#564 Dip in the Pool- Roald Dahl
A cruise ship is sailing along in the mid-Atlantic. Part of the tradition on this ship—as a means of alleviating boredom and have a little gaming fun—they hold an auction. Each day the captain makes an estimate of the next day’s travel distance, and the participants bid on the real distance the ship will travel.
On a day where the seas suddenly get rougher after the Captain’s estimate, but before the auction, an enterprising passenger, Mr. Botibol, bids heavily on the lower numbers assuming that the ship will run slower in bad weather. Unfortunately when he awakes the seas are calm as glass and there is no way he will win the pool unless the ship suddenly stops.
His plan of jumping into the ocean—1,000 miles from land—seems like a bad plan, but it just might work. Only, somebody has to see you do it, and that person has to be of a right mind to warn the Captain—otherwise, bon voyage!
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