The less I drink, the more drunk I get
May 5th, 2008 | by David C |Found this on Mr. Tan Kin Lian’s blog which I thought is brilliant.
A beer addict orders 5 glasses of beer. He gulped it down. Then he ordered 4 glasses, and gulped it down. He ordered 3 glasses and gulped it down. Then he ordered 2 glasses.
The bar tender said, “I have never seen a customer drink beer in this manner. It’s surprising.” The addict said, “Yes. I am also surprised. It seems that the less beer I drink, the more drunk I get.”
Larry Haverkamp said, “The beer addict is focusing on the first derivative and not on the absolute quantum”. Can you understand Larry?
Sometimes, we’re so engrossed with the small picture that we don’t see the big one. One of his readers’ commented,
Vincent Sear said…
It’s like the 4D punter. He buys $80 this week, never strike; he gets poorer. He buys $40 following week, never strike; he gets poorer. He buys $20 following week, never strike; he gets poorer. He buys $10 following week, lo’ and behold, he strikes $100! He thinks that he won 1 to 10 ($10 paying off $100), but he forgets that he spent $150 total.
Moral of the story, don’t bet on the losing game.