Voices

stop me if you’ve heard it ….

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A man is walking along the beach, enjoying the sunset, when he stubs his toe on something sticking out of the sand. As he’s hopping around and swearing, a booming voice in his ears says, “DIG”.

Dismissing the voice but curious as to what was in the sand, the man digs up the object and discovers it to be a treasure chest. The booming voice comes again, this time saying, “OPEN”.

Slightly concerned for his sanity, the man opens the chest with relative ease. Inside are hundreds of gold coins and various gems. He is quite pleased, as you would imagine.

The man is so excited by his discovery that he decides that it might not be so bad if he went a little insane, so he merrily obliges when the voice booms in his ear once more, saying “AIRPORT. VEGAS.”

The voice hasn’t failed him yet, so the man flies to Vegas with his newfound wealth and books into a hotel. Heading down to the casino, the man takes the voice’s advice when it says, “BLACKJACK”.

He goes to the table and proceeds to bet the full value of everything he found in the chest. The dealer gives him the ten of spades and the nine of diamonds. In the man’s ear, the voice booms, “HIT”.

Entirely faithful in the voice’s guidance, the man asks the dealer to hit him. The onlookers are horrified, but the man remains calm and smiles serenely, confident of his advantage. The dealer gives him the five of hearts.

The voice sighs and says, “F*CK”.