Questions for Money
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Loading ...A group of friends, who prided themselves on their intelligence, set out to have a contest of wits. Each person in turn asked a question and anyone who volunteered an answer that was wrong dropped out. If no one could answer, the questioner himself had to answer, and if he was wrong, he dropped out. Each dropout had to put $5 into the pot.
Eventually, the matter boiled down to Jason and Dean, and the erudition of each one boiled up so that both were held even for half an hour.
Finally, Jason said, “How does a gopher dig a hole without leaving a mound of dirt at the lip?”
Dean thought about that and said, “I can’t answer that. However, since it’s your question, you had better answer it.”
Jason said, coolly, as he reached for the accumulated pile of bills, “Easy. The gopher starts at the bottom of the hole, and that’s where he leaves the dirt.”
“Hold on,” said Dean, heatedly, grasping Hason’s wrist to prevent him from taking the pot. “How does the gopher get to the bottom of the hole in the first place?”
“That’s YOUR question,” said Jason, as he took the money.