Potentially & Realistically

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> Subject: Potentially & Realistically

>

> A young boy approaches his father and asks, "Dad,

> what is the difference between 'potentially' and

> 'realistically'?" The father thought for a

> moment, then answered, "Go ask your mother if she

> would sleep with Robert Redford for a million

> dollars. Then ask your sister if she would sleep

> with Brad Pitt for a million dollars. Then ask

> your brother if he'd sleep with Tom Cruise for a

> million dollars. Come back and tell me what you

> learned from that.

>

> So the boy went to his mother and asked,

> "Would you sleep with Robert Redford

> for a million dollars?" The mother replied, "Of

> course I would! I wouldn't pass up an opportunity

> like that." The boy then went to his sister and

> asked, "Would you sleep with Brad Pitt for a

> million dollars?" The girl replied, "Oh my God! I

> would just love to do that! I would be nuts to

> pass up that opportunity!" The boy then went to

> his brother and asked, "Would you sleep with Tom

> Cruise for a million dollars?" "Of course," the

> brother replied. "Do you know how much a million

> could buy?"

>

> The boy pondered that for a few days,

> then went back to his dad. His father asked him,

> "Did you find out the difference between

> potentially and realistically?" The boy

> replied,"Yes, sir. Potentially, we're sitting on

> three million dollars, but realistically, we're

> living with two sluts and a queer."