BETRAYED BY THE LIGHT
A burly lineman for the University of Michigan checked into the hotel the day before the game of the year with Ohio State University. The Michigan coach had given explicit instructions that his players were to get a good night’s sleep and were not to leave their rooms. The wayward lineman, however, wanted to go out on the town and see the city of Columbus by night. So he put a floor lamp on the bed and put covers around it so it looked like he was already asleep in bed. It really did look convincing. The lineman left the room with confidence. At 1 p.m. the coach went around to all the rooms and did a bed check. He opened the door and turned on the light. The covers were still wrapped around the lamp, but one thing had now changed: the coach had now switched on the floor lamp. The bed lit up and betrayed the deceptive lineman’s…
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