From the Wikipedia page on "Shaggy dog story":
The calculations usually become more difficult as the journey progresses, for example, "At its eighth stop, 25 people get off and 37 get on". At the end of the bus journey the other person is finally asked something unrelated to the calculations, such as "Now, what is the color of the bus driver's socks?", making the entire puzzle meaningless and a humorous[citation needed] waste of the other person's time.
No comments:
Post a Comment