Arithmetic puzzles with the Trinity Arms

[Donna Ferentes]

Generally speaking if a half of something costs £1.00 then a pint of it would normally be slightly less than twice that amount i.e £1.90

It might be slightly less than twice (though in fact I checked this with the beer prices and a pint costs twice as much as a half) but not, I think, less than fifty per cent more.

 

[exosculate]

it was to be fair. nice recovery though eh?

Seamless I could not see a single joining stitch.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Further enquiries failed to eludicate much useful information as to how this seemingly eccentric calculation had been made. Mind you I don't think the chap had ever been asked for an orange juice and lemonade before. I have a suspicion that he actually charged me for the orange plus a pint of lemonade and a half of lemonade respectively.

Well I've been drinking PINTS of orange and lemonade for the last 2 months and it only costs £1.50 for a PINT in my local, but costs £1 for a HALF.

However, I was charged £2.40 the other day in another pub

 

[exosculate]

Surely though, the effective service charge is included in each drink and is a flat time rate + sundries for drink complexities etc. therefore making the smaller drink slightly more expensive. After all, you could ask the barman for 1000 0.5ml pippettes of orange juice but you would expect the total cost to be more than that of 500ml of OJ in mug. So there.

Have you ever asked for a pipette measure in a boozer?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

A man goes to a car boot sale and buys a brass bell and a nest of three wooden coffee tables. He pays the vendor £42. How much does each item cost?

That's simple. The tables were £40 and the brass bell was £2

 

[Crispy]

The question was hypothetical, naturally. I suppose you could substitute 25ml shot glasses, which wouldn't be quite as dramatic. However, it would still take the barman longer to get 500ml of OJ out of the carton and into your receptacles. Therefore he should be paid a little bit more for his trouble. Stands to reason

 

[Bonfirelight]

I wonder if you are not missing the point that I expected the item twice the size of the other to cost twice as much?

that's assuming they were mixed to the same proportions

if orange juice costs £1.25 per 1/4 pint and lemonade 35p per 1/4 pint then if the half is evenly mixed its 1.60

The pint however if mixed 1:3 is 2.30.

perhaps a bottle of orange juice is 1.25 and the pint is just topped up with more lemonade?

 

[exosculate]

That's simple. The tables were £40 and the brass bell was £2

Were you that shifty looking woman in the corner who was tring to gazump me?

Yeah but how much did each table cost - hey hey hey?????

 

[Donna Ferentes]

that's assuming they were mixed to the same proportions

Indeed - which ought to be a reasonable assmption, no? You're basically buying different measures of the same stuff.

So either I was getting two drinks which had been produced in wildly differing proportions, or maybe they were trying to claim that a half of orange juice and lemonade consists of a half of lemonade plus some orange juice. Which is physically impossible.

 

[boozybirdie]

Were you that shifty looking woman in the corner who was tring to gazump me?

Yeah but how much did each table cost - hey hey hey?????

£20
£12
£8

 

[exosculate]

£20
£12
£8

Yeah - but you're the one that sold them to me so that don't count.

 

[boozybirdie]

Yeah - but you're the one that sold them to me so that don't count.

 

[twistedAM]

That's simple. The tables were £40 and the brass bell was £2

but how much were the tables? can;t have been £13.33 each - at least one must have been £13.34 or then again the tables could have been a differennt size and as everyone knows a table twice the size of another one isn't usually twice the price

 

[exosculate]

but how much were the tables? can;t have been £13.33 each - at least one must have been £13.34 or then again the tables could have been a differennt size and as everyone knows a table twice the size of another one isn't usually twice the price

We've sorted that - read the thread before ya jump in!

 

[exosculate]

I'm just sorry now I didn't buy the parrot cage. Is it still available?

 

[mauvais]

Economies of scale, innit. When you have enough capital to make investments in bulk purchases, such as whole pints at once, the unit price falls compared to smaller, multiple purchases.

 

[boozybirdie]

I'm just sorry now I didn't buy the parrot cage. Is it still available?

Yep but the parrot is dead I can supply a pigeon for an extra £20

 

[RushcroftRoader]

Have you ever asked for a pipette measure in a boozer?

The pipette is actually the approved measure for gin in some bars in Brixton

 

[RubyToogood]

perhaps a bottle of orange juice is 1.25 and the pint is just topped up with more lemonade?

That might well be the answer. Did you see the drinks being mixed? I drink OJ and soda a lot, and generally when you ask for a pint, it contains the same amount of OJ as a half pint, but more ice and soda. If it's the type of pub that only does little bottles of OJ, it's one bottle regardless of whether you asked for a pint or a half. I once got given a pint consisting of TWO bottles of OJ topped up with soda, and nearly died of shock at the price.

 

[RubyToogood]

PS prices for this drink vary wildly. I reckon it should be about £1.50 max for a pint. The Albert is very reasonable about these things.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Yes but I prefer the ambience in the Trinity.

Also my subsequent drinks were Young's (if we neglect the closing gin and tonic) and I might as well get some of that in while it's still drinkable.

 

[RubyToogood]

I had a pint of pineapple juice and soda in the Albert last night: £1.25.