What odds are you giving?

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• lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There is a German novel about a boy called Timm Thaler who sold his laughter and in return would win every wager. If he loses one, he will regain his laughter. First he enjoys horserace betting, later he tries to regain his laughter by betting on things that seem possible but he still wins all of them. It takes him 250 pages to finally bet that he gets his laughter back so he gets it either way.
  Thanks for listening to my ted talk.

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  • Lydia_K@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s an awesome story.

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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I read that at first that he sold his daughter and if he lost he would get laughter. really turned that story on its head.

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• diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• redbrick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Of course, only cat people understand what’s about to happen…and it ain’t pretty. :-)

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