May Be Stupid But Having A Ball
Arcade, Editors' Choice, Games, Impossible Demands, Maine, Math & Science, USA | Right
| February 4, 2010
Customer: “The stop button on your roulette wheel isn’t working.”
Me: “Let me see.”
(I put a token into the machine. I allow the customer to play to show me what’s wrong.)
Customer: “See, now when I hit the stop button, it keeps going.”
Me: “The stop button only starts it slowing down to stop.”
Customer: “No, I mean the ball.”
Me: “Sir, the button does not control the ball.”
Customer: “What does?”
Me: “Physics?”
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