Upper Sturry Style Puzzle

[Lao]

We had a few contentious puzzles from Upper Sturry Sherbets recently, this is one in a similar style:

A man buys his wife a birthday present costing £8000. The day after her birthday she breaks it. He goes out and buys another one, exactly the same as the first, for £25. What was the present?

 

[monty]

We had a few contentious puzzles from Upper Sturry Sherbets recently, this is one in a similar style:

A man buys his wife a birthday present costing £8000. The day after her birthday she breaks it. He goes out and buys another one, exactly the same as the first, for £25. What was the present?

too expensive

 

[Hayee]

..Jo?

 

[monty]

There was a sale on at IKEA

 

[Hayee]

A dodgy ring that was actually a fake

 

[daza_1973]

The complete Friends Box-set series 1-10 on VHS

 

[Lao]

None right so far. Obviously.

The replacement was identical to the first, not fake etc.
No discounts, sale prices etc.
Both items were priced at the value that you would normally pay for them.

 

[NeoNaoNeo]

I've got a USS style riddle.

A man is alive. The man dies. What happened? (there's a correct answer)

 

[Lao]

I've got a USS style riddle.

A man is alive. The man dies. What happened? (there's a correct answer)

Do I detect an element of bitterness?

 

[NeoNaoNeo]

Pshawww

 

[monty]

We had a few contentious puzzles from Upper Sturry Sherbets recently, this is one in a similar style:

A man buys his wife a birthday present costing £8000. The day after her birthday she breaks it. He goes out and buys another one, exactly the same as the first, for £25. What was the present?

He paid for her to have a plaster bust made of her image...................it cost £8,000, he took it home, she dropped it............he replaced it for £25 because that is all the replacement cost as the artist kept the cast from which it was made..............the cast cost £7,975.......................prize for Monty!

 

[heatmeiser]

He bought her a round the world cruise ticket.

She put it in the wash or something, so he needed to pay for a replacement ticket. Admin charge; £25.

Thanks x

 

[Lao]

That could be the right answer Monty, but in the true Upper Sturry tradition, its not the answer I was looking for.

Heats, the question said the original was broken, you can't break a ticket in the wash. Got to be pedantic here.

 

[fozzy]

was it a car and she broke a part of the car and the new part cost £25

 

[Lao]

No, a complete new item, but you are very close