Saturday, August 27, 2005

The basic problem with gambling.

Two cowboys are riding their horses together on the prairie. They come upon a big pile of manure. Claude says, "I will bet you $1000 that I can eat all of this crap." Harrison agrees to the bet, so the Claude eats the entire pile and wins $1000.

After some time come across another pile of manure. This time Harrison bets that he too can eat the whole pile for $1000. Claude agrees and Harrison eats the entire pile and wins the bet.

They ride on. After a while Claude says, "Do you realize we each just ate a pile of manure for nothing?"

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