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A man lost 267 pounds, but only weighed 217 pounds. How is this possible?
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He could have lost a bet in England, bought something in England, etc.The 267 pounds are not referring to weight, but rather England's type of currency (money).
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Or perhaps he weighed 484 pounds prior to his remarkable weight loss.
Nice 1 but I don't live in england nor The UK (lol lol) so i thought that maybe he would have carried something heavy and then he would let it off.
Thanks, and clever thinking cmllanes.
...or he used to weigh 243 pounds, went 10 times on a diet losing 26 pounds each time and regaining them 9 times, regained 7 pounds the 10th time, and lost them in the 11th diet.
Now what are the odds that he will put on some more weight soon?
BUT hasn't the UK joined the civilized world and adopted the metric system some years ago? In which case he weighs just over 98 kg.
Now what are the odds that he will put on some more weight soon?
BUT hasn't the UK joined the civilized world and adopted the metric system some years ago? In which case he weighs just over 98 kg.
Well, it wouldn't really make sense if I put,"He lost 217 pounds, but only weighed 98kg." But good try though.
Not too difficult if you are from England!!
i dont live in england but you could say he lost his wife ! thats what i thought of !
I actually thought of a spouse or weights used for bench pressing.
or maybe an airline lost all of his luggage
toooooooo easy
Great teaser, I liked this because..... I don't live in England....
way too easy
It may have been easy and I got it as soon as I read it but, it was still enjoyable.
I, like someone else thought of weights like from a gym. I'm from the US though, didn't think of pounds as money.
my first thought was that he originally weighed 267 + 217 pounds (whatever that works out to - someone said it earlier), and he then lost the 267. i also thought that he might have lost something incredibly heavy (for some reason he was carrying around a really heavy anvil, put it down and forget where, type situation). your answer works too, though
Not the answer I would have given but a good one.. I thought he WAS married.. Always lose pounds in a divorce.. A little dead weight. hehe
Bit easy as I live in England.
he lost a bag that weighed 267 pounds!
Clever Teaser! Keep up the Good Work!
I thought he went into space or somethin
still how can u lose any amount on something or bet wen u didnt have the money to actually buy something or take the bet...its not really 'lost' either if u willingly bought something or took a bet
Good Teaser
Even if I do live in england
Even if I do live in england
I was thinking that he lost his box of stuff that total in at 267 pounds. I don't think that people should be dissing this teaser just because they don't live in England, I live in the U.S. and have never been outside the U.S., yet I probably could have gotten this teaser.
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