Comments on: Bets You Can't Lose

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:42:52 +0000

Here's one for a pool table. Put a ball directly in front of each of the six pockets, and put the cue ball anywhere in the middle of the table. Bet your mark that they can't get every ball on the table into a pocket without scratching with only a dozen shots. The trick: After they make each of the six balls into their respective pockets and declare victory, bring up the cue ball. It's a ball that was on the table at the beginning of the bet. If it's still on the table, they lose. If it went into a pocket, it's a scratch, and they lose.

By: emmakate

emmakate — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:19:08 +0000

I have one! Bet someone at the bar that "I bet you $1 that I can take this shot without using my hand." When they take the bet, pick up the shot and take it. You just paid $1 for a shot!

anyway...don't raw potatoes have cyanide in them? I wouldn't recommend doing that one...

By: Starving Artist

Starving Artist — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:27:27 +0000

I can't wait to try some of these... when things get real boring.

By: Miles

Miles — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:33:32 +0000

I don't understand the "You can't lift my hand off the top of my head" bet. I tried it on 3 people last night, and accomplished it with all of them. They were approximately 0.6, 0.9, and 1.1 times my size by mass.

Has anyone else tried this?

By: Guybrush Threepwood

Guybrush Threepwood — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:18:45 +0000

I'll Bet ... "You cannot jump over a pencil laying on the floor, with your arms crossed."

Setup: Just place the pencil by a wall.

Payoff: The "crossed arms" is just a trick for him to wonder about the arms, and not the placement of the pencil (and your dirty trick).

By: BikerRay

BikerRay — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:30:28 +0000

"I'll bet I can make a million bucks writing a book about sucker bets."

(I once lost a couple of bucks to a cute kid in N'awlins who bet me he knew where I got my shoes at.)

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:57:27 +0000

That doesn't make sense, you did lose. Dropping an egg at seven feet and breaking it, is not dropping an egg at six feet and not breaking it.

By: chudez

chudez — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:18:07 +0000

favorite bet you can't lose:

bet the mark that you can drop a raw egg over a hard floor (with nothing to catch it) six feet without it breaking.

the twist: drop the egg at seven feet

By: DaveL

DaveL — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:47:41 +0000

Perhaps this book is part of an elaborate bet that this author couldn't get a large number of people to look stupid.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:41:51 +0000

I couldn't even get my kids to fall for that first one!

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:38:29 +0000

Interesting, but stupid...I wouldn't try these on anyone over the age of about 8.

By: seefish3

seefish3 — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:32:42 +0000

I hate you, Uncle John.

And get your hand off my knee.

By: Kalel

Kalel — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:54:37 +0000

Drunks are so fun to play with.

By: gambit

gambit — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:37:08 +0000

ask a friend "What's sexy and hums?" and when your friend gives up, start humming.

By: nerdalert

nerdalert — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:06:23 +0000

A sure way to get your butt kicked...

By: chrome

chrome — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:58:35 +0000

I present to you a sure fire way to get a free steak diner.

simply fins some moron who likes the knicks at the start of the next nba season. simply wager a free steak diner on them not aking the play off, the fool will take the bait and you will get a free steak dinner. it works and its a damn near sure thing..

By: violet

violet — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:40:58 +0000

Oh man these were so great! When I was five.