The Village Idiot

On my way to work I was listening to the radio. A guy was talking. What he said struck me as funny and interesting.

A dorky guy lived in a certain town. He was the town's dummy. Often times the townsfolk would play a game with him. They would present him with two coins and allow him to keep the one he wanted.

The smaller coin was worth twice as much as the bigger coin. The dummy would always pick the bigger coin. The townsfolk laughed, getting their laughs off of seeing the town's dummy pick the bigger coin even though it was worth half as much as the smaller coin.

One day a man asked the dummy why he would pick the bigger coin if the smaller one was worth more. The dummy said that if he ever picked the smaller coin the game would be over and the townsfolk would not let him pick and keep any coin again.

Yeah it looks like the dummy is the one playing the townsfolk for suckers. He plays the dummy and gets to pick and keep his coin daily.