The Few... The Brave?
One day this rich guy was having a party at his house. He was loaded, and he had everything; money, a big house in Beverly Hills, girls, cars, planes; anything he wanted. The guy was also a little eccentric, and he had filled his pool with crocodiles. So there he was, he and his friends all standing around drinking, and partying next to the pool. The guy gets up on the lifeguard tower and all his friends look up. He calls for silence and says, "OK, the first person that swims across my pool will get all my money." No one moves. The guy looks over the crowd, sips on his drink and says, "OK, the first person that swims across my pool gets all my money and my house." Still no one moves. "OK then, the first person that swims across my pool gets all my money, my house and all my cars and planes, stocks & bonds, everything I own." Still, no one moves, not even a eye blinks this time. "OK then, all my money, my house, all my cars, all my planes, all my property, all my stocks and bonds and investments and all the girls you can handle; everything I own." "Splash!" Someone's in the pool. Crocodiles are all over him, but he rolls over like Tarzan, he's all over the place, fighting and dodging. Finally he gets out of the pool on the other side. The rich guy on the tower jumps down and runs over to him. "That was incredible! I never thought that I would ever see that done. Do you want the money ?" "I don't want the money." "Do you want the house ?" "I don't want the house." "Do you want the cars and planes ? " "I don't want the cars or planes." "Do you want the bonds, stocks and stuff now ?" "Nah, you can keep all that stuff." The rich guy looks at him confused and says "Then, what the heck do you want?!?!" The swimmer replied, "All I want is the creep that pushed me in."
Originally published November 14, 2002.
