Potentially vs Realistically

[Alsatian]

A little boy comes home from school and tells his father that his homework assignment is to find out the difference between “potentially” and “realistically.”

“Easy,” says his father. “First, ask Mum if she’d sleep with the postman for a million pounds.”

The boy runs off, then comes back and says, “She said yes.”

“Now go ask your sister the same question,” advises the father.

Again the boy runs off, and again he comes back and says, “She said yes.”

“So, potentially, we’re sitting on two million pounds,” replies the father. “But, realistically, we’re living with a couple of whores.”