Four jolly men sat down to play;

And played all night till break of day;

They played for money and not for fun,

With separate scores for every one.

Yet when they came to square accounts,

They all had made quite fair amounts!

Can you the paradox explain?

If no one lost, how could all gain?

I thought that they may be betting at a race track of any sort(horses or dogs etc.) since there is a scoring system of sorts. They'd be betting against the house and therefore not loose money to eachother. Some other games such as blackjack or whatever could fit as well but then there are not many "scores" in those types of games.

Posted by Amy on 2003-06-09 19:49:19