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Wendy's Wager

     It was a beautiful spring Friday morning outside the manufacturing facility. It was 9:00 am. and , as usual, Wendy could be found standing on the shipping scale lamenting about her weight. Wendy was an attractive, full figured woman just shy of thirty. She had long blonde hair that was tied back in a ponytail extending beyond her waist by many inches. She was always conscientious about her appearance, always looking her best, even in a manufacturing setting. While most wore cutoffs and t-shirts, Wendy would show up with denim skirts and jumpers, nice blouses, designer shorts, etc. She always looked a cut above the rest. Her long blonde hair was always in a ponytail due to plant regulations.

     The past week was hard on Wendy. She had just broke off with her latest boyfriend, and had put on a few more pounds. It seemed each day, at 9:00 break, she would be heard shouting "NO, not another pound!".  The shipping scale was outside the office of Dan, who ran the shipping department. He would hear Wendy complain about her weight outside his office, and yell back "Wendy, you look just fine, quit worrying!". On this particular day, she shouted back, "No, I don't. I HAVE to loose another twenty-five pounds, and I just can't seem to loose any at all! I just keep gaining!".  Her friend, Gina, was standing nearby. Gina said, "What you need is an incentive. Think about that dress catalog you read in the lunch room and how you want them in size 6.". "Even if I lost the weight, I could not afford even one of those dresses.", Wendy said , looking down. Dan came out of the office and stood by the scale. Looking Wendy straight in the eye, he said, "How much do those dresses cost?". "About $200.00 each" said Wendy.

     Dan made good money running the shipping area, so he made Wendy a proposition.  "I'll give you an incentive. You loose the weight in three weeks, and I'll buy you three of those dresses in any size you want.  Pick them out and bring the catalog to me." Gina and Wendy both looked shocked. Wendy said, "Just like that? $600 worth of dresses if I loose twenty-five pounds? I'll get started right away!", and started back to the wiring room where she worked. "Wait!", said Dan. "There's more to the incentive. Three nice new dresses for you if you loose twenty-five pounds in three weeks. If, in three weeks, you can't loose the weight, I get to cut off your ponytail.". Wendy and Gina wiped the smile of their faces. "Get back to me on Monday if we have a deal.". 

     Wendy thought about it all weekend. She threw the idea out with some friends she met that Saturday night. It was met with mixed reaction. She loved buying new clothes, and this was a chance to get some really nice things for free. On the other hand, her abilities to loose weight in the past had been futile, and she did not want to risk having her hair cut. Her long hair had always detracted from her weight since it was well cared for.  Gina had an idea. She told Wendy, "See how much you can loose tomorrow by fasting. Then let's up the anti for him. Go for four dresses and a pair of boots. If you can loose two pounds in one day, this should be a piece of cake, er let's say easy. If you can't, then don't bet.".  Wendy went along with it.

     Wendy suffered through Sunday without a thing to eat, and showed up Monday all ready to meet the shipping scale. It showed that she lost three pounds. "I'm on my way, let's make that bet.", she yelled in at Dan. Dan came out of his office to Wendy and the scale. She said she wanted to make some changes to the wager. She told Dan she wanted four dresses and the boots, and gave him the catalog. Dan told her that came to over $1,000.00. You have a deal if you are willing to loose thirty pounds. Wendy didn't think thirty was possible. She made a counter offer at three dresses and the boots for twenty-five pounds. "Take off the dress on page seven. Three dresses and the boots for me if I win, you can cut off my ponytail if you win. How about it.", she added. "No, Wendy. If I win, you cut off your own ponytail. We all get to watch.", Dan said. "Get on the scale, and we'll get the starting weight. OK, nobody can look but us.", he told the rest. Wendy wanted credit for the three pounds she lost Sunday.  "How do I know you are really going to buy things for me if I win?", asked Wendy. Dan invited her into his office and told her to bring a witness. Wendy chose Gina and they went in. Dan ordered the things for Wendy in front of both of them, it came to $826.00. "They will be here next Monday, how's that? If I win, I'll just send it all back". Gina brought up a point. "What if she looses twenty-four and a half? What will this scale show"? "OK, you have a point. We will have a two pound buffer where nobody wins.  Twenty-three or four, nobody wins. Twenty-five, and Wendy wins. Twenty two and I win. You have nineteen more to go. Do we have a deal?", asked Dan. Wendy was pleased at the bargaining she did and agreed to the deal.

     The next Monday came, and the items came in for Wendy. She wanted to try something on. Dan told her yes, if she had lost twelve pounds. The scale showed she only lost ten. Nine more pounds, two weeks. Wendy thought she was in the driver's seat. She was still miffed that she could not try something on. Dan took a pair of scissors and snipped a piece of paper in half in front of her. "You are sick, Dan!", she said and went back to work.

     One more Monday. Wendy was now fifteen pounds lighter. Dan was pleased at how well Wendy looked loosing this weight. He told her four more pounds and her ponytail was safe. He let her pick one dress to try at lunch if she would go to lunch with him. Wendy agreed. At lunch time, Wendy chose the red slipdress and tried it on. It fit pretty well, but still a little tight. She let her long hair hang free, and they went to a nice place across the highway. Dan saw Wendy's beautiful, well cared for hair down and free for the first time. They ordered, ate, talked, and had a nice time of it. They were a little late getting back, so Dan told her to change back and give back the dress at second break. Gina was mad at Wendy. "You fool, you just let him make you gain about two pounds!" , she scolded. Dan, on the other hand was also regretting his deception of Wendy. He got to know her better and saw how much her hair meant to her. She was not the snobby type he thought she was.  Destroying that beautiful head of hair and taking away her persona would be a crime. However, many of the others were rooting for Dan to win. They thought Wendy was a snob, always dressing so much better then them. They wanted Wendy to be humiliated into cutting her own hair.

     Wendy wanted to try one more time on the scale before leaving Friday. She had lost only two more pounds. Two more and her hair was safe. Four more and and she had three new dresses and a pair of boots.

     The Big day was here. That morning Wendy's bathroom scale showed her with twenty-four pounds lost, but was accurate to only three percent. It could go either way. Wendy stepped to the scale. She wore a lightweight camisole top and shorts to save ounces. She took off her sandals and her rings. Dan stood beside the scale. All waited in anticipation of the results as Wendy stepped on the scale. They looked at each other as the results were now known:

** And now for something completely different. What do YOU want the result to be? We have three possibilities, win for Wendy, win for Dan, or draw. I will put three links in the table below. You won't know if the link you choose is Wendy's, Dan's, or a draw. True, you can eventually choose all three, but you have to choose one of them first. Let's create an ounce of suspense and go to the links.**

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