Wine in front of me

[Dan Goncharoff]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9TRMQwMNnY

DanG


On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 2:50 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

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> According to the Mafia Wiki (
> http://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=WIFOM), "wine in front of me"
> or WIFOM refers to a situation where you are trying to make a strategic
> calculation about what to do, and you take into account that another person
> is acting with the full knowledge that you will be taking their actions
> into account.
>
> For example, if someone brings out two glasses of wine and you think one
> might be poisoned, do you take the one put in front of you, or take the one
> in front of the other person because yours might be poisoned? Or do you
> take the wine in front of you because you think the other person figured
> you would take the other person's?
>
> The Mafia Wiki says it comes from the 1987 movie "The Princess Bride."
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Formerly of Seattle, WA
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