The math was simple really. All Simon and Caitlin would have had to do was pool their money, throw out a hundred pounds – (scribbled in the margins ) How? How am I supposed to know?! Trash it, burn it, give it to charity, I don't know! – and then divide by three. That would have left them all with £3300 each instead of 2 with £5000 a piece and one with nothing.
Even simpler: Simon and Caitlin could have pooled their money and just taken out a pound, one lousy little pound, then divided by three. That would have left them all with slightly more, £3333 each.
Martin stared at the figures for a long time before closing his journal and locking it in his drawer.
~Fin~
Author's Note: I guess the Limerick episode hit me harder than I realized...