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03-30-2011 , 06:46 AM

canoodles

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A schizophrenic walks up to you and says: "If you can prove you are not a delusion, I will give you $1000. If you cannot prove your existence, you owe me $1000.” You accept the challenge. What do you do? You cannot take the money by force.

Give me your best OOT!

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03-30-2011 , 06:51 AM

LukeG

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I would show him state issued identification such as a drivers permit or passport.

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03-30-2011 , 06:59 AM

Hardball47

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Give him a $1000.

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03-30-2011 , 07:33 AM

madnak

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"You can't see a delusion, so I'm more like a hallucination."

Last edited by madnak; 03-30-2011 at 07:34 AM. Reason: On the other hand, I can't prove my existence. It's okay, we're probably an illusion so we couldn't have traded money anyway.

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03-30-2011 , 10:19 AM

2/325Falcon

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I'd probably piss on the guy and run away. I wouldn't get paid, but he's a known crackpot and the cops won't believe his story anyway.

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03-30-2011 , 10:33 AM

Hardball47

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Originally Posted by 2/325Falcon

I'd probably piss on the guy and run away. I wouldn't get paid, but he's a known crackpot and the cops won't believe his story anyway.

I don't know if schizophrenics have olfactory hallucinations, so that might actually work.

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03-30-2011 , 11:59 AM

pimp_named_ak

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If I'm not real, how can I give him money? How could the money be real?

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03-30-2011 , 12:09 PM

PoseidonCubed

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Kill him.

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03-30-2011 , 12:13 PM

spyderracing

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Tell him to **** off. Schizophrenics can't just come up to me in the street and demand $1000 if I can't arrive at a proof for something people much smarter than I have been pursuing for a few thousand years.

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03-30-2011 , 12:17 PM

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garcia1000

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Is this some thread where in the end the OP says "Ha ha, you can't prove a negative!"

Because if so then it

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03-30-2011 , 01:11 PM

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Omar Comin

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beat the **** out of him

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03-30-2011 , 01:21 PM

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TookURCookie

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if i can make your real $1000 disappear in my pocket then i must exist

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03-30-2011 , 02:32 PM

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IcyHotMonkey

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Originally Posted by spyderracing

Um... 'You accept the challenge.'

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03-30-2011 , 02:36 PM

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Noah.

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Bears

Last edited by Noah.; 03-30-2011 at 02:36 PM. Reason: ugh, now i feel like one of those people that post the lathe photo

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03-30-2011 , 02:45 PM

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Bostaevski

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Is Timmy in there? Can you bring Timmy out?

Timmy, you got that $1000 you owe me?

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03-30-2011 , 02:46 PM

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fsoyars

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Friend him on facebook.

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03-30-2011 , 02:48 PM

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DWetzel

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Kill him, take the $1000. Nobody's going to miss some schizo.

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03-30-2011 , 04:43 PM

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Duerig

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I learned a new word today!

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03-30-2011 , 04:47 PM

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lonely_but_rich

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I don't believe he has $1000.

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03-30-2011 , 04:50 PM

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trigstarr

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just throw money at the schizo to make the situation less awkward

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03-30-2011 , 04:52 PM

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lonely_but_rich

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I guess if you take a swing at him and he flinches he believes you're real.

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03-30-2011 , 04:58 PM

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nuisance

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Originally Posted by Omar Comin

beat the **** out of him

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03-30-2011 , 05:03 PM

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Sig3000

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Stick my **** in her. Win win

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03-30-2011 , 07:04 PM

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PJA

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Originally Posted by Hardball47

I don't know if schizophrenics have olfactory hallucinations, so that might actually work.

Olfactory hallucinations are like the first sign of schizophrenia lol.

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03-30-2011 , 07:12 PM

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SoulPower

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