Adidas410s
02-25-2006, 07:27 PM
So I'm reading my favorite blog today (Daniel Negreanu's blog)...and I came across this prop bet. I tried it out on some people at work...even gave them 3:1 and 4:1 on their money (we were betting a mere $5) and they still couldn't do it. So if you wanna make some money and laugh at people...try the following! By the way, I also included a riddle that he talked about after he explains the bet...
By that time Lori came by and so we hung out for a little bit. I went over to talk to James Garner when he busted out and he said something I found pretty funny.
Lori wasn't standing next to me, she was a table or so over. James looked over at her, and says, "She's got some nice buns, that one does."
I reply back to him, "Oh, you mean my wife?" Then, I grabbed Lori to come over to meet James and I was impressed with the fact that he didn't back down a bit, "Honey, you've got great buns. It's nice to meet you."
We ended up hanging out at the Commerce all night, downstairs at the restaurant/bar. Once again, Casey (he spells it with a K, but I like spelling it with a C... because I can) Thompson was there with his girlfriend Shandy.
We got to talking, and then Kasey, always the gambler, wanted to make a bizarre prop bet with me, "I'll give you one full minute to eat 10 saltine crackers (one at a time) without drinking any water," he says.
Well, I'm not good with eating bets so I declined. He then tells me that he'll give me three minutes to find anyone in the room to do it.
So I headed into the tournament area and saw... John Juanda! Sweet, he can eat anything. I don't know what it is about Asian dudes but they'll eat anything. If anyone could do it, I was betting on John.
I asked John if he thought he could do it and he seemed pretty confident. We headed down to the bar and lined up the crackers for John. John and I put down $10,000 each, getting 2-1 odds.
He was chowin' em' down pretty good, when all of a sudden it looked like he was coughing up powder. At about saltine number 6, John just shook his head and threw in the towel.
For the rest of the night, I was giving away a $1000 free roll to anybody who thought they could do it. One of the biggest security guard dudes I'd ever seen gave it a try... nope! Nobody could do it.
Later that night, "Amazing Race Rob and Brennan" dropped by, and Rob came up with one of the neatest riddles I've ever heard:
You are in a room with three light switches. Waaay down the hall is a light bulb that one of these switches controls. You can't see the other room or the light from the other room from the room you are in.
All three light switches are off and the light bulb is also off. Now, you can fiddle with the light switches any way you want. Then, you can go into the room down the hall where the light bulb is and come back to the original room where the switches are.
There is one specific way you'll know for certain which switch controls that light bulb.
This isn't a trick question at all, but you might have to think outside the box to get the right answer. I've never met anybody yet who got it.
By that time Lori came by and so we hung out for a little bit. I went over to talk to James Garner when he busted out and he said something I found pretty funny.
Lori wasn't standing next to me, she was a table or so over. James looked over at her, and says, "She's got some nice buns, that one does."
I reply back to him, "Oh, you mean my wife?" Then, I grabbed Lori to come over to meet James and I was impressed with the fact that he didn't back down a bit, "Honey, you've got great buns. It's nice to meet you."
We ended up hanging out at the Commerce all night, downstairs at the restaurant/bar. Once again, Casey (he spells it with a K, but I like spelling it with a C... because I can) Thompson was there with his girlfriend Shandy.
We got to talking, and then Kasey, always the gambler, wanted to make a bizarre prop bet with me, "I'll give you one full minute to eat 10 saltine crackers (one at a time) without drinking any water," he says.
Well, I'm not good with eating bets so I declined. He then tells me that he'll give me three minutes to find anyone in the room to do it.
So I headed into the tournament area and saw... John Juanda! Sweet, he can eat anything. I don't know what it is about Asian dudes but they'll eat anything. If anyone could do it, I was betting on John.
I asked John if he thought he could do it and he seemed pretty confident. We headed down to the bar and lined up the crackers for John. John and I put down $10,000 each, getting 2-1 odds.
He was chowin' em' down pretty good, when all of a sudden it looked like he was coughing up powder. At about saltine number 6, John just shook his head and threw in the towel.
For the rest of the night, I was giving away a $1000 free roll to anybody who thought they could do it. One of the biggest security guard dudes I'd ever seen gave it a try... nope! Nobody could do it.
Later that night, "Amazing Race Rob and Brennan" dropped by, and Rob came up with one of the neatest riddles I've ever heard:
You are in a room with three light switches. Waaay down the hall is a light bulb that one of these switches controls. You can't see the other room or the light from the other room from the room you are in.
All three light switches are off and the light bulb is also off. Now, you can fiddle with the light switches any way you want. Then, you can go into the room down the hall where the light bulb is and come back to the original room where the switches are.
There is one specific way you'll know for certain which switch controls that light bulb.
This isn't a trick question at all, but you might have to think outside the box to get the right answer. I've never met anybody yet who got it.