since he sold the same bananas that he bought, he must've sold them around the same period he bought them, hence stuff like inflation shouldn't have a great impact. Moreover, it took him a while to finally become a millionaire, Dollars have probably been going up and down during that time.
And for the record: they're American dollars for which he bought and sold bananas.

Anyhew, nope <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

he didn't trick anyone in making them believe there were more bananas? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

- he's chiquita

Was he using counterfeit three dollar bills to buy the bananas? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

[color:"blue"]did he plant the banana's he bought, wait for them to grow and make many bananas, then sell them [/color] <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />



yes? no? am i insane?


... no wait, that doesnt quite go with your clarifications.... uh, well it could do, depending how you difine 'same ones' hehehe <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />...

... hmm, unless by 'he made a habit of it' you ment the monks robe (the robe of a monk is somtimes called a habit) uhm, but i dont see why people would want to buy a monk robe made of bananas O.o....

... of course he could be selling them to a himself and buying them from himself, using some kind of cunning tactic that means he makes $1 each time he does it... but i dont know how hed achieve this.... uuhhhhmmmm, maybe he loses them on perpose and has them insured and gets lots of money from that? O.o... im just getting confused now... i need some sleep so i can think straiter

he ate the ones he bought and then sold, never mind i wont go there, but you get the idea.

Alex says: "He started as a billionaire or a multi-millionaire and worked his way down to being a single millionaire."

Someone here at work must have heard it before. Two words: ~~~[color:"#2F4062"]Milo Minderbinder[/color]~~~

catch 22

I didn't hear it from Milo, but that's it alright <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> - Oh hey, thanks for putting the answer in spoiler-color <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

what was the correct answer??

HandEFood's first reply - the one that makes sense <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

poo, that one I also guessed but I thought it was too stupid after my previous guesses <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />