Brainteaser for the TRP crowd

[Dedalus]

Hey, wasn't there another riddle some time back, with four parts to it
that supposedly related to Pynchon?  Did that thing ever get resolved,
or did I miss the post?

Dedalus (The Potential Postmisser)

Tyrone Slothrop wrote:

> THE MISSING DOLLAR!
>
> 3 MEN GO INTO A MOTEL. THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK SAID
> THE ROOM IS $30, SO EACH MAN PAID $10 AND WENT TO THE
> ROOM.
>
> A WHILE LATER THE MAN BEHIND THE DESK REALIZED THE
> ROOM WAS ONLY $25, SO HE SENT THE BELLBOY TO THE 3
> GUYS' ROOM WITH $5.
> ON THE WAY THE BELLBOY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO
> SPLIT $5 EVENLY BETWEEN 3 MEN, SO HE GAVE EACH MAN A
> $1 AND KEPT THE OTHER $2 FOR HIMSELF.THIS MEANT THAT
> THE 3 MEN EACH PAID $9 FOR THE ROOM, WHICH IS A TOTAL>
> OF $27, ADD THE $2 THAT THE BELLBOY KEPT = $29
> WHERE IS THE OTHER DOLLAR???????????
>
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