Revenue Bet
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:07 amWhen Ralph arrived at his Internal Revenue Service, the IRS agent assumed the the man with him was Ralph's attorney. Going over his records, the IRS official said, "Well, sir, it appears that you live at a much higher level than your reported employment income. How do you explain that?"
Ralph replied, "I love to gamble and I usually win"
The skeptical official gave him a disbelieving look.
"I can prove it," said Ralph, "How about a demonstration?"
The official thought a moment and said, "Okay. Go ahead."
Ralph said, "I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye."
The auditor thought a moment and said, "No way! It's a bet!"
Ralph removed his glass eye and bit it. As the official's jaw dropped, Ralph said, "Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye."
The official could tell Ralph wasn't blind, so he took the bet.
Ralph then removed his dentures and bit his good eye. The stunned official was now three grand in the hole!
"Want to go double or nothing?" Ralph asked. "I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on your desk and hit that wastebasket by the door over there and never get a drop anywhere in between."
The auditor, twice burned, was cautious now, but there's no way this guy could manage that stunt, so he agreed again. Ralph climbed up on the auditor's desk, missed the wastebasket completely, pretty much wetting all over the agent's desk.
The agent just grinned. He was really happy now that he had turned a huge loss into a huge win! Then he noticed that Ralph's friend looked ashen and was visibly shaking. "Are you okay?" he asked.
The man replied, "Not really. Before we arrived, Ralph bet me twenty thousand dollars he'd wet all over your desk and you'd be happy about it!"
Ralph replied, "I love to gamble and I usually win"
The skeptical official gave him a disbelieving look.
"I can prove it," said Ralph, "How about a demonstration?"
The official thought a moment and said, "Okay. Go ahead."
Ralph said, "I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye."
The auditor thought a moment and said, "No way! It's a bet!"
Ralph removed his glass eye and bit it. As the official's jaw dropped, Ralph said, "Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye."
The official could tell Ralph wasn't blind, so he took the bet.
Ralph then removed his dentures and bit his good eye. The stunned official was now three grand in the hole!
"Want to go double or nothing?" Ralph asked. "I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on your desk and hit that wastebasket by the door over there and never get a drop anywhere in between."
The auditor, twice burned, was cautious now, but there's no way this guy could manage that stunt, so he agreed again. Ralph climbed up on the auditor's desk, missed the wastebasket completely, pretty much wetting all over the agent's desk.
The agent just grinned. He was really happy now that he had turned a huge loss into a huge win! Then he noticed that Ralph's friend looked ashen and was visibly shaking. "Are you okay?" he asked.
The man replied, "Not really. Before we arrived, Ralph bet me twenty thousand dollars he'd wet all over your desk and you'd be happy about it!"
