(part 11)
The next contestant was Scott. He seemed to be an older guy, maybe in his 40’s, but looked in reasonably good shape, with light brown hair, just starting to go gray. He was wearing a white buttoned shirt and black slacks, like he had just come in from work.
The cards were mixed and selected (I noticed that this deck had a blue back, while the others were pink. Must be a different deck for each gender). Scott’s first card was $500, for socks.
“Well Scott, to get at your socks, you’ll need to take off your shoes too. And once something is taken off, it’s ours, so it looks like we get your shoes for free.” Off came his socks and shoes. “Pick again?”
His next card was $1000. There was no other instruction. “Well, Scott. Looks like you got some free money there!” The crowd cheered and applauded.
Scott chose again, but this time he wasn’t so lucky. “Everything but your underwear, $20 each.” Off came his shirt and slacks, showing plain white briefs. Scott was pitching a pretty good sized tent, which he took great lengths (as it were) to hide. “That’s $1540. Want to try again?”
“No thanks!” Scott was quick to say. With a polite applause from the audience, he quickly returned to his seat.
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