There’s a guy named Jack who lives in Ohio. One morning, he hears a voice in his head. The voice says, “Quit your job, sell your house, take all your money, and go to Las Vegas.” Jack ignores the voice.
Later in the day, he hears the voice again. “Quit your job, sell your house, take all your money, and go to Las Vegas.” Again, he ignores the voice.
It’s not long before he’s hearing the voice every minute of every day, saying the same exact thing in the same exact way each time. “Quit your job, sell your house, take all your money, and go to Las Vegas.”
After a month, Jack can’t take it anymore. He listens to the voice – he quits his job, sells his house, takes all his money, and flies to Las Vegas.
As soon as he steps off the plane, the voice finally says something different: “Go to Caesar’s Palace.” Jack listens, and goes to Caesar’s Palace. There, the voice says: “Go to the roulette table.” Jack goes to the roulette table. The voice then says: “Put all your money on red 23.” Jack puts all his money on red 23. The dealer spins the wheel.
It comes up black 17.
The voice is silent for a moment, then says: “Fuck.”