Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt – “All or Nothing.”

~ John W. Howell

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All week I have waited for this day. It is Stream of Consciousness Saturday time again. This weeks prompt is “all or nothing.” There are bonus points for beginning and ending the post with one or both. (It is obvious I’m going for the extra.) If you would like to participate go to Linda Hill’s blog and read how. Here is the link. https://lindaghill.com/2017/05/19/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-may-2017/

All or Nothing by John W. Howell © 2017

“So there I was on this game show.”

“What game show?”

“All or Nothing.”

“Never heard of it.”

“Oh, come on. All or Nothing. It is the number one game show on TV.”

“Okay, I’ll give it to you. What were you going to say.”

“Well, this I was on the show, and the host asks me what I want to bet on the next question.”

“You have to gamble?”

“No. You get so much money, and you can be all or nothing on each question.”

“Gee. Sounds dumb.”

“No, it’s fun. If you bet all and get the question right, you win the amount you bet.”

“What if you don’t get the question right?”

“You lose everything you bet.”

“Where does the nothing come in?”

‘You can bet nothing then if you win or lose you get nothing.’

“Nothing?”

“Yeah.”

“What’s the point?”

“Well let’s say the category is “parts of the brain,” you might want to bet nothing.”

“Why?”

“Do you know a lot about parts of the brain?”

“Yes, I do.”

“For heaven’s sake, it was an example. Name something you know absolutely nothing about.”

“This game show.”

“Swell what if the category was the game show.”

“Well, then I guess I would bet nothing.”

“Bingo. You’ve got it.”

“Would be no use in playing.”

“Well, there would be categories that you would know. Then you bet it all.”

“You seem like an expert.”

“I know my way around.”

“You were saying about the host?”

“Quite honestly I forgot.”

“How much did you win on this game show?”

“Nothing.”

 

44 thoughts on “Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Prompt – “All or Nothing.””

  3. What a fun dialogue, John. I couldn’t help but think that this would not be a game show for me because I would want to bet something between the “all or nothing.” 🙂

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  7. LOL… John, that left me scratching my head — in much the same way I did with most game shows. 😀 Although I always liked Jeopardy. I rarely got a question/answer correct, but I did like it.
    It was a long, long week. Happy weekend. Mega hugs.

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      1. Haha! Combat gear. That’s about what it feels like. 😀 Another of the execs is in court already… the senior exec was also (different suit) a couple of weeks ago. That’s what comes with cronyism… Would love to be a fly on the wall.

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  9. I don’t watch game shows, so you could have convinced me it was real! Great job at putting a big smile on my face. Thank you, John!

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