A young lad goes in to a barber shop, and the barber whispers to his customer, ‘I swear, this is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch and I'll prove it you.’

The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and asks, ‘You can have either the dollar bill or you can have the 2 quarters lad. Which do you want?’

The boy umms and ahhs before taking the quarters and leaving.

‘What did I tell you!?’ said the barber, laughing. ‘That kid never learns!’

Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store and called out to him,

‘Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the quarters instead of the dollar bill? Surely you know that was a dumb choice?’

The boy licked his cone, smiled and replied, ‘The day I take the dollar, the game is over!’