A teenager comes home from school with a
writing assignment. He asks his father for help. "Dad, can you tell me the
difference between potential and reality?"
His father looks up, thoughtfully, and then
says, "Let's make a demonstration out of this. Go ask your mother if she would sleep
with Robert Redford for a million dollars. Then go ask your sister if she would
sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars. Then come back and tell me what you've
learned."
The kid is puzzled, but he decides to see
if he can figure out what his father means. He asks his mother, "Mom, if
someone gave you a million dollars, would you sleep with Robert Redford?" His
mother looks around slyly, and then with a little smile on her face says, "Don't tell
your father, but, yes, I would."
Then he goes to his sisters room and asks
her, "Sis, if someone gave you a million dollars, would you sleep with Brad
Pitt?" His sister looks up and says, "Definitely!"
The kid goes back to his father and says,
"Dad, I think I've figured it out. Potentially, we are sitting on two million
bucks, but in reality, we're living with a couple of whores."
