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A man went into a hardware store and priced certain items. He was told that they were {$0.25} each. He replied, 'I would like one hundred, please' and the clerk rang up {$0.75} on the register for the entire purchase. What did the man buy?
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#23858. Asked by Robert.
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He bought the digits 1, 0 and 0 for his house number.
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