Welcome to the brain-frying, head-hurting Amazing Flygun riddle
Many have tried to find the elusive answer
Most have failed
Can you?

One hot summer's day a neighbour's laughter and yells of "gotcha you little bugger" causes three friends to peer over the fence to investigate. They watch, fascinated, as he stalks around the garden on a fly hunting mission with his recently acquired Amazing Flygun.

"That is so cool," says one of the friends, "a plastic gun that shoots a swatter at bugs"…

"I've just got to have one!" he laughs…

At the local store a shop assistant informs him that The Amazing Flyguncosts 30 coins. A bit short , the friends decide to pool their money, each contributing 10 coins. They pay and rush out to start hunting flies.

The assistant mentions to the manager that another Amazing Flygun had been sold and hands over the 30 coins. "But they are on a special this week," says the manager, "we are selling them for only 25 coins."

The assistant dashes out to catch up with the 3 friends. But he has a problem – how does one share 5 coins between 3 people? He comes up with a solution– secretly he slips 2 coins into his own pocket. Catching up with the friends, he then refunds them one coin each.

So each friend spent 10 coins, minus the one coin returned, that totals 9 coins each … there are 3 friends so that makes a grand total of 27 coins … the assistant has 2 coins

               2 + 27 = 29 coins !!!!!

         
         WHERE IS THE MISSING COIN ?????


Yes, we know … it hurts the brain … all we can tell you is many wise and learned people have tried before you to find that missing coin … and most have failed.

Maybe you have a smarty-pants friend who just might be brilliant enough to solve the mystery … give us their email and we will send them the riddle on your behalf