THEM: ill take the ball and the books  YOU: i can let you have the ball, but only if i get everything else.  THEM: no you get 5 i get 1 no deal  YOU: we can split 3 and 3 - - you take the hats, i get the books and ball.  THEM: no deal you take the hats ill take the ball and books  YOU: back to where we started. you can have a book and a hat, i'll take the rest.  THEM: no so i get 2 you get 4 no deal  YOU: the number of items hardly matters, only their values.  THEM: i dont care i want the ball and book so if youre not giving me that no deal  YOU: best i can do is give you the ball and one hat.  THEM: best i can give you is nothing.