Potential and Reality

[AndrejX]

A teenager comes home from school with a
writing assignment. He asks his father for
help. "Dad, can you tell me the difference
between potential and reality?"

His father looks up, thoughtfully, and then
says, "I'll display it to you. Go ask your
mother if she would sleep with Robert
Redford for a million dollars. Then go ask
your sister if she would sleep with Brad
Pitt for a million dollars. Then come back
and tell me what you've learned."

The kid is puzzled, but he decides to see
if he can figure out what his father means.
He asks his mother, "Mom, if someone gave
you a million dollars, would you sleep with
Robert Redford?" His mother looks around
slyly, and then with a little smile on her
face says, "Don't tell your father, but,
yes, I would."

Then he goes to his sisters room and asks
her, "Sis, if someone gave you a million
dollars, would you sleep with Brad Pitt?"
His sister looks up and says, "Omigod!
Definitely!"

The kid goes back to his father and says,
"Dad, I think I've figured it out.
Potentially, we are sitting on two million
bucks, but in reality, we are living with
a couple of whores."