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[narikel]

Two fine Victorian gentlemen, equally wealthy from the windfalls of African colonisation, meet for tea and crumpets. Over their fourth crumpet, they decide to make a game out of comparing the contents of their wallets. Each is ignorant of the contents of the two wallets. The game is as follows: whoever has the least money receives the contents

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[flyonawndshield]

The mistake, they both get bitten by Tse-tse flies, contract African Sleeping Sickness, and die slowly and painfully due to something very much like meningoencephalitis.

[narikel]

I believe you've been studying that tropical medicine a bit too long...

But this is just the Necktie paradox, one of those paradoxes that cause people who haven't had to take a math class were proof writing is required roll their eyes and make an off the cuff comment about how math nerds never get laid. They are mostly right.