Sunday, June 14, 2026

Rich

A destitute man, desperate for money, shouts out," I would do anything to be a rich man! I am tired of constantly being broke, never knowing where my next meal is coming from!" POOF - the Devil appears and offers him a deal. "Let's play a game," the Devil says, producing a deck of cards. "We will each draw a card, high card wins. For every hand you win, I will give you $1 million dollars, for every hand I win, I get to take one of your body parts." The devil drives a hard bargain, but the man is tired of being poor and he agrees. On the first draw, the man wins, and instantly a briefcase full of cash appears next to him. "Wow!" The man says, "1 million dollars! I have never seen that much money in one place." "Do you want to keep playing?" The devil asks. The man is tempted to stop, but his greed gets the better of him, "Yes, let's keep playing!" The next draw the devil wins and instantly, painlessly, the man's left leg disappears. He is shaken for a moment, but he thinks of all the wheelchairs he could buy for 1 million dollars, "again!" He says. They continue like this for several rounds and the man wins several million dollars, but he has lost both legs and both arms, numb to his precarious position and blinded with greed the man shouts, "Again!" "Are you sure?" The devil asks, looking nervous, “Most people quit before they get this... diminished. How will you even draw a card?" "I'll draw with my mouth!" The man shouts, now do you want to play or not?" The devil shrugs and holds the deck of cards up to the man's mouth, the man takes the top card between his lips and drops it on the floor. His heart sinks as he sees that it is a two. The Devil draws a King and instantly the man's torso disappears and the man's head, still fully sentient, falls to the floor. "Still want to keep playing?" the Devil asks wryly. "No..." The man says with a sigh, "I’d better quit while I'm a head." #lamejoke

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