Wine in front of me

[Benjamin Barrett]

That is really good, thank you! BB

On Feb 6, 2014, at 12:53 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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

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