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Back in the late 1930s, three gentlemen got a room overnight at the Hotel Sara Sota, for thirty dollars. Later, the desk clerk decided that was too much, so he gave the bellhop a five dollar bill to take and give back to them.

The bellhop figured the guys wouldn't be able to split the five dollars three ways, so he gave the guys three ones and he pocketed the other two dollars.

This means instead of the ten dollars each, the guys paid nine dollars each. Nine times three equals twenty-seven, and the two that bellhop kept makes twenty-nine.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER DOLLAR??

Life was good...

(photo credit: Sarasota County History Center)