You are in a disreputable bar and decide to order a ten dollar drink. A particularly slinky character asks to make a bet over your drink. This is his proposal:

"I will place a flat peice of glass over the top of your drink (so it seals and nothing can go in or out while glass is in position) and proceed to drink your drink without moving or touching either glass or glass. I think a five dollar wager is about right."

Assuming there is not trickery involved, is this a bet you should take?

...the important thing is that the wager is five dollars, but the drink is worth ten.

I cannot see any way that the man could drink the, er.. drink without touching the glass, but he could just drink it normally and give you the five dollars. That means that he would have payed five dollars for a ten dollar drink, an obvious profit, so the bet should definitely not be taken.

Posted by Lewis on 2003-06-19 11:56:25