Ok heres one that is old, but I think it could work under the right circumstances.

find a great looking lady in a room...nightclub, whatever. bet two guys a drink each that you can have the woman put her arms around you within 30 seconds of talking to her.

make the bet. go the lady and say..i just bet my two friends a drink each I could get you to put your arms around me within 30 seconds. would you like to share a free drink from them with me? (at this point the lady gives me a hug.)

I tried it here in sweden and it worked. but pick your marks though. don't want you to get a sexual harassment claim or anything.

regards,
geoff.
http://www.geoffdiamond.com

LOL! That's kind of like this joke:

A little old lady went into the headquarters of a large national bank one day, dragging a large bag behind her. She insisted that she must speak with the president of the bank to open a savings account because, "It's a lot of money!"

After much hemming and hawing, the bank staff finally ushered her into the president's office (the customer is always right!). The bank president then asked her how much she would like to deposit. She replied, "$165,000!" and dumped the cash out of her bag onto his desk.

The president was of course curious as to how she came by all this cash, so he asked her, "Ma'am, I'm surprised you're carrying so much cash around. Where did you get this money?"

The old lady replied, "I make bets."

The president then asked, "Bets? What kind of bets?"

The old woman said, "Well, for example, I'll bet you $25,000 that your balls are square."

"Ha!" laughed the president, "That's a stupid bet. You can never win that kind of bet!"

The old lady challenged, "So, would you like to take my bet?"

"Sure," said the president, "I'll bet $25,000 that my balls are not square!"

The little old lady then said, "Okay, but since there is a lot of money involved, may I bring my lawyer with me tomorrow at 10:00 AM as a witness?"

"Sure!" replied the confident president.

That night, the president got very nervous about the bet and spent a long time in front of a mirror checking his balls, turning from side to side, again and again. He thoroughly checked them out until he was sure that there was absolutely no way his balls were square and that he would win the bet. The next morning, at precisely 10:00 am, the little old lady appeared with her lawyer at the president's office. She introduced the lawyer to the president and repeated the bet: "$25,000 says the president's balls are square!" The president agreed with the bet again and the old lady asked him to drop his pants so they could all see. The president complied. The little old lady peered closely at his balls and then asked if she could feel them.

"Well, Okay," said the president, "$25,000 is a lot of money, so I guess you should be absolutely sure." Just then, he noticed that the lawyer was quietly banging his head against the wall. The president asked the old lady, "What the heck's the matter with your lawyer?"

"Nothing," she answered, "Except I bet him $100,000 that at 10:00AM today, I'd have the president of this bank's balls in my hand."

Ha. Both great ideas and stories. Thanks for sharing. Lose a bet to create an impossible situation to win a larger bet. I love this stuff but have never come across an idea quite like that.

I like both ideas... however, with gfdiamond's version I always prefer to use a parnter instead of just some random woman, just to be on the safe side.

Quality!

Not to turn this into a joke forum, but that reminds me of a bet-related joke:

this guy walks upto a bar and takes a seat. He askes the bartender if wants to make a bet.

bartender says "sure, whats the bet?"

the guy says (somewhat drunkenly) "i bet you $300 that I can wiz into a glass from across this bar without getting any on the floor, the seats, or anything!"

bartender says "you mean you'll wiz into a beer glass, from across the room and get all your wiz into the glass? every drop?"

guy: "yep!"

bertender: "ok, I'm game!"

so the guy takes a glass, places it on the ground, walks back to the other end of the room. unzips his pants and begins to pee.

Except he starts wizzing all over the place, all over the floor, all over the seats, on the bar stools, on the top shelf booze, even all over the bartender!

when he finaly stopes, soaking wet, the bartender laughs and (while drying off) says "looks like you owe me $300!"

guy says "ok, ok, I'll pay up."

the guy then walkes over to some guys playing pool over in the back of the bar. He wispers to them for a bit and they hand him a wad of cash.

the guy walkes back to the bartender and hands him $300.

bartender askes him "what did you say to those two guys?"

the guys says "well, you see I bet them $1,300 that I could wiz all over this bar, all over the seats, all over the drinks, and all over the bartender, and not only would you not care, buy you'd be happy!"

the end

Hah!!! You guys are killing me!!!

Mark.