On New Year's Eve, Barney and I,
along with our two favorite women Bé and Beth, went to a fairly
ritzy Italian restaurant out in Great Falls. Nice food,
linen napkins, the works. Each of us ordered the full
course New Year's special and we split several $50 bottles of
wine between us. Yes, several. Needless to say,
Barney Boy and I did most of the drinking.
When the rather pricey check arrived at the end of our 3-hour meal, Barney and
I decided to split the check in half. Then we split the
tip. He left 10% on his half of the check and I left 10% on my
half of the check.
Ten percent on his
half of the check plus
ten percent on my half of the check equals twenty percent, right?
Right?
Oops.
