Today's Question
What’s to stop me from making counterfeit casino chips?
It occurs to me that it would be much simpler to counterfeit casino chips than paper currency. Besides the fact that it's the mob that's after you and not the cops, why is this not done? Is there some kind of special watermark or antifraud device built into casino chips? It just seems so simple.
Cecil's Classics
When a woman gives birth in westerns, why do they always boil water?
Baby's coming, quick, go boil some water! But whatever for? Cecil plays doctor on this old cliché of frontier culture.
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