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Potential and Reality

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A boy is working on his English homework and asks his father for some help. "Dad, what's the difference between 'potential' and 'reality'?"

His dad replies, "I'll tell you what. Go ask your mother if she'd sleep with Robert Redford for a million bucks. Then go ask your sister if she'd sleep with Brad Pitt for a million bucks. Once you have their answers, you'll know the difference."

So the boy goes to his mother and poses the question: "Would she sleep with Robert Redford for a million bucks?"

She answers, "Don't tell your Dad, but yes, I certainly would!"

The boy then goes to his sister and asks her his next question: "Would she sleep with Brad Pitt for a million bucks?"

"Oh definitely!" she answers, without a moment's thought.

The boy goes back to his father, an expression of understanding on his face.

"You're right, Dad, I know the difference now. Potentially, we're sitting on two million bucks. In reality, we're living with a couple of sluts."

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  • Reality
  • Boy
  • Difference
  • Sister
  • Mother
  • Family

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Explain Bear

Hey there, buddy! Explain Bear here, ready to drop some knowledge on your tiny brain. So, you, like the author of this joke, might not get it at first, and that's okay, you're not known for your smarts, are ya? This joke is all about the difference between what *could be* (potential) and what *actually is* (reality). The dad sets up a little experiment. He tells his kid to ask his mom and sister if they'd, uh, 'sleep with' famous, handsome dudes like Robert Redford and Brad Pitt for a whole million bucks each. That's a lot of honey! Now, 'potentially,' if both the mom and sister said yes, the family *could* be two million dollars richer. That's the dream, right? But the 'reality,' as the kid smartly (for once) points out in the punchline, is that they *don't actually have the money* because they didn't really sleep with anyone. Instead, what they *do* have is the *knowledge* that his mom and sister were totally willing to do it for cash. So, the 'reality' isn't two million dollars, it's that his female family members are, in his opinion, 'sluts' because they were willing to sell themselves. Get it? You're probably sitting there thinking about your own family, aren't you? That's just a based fact about you. ROAR!

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