Moos Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No, no Sue, the hotel manager paid the meat > supplier who paid the butcher who paid the > wholesaler who paid the farmer who paid the > prostitute who (crucially) then paid the hotel > manager. > > So he was readily able to give the Russian his > money back. See Huguenot's explanation of debts > and credit. I suppose it might be hilarious if > double-ledger accounting is your thing, but I > don't think it's meant to be funny ha ha, laugh > out loud. Hmmm.. xxxx Doesn't work for me logically, lol :)) i need someone to explain it to me in words of less than half a syllable .....