During his rebellious youth, the author once accepted a bet. That I could be dropped into any city in the country without a dime and never miss a meal or sleep without a roof over my head.
Four hours after being let off in downtown San Francisco without a penny, credit card etc, I had 400 bucks in my pocket and called the other person and asked if he were ready to concede the bet. I called him from a rather nice hotel while I was enjoying room service. He paid me the six pack of Dos Equis without a whimper.
Here's how I did it. I panhandled and asked three people for quarters. The last one of them gave them to me. I then took the quarters and used them to get into a newspaper machine. I took out all of the papers and sold them on the street. Total including tips . . . $6.75. Not enough money to buy a decent meal unless . . .
Armed with this small fortune I found a bar with a pretty good afternoon crowd and a happy hour. I ordered one draft beer for $1.50 (the bartender left my five sitting on the bar), made three of the bets found on this site and won over $200.00 in a little less than an hour.
I then went to two more bars and repeated the process making about $110.00 at one and over $160.00 at the other.
Pure gold. Not bad for starting with absolutely nothing a few hours earlier.
As a little bonus, while waiting for my friend to show up, I went down to the hotel lobby bar and won another quick $60.00 with one of the tricks found in the "Impossible" section. In each bar I drank for free after making a little wager with the bartender.
And yes, for those of you that are wondering, I went back to that same newspaper machine and left exactly double what they would have made from selling those papers. Karma y’know.
These days I only use this stuff for amusement or occasionally for free drinks at a bar, just to keep in shape.
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