the ten martini paradox

a man walks into a bar, and he finds Humphrey Bogart drinking martinis.
- how many have you had?
- i'm finishing my tenth, he replies as he sips the last drops in his glass.
- i reckon i can catch up with you. i'm a fast drinker and i'm sober. i can drink two times faster than you.

he ordered the next round, ten martinis for him and five for Humphrey Bogart. after a while, they were finishing their glasses.
- now i'm only five martinis behind, he said, quite drunk already, as he ordered those five for him, and "two and a baby" for Humphrey Bogart. Humphrey Bogart was taking his time drinking, and they finished this second round together.
- now i'm only two and a half glasses behind, shouted the man, already waisted, and he ordered two and a baby for him, and one and a quarter for Humphrey Bogart.
This kept going on, as the man wouldn't admit that Humphrey Bogart would always be ahead.

Corollary : you can't beat Humphrey Bogart in drinking martinis.

Definition : a Dedekind cut defined on the set of olives in a bar is the number of olives that Humphrey Bogart will have had in the end of a drinking session.

Explanation of the paradox : have you played Philip Marlowe in a movie? Humphrey Bogart has.