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, and 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’d 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 dollars is?” 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.”
