Thursday, January 7, 2010

Potential vs. Reality.

Potential vs. Reality.

A father was trying to explain to his teenage son the difference between potential and reality. Having difficulty he came upon a brilliant thought.

He called over his 18 year old daughter and asked, "Honey, I'm trying to explain something to your brother. For argument sake, would you have sex with Zac Efron for $50,000?"
"Duh!" exclaimed the daughter, "That's a no-brainer--of course I would!"
"Thanks dear, that will be all."
The son was quite puzzled by this, but the father assured him that his point would be made.
"Excuse me, dear," dad called to his wife, "I"m trying to clarify a point to your son. Just so he can understand something, I need you to answer honestly. Would you have sex with George Clooney for $50,000?"
"Hmm..." thought the boy's mother. "I don't want to upset you dear, but in order to be fair, that's quite a sum of money, and I can't say that the thought of sex with George Clooney is exactly a turnoff. Please don't be mad, but my honest answer is, Yes."
"Thank you. I"m not mad at all. I appreciate your honesty. That will be all."

When the father and son were alone, the son admitted to his dad, "I'm not sure I really understand."
"You see," said the father, "Potentially, we're sitting on $100,000, but in reality, we're living with a couple of whores."