BIGOT TEACHES HIS STUDENTS A THING OR TWO ABOUT SHAFTING ONE’S OPPONENTS
“ Listen class….to win at bridge means being sharper and that much smarter than your opponents. And to illustrate this point I would like one of you lot to participate in this little quiz game. It is really easy and a lot of fun. In a flash one foolish but intellectually gifted student pipes up : " OK then I’ll give it a go but tell me how does the game work? "
" Ah ", says Bigot, " you ask me a question, and if I know the answer , you pay me £50....but then....when I ask you a question which you can answer, you will only receive £5. Not surprisingly, with such unfair odds, the student politely declines the offer. Undeterred, Bigot decides to improve the offer. " OK, how about this ....." If I don't know the answer to your question, I'll pay you £5, but if you don't know the answer to my question, you must pay me £50. However, to make the odds a little fairer, you may use a lap top and mobile phone to assist you ". This option immediately pleases the student causing to have no fear over the uneven odds, and being supremely confident in both his intellectual and internet surfing prowess, he readily agrees to play the game on Bigot's revised terms.
The student asks the first question. "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" Bigot doesn't say a word, reaches into his wallet, pulls out a five-pound note, and hands it to the student. Next came Bigot’s question: "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?"
" Ah ", says Bigot, " you ask me a question, and if I know the answer , you pay me £50....but then....when I ask you a question which you can answer, you will only receive £5. Not surprisingly, with such unfair odds, the student politely declines the offer. Undeterred, Bigot decides to improve the offer. " OK, how about this ....." If I don't know the answer to your question, I'll pay you £5, but if you don't know the answer to my question, you must pay me £50. However, to make the odds a little fairer, you may use a lap top and mobile phone to assist you ". This option immediately pleases the student causing to have no fear over the uneven odds, and being supremely confident in both his intellectual and internet surfing prowess, he readily agrees to play the game on Bigot's revised terms.
The student asks the first question. "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" Bigot doesn't say a word, reaches into his wallet, pulls out a five-pound note, and hands it to the student. Next came Bigot’s question: "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?"
The student looks at him with a very puzzled look. He quickly takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references. He taps into the address book and asks everyone he knows. Frustrated, he sends phone calls and e-mails to all the best quiz masterminds across the world. All to no avail. After an hour of frenzied activity, searching for the answer, he finally gives up. He goes over to Bigot and reluctantly hands over £50.
Bigot snatches the money with glee and heads off towards the door stating the class is at an end.
The bewildered student, who is more than a little frustrated, stops Bigot in his tracks and asks, "Well, so what IS the answer?" Again without a word, the Bigot takes out his wallet, hands over £5, only to remind the class the moral of the lesson : “ To pull a fast one over an opponent does not require you to be clever…..just bloody devious ! ”
The bewildered student, who is more than a little frustrated, stops Bigot in his tracks and asks, "Well, so what IS the answer?" Again without a word, the Bigot takes out his wallet, hands over £5, only to remind the class the moral of the lesson : “ To pull a fast one over an opponent does not require you to be clever…..just bloody devious ! ”
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