Odds and Ends

[Meister]

A question that has baffled philosophers, scientists and other learned people over the ages is:

If you have 24 odds and ends on a table then 23 fall off what do you have left .............. an odd or an end ???

Steve

 

[gomezz]

If you have counted and categorised them then they are no longer odds and ends.

 

[Meister]

If you have counted and categorised them then they are no longer odds and ends.

Nobody likes a smart arse

Steve

 

[framedtoo]

If you have counted and categorised them then they are no longer odds and ends.

would they become bits & bats

 

[MrPloppy]

Or just "stuff" ?

 

[Meister]

Oh I like that .......... STUFF ...... sounds like a new "techie" word .............

'hello this is the tech help desk, it appears you are having a "stuff" problem'

Steve

 

[talos]

Obvious, its an "end" because it's the last one Simples!!

 

[MrPloppy]

But, being the last ONE, that's an odd number, so the last one left is an Odd... right?

 

[keithatrochdale]

But, being the last ONE, that's an odd number, so the last one left is an Odd... right?

No, because it is half of a pair and a pair is 2, so even.

 

[debitcardmayhem]

Surely you have a table with a thingummy on it and a mess on the floor

 

[MrPloppy]

This is giving me a headache. Why don't we just shove that last odd or end or stuff or thingummy or kack or odd sock or whatever it is, and shove it all on the floor with the rest of the odds and ends, and all go to the pub. First round's on me.

 

[parish]

No, because it is half of a pair and a pair is 2, so even.

Ah, but the OP simply said "24 odds and ends", not "12 pairs of odds and ends" therefore he could have 23 odds and only one end

 

[talos]

Mine's an half

 

[ThatMartinChap]

Mine's an half

is that a half-full or a half-empty ?

 

[Meister]

Or perhaps the remaining one is halfway there .............. or even halfway back ????

Steve

 

[froggie]

I'm lost

 

[framedtoo]

but if their are two (you and mate ) in the pub, and you have a half, and your mate has a pint, his half is a half, but your half to him is a quarter, so if he when to the bar and you asked for a half, would it be your half or his half, if it was your half he would save money.

i'll buy your a drink, and mines a pint

 

[MrPloppy]

I remember a poster advert for something I forget, but it had "fluff' freeman (an old radio 2 dj who has sadly passed away now) and it just said:
"A pint! Not half!"

One for the old-timers, I think!

 

[keithatrochdale]

Fluff started on the Light Program and then onto Radio 1.

 

[MrPloppy]

Ah right. I remember him on the pick of the pops that dale Winton does now. That was on radio 2... but that's yer man..