DOUBLE OR NOTHING
A man who was never known for his intelligence returned home after a night out with his friends. He seemed quite disgruntled. His wife asked him what was troubling him. “Oh, I lost a hundred dollars,” the man answered. His surprised wife asked, “How did you lose that much money?” “We were watching the football game,” he told her, “and I thought they were going to win the game with the field goal on the final play of the game. I was so sure, I bet Bill fifty dollars that they would score. They didn’t score.” His wife thought for a moment and said, “But that’s only fifty dollars; I thought you said one hundred dollars.” “Yea, I know. I was so disgusted that I lost fifty dollars, I made a second double-or-nothing bet with Bill.” “I thought you said it was the final play of the game?” his wife responded. “It was,” the man answered, “so we bet on the…
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