In Saturday's WSJ, Sports Illustrated's Richard Hoffer listed his five favorite books on gambling (sub req). This book blurb caught my attention:

2. The Man With the $100,000 Breasts
By Michael Konik
Huntington, 1999

The action gene -- whatever it is that makes us bet on the turn of a card or, say, the flight of geese -- isn't mapped here or otherwise decoded. But it is proposed as the source of 90% of our fun. The action- obsessed people that Michael Konik profiles in "The Man With the $100,000 Breasts" all have astonishing tolerances for risk. The thrill may be lost on most of us: The only thing harder to comprehend than a man's willingness to accept a $100,000 bet that he won't be able to wear size 38C breast implants for a year is his reluctance to part with them once he collects his money. But the exhilaration of people quite certain that they can guess the future is oddly inspiring.

More details available on the bet here.

$100K to get breast implants for a year? Seems a little on the light side to me. Seriously, imagine what you would have to put up with for a year. Wearing a bra bro, having to explain your sudden "growth" to people, everyone looking at your chest and not your eyes, back strain, etc. etc.

I was thinking about what I would have to be offered to go through with it. $1 million is still not enough. Ten million? It would be tough to say no to that. Everyone has their price. What would yours be? Sorry ladies, guys only.

How much would it take for you to wear size 38C breast implants for one year? (Men Only)
	$100K
	$1 Million
	$10 Million
	$100 Million
	There isn't enough money in the world
	My very own knockers? I'd do it for free!
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Labels: Economics

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