conundrums – T E Shepherd https://shepline.com author | illustrator | digital designer Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:17:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://shepline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-shepline-white-on-green-square_512-32x32.jpg conundrums – T E Shepherd https://shepline.com 32 32 For the mathematicians out there… https://shepline.com/2005/11/23/for-the-mathematicians-out-there/ https://shepline.com/2005/11/23/for-the-mathematicians-out-there/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:17:00 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=1214 Russell of Kings Lakely bought a pack of four profiterols at Marks & Spencer. The wrapping proclaims ‘10% bigger, 30% more fondant, save 20%’. He paid £1.19, so what was the original price for a bog standard box.

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