In Real Life: The Reverse Card

Have you ever needed a favor and didn't know who to ask to do it? Sat pondering, "What mortal can i trick to take care of this dastardly deed that i do not wish to perform?" And then like a tree popping up in the middle of the road at 12am after you've had too many drinks someone asks you to do them a favor. The funny part in all this is that after thinking about it, you're not really put out in doing them a favor but oh what joy they will bring you in taking on the task you need done. The resulting conversation goes like this....

You: Hmmm....i really need to venture beneath the basement stairs and bring up that box of diddly doo wops. Not that there is anything of importance in the box but there is the matter of the basement monster Randolph and while I am deathly afraid of him I also don't want him rummaging through my personal items. He is the nosey sort.

*the unknowing victim appears*

Victim: Well hello chum, i need to ask a favor of you.

You: Yeah what is it.

Victim: I need to borrow a couple of your diddly doo wops, mine seem to be on the fritz.

You: Again! you know what......*light bulb* you know what...i happen to have a whole box of them in the basement. ANNNNDDDDD.....*reverse card* if you're willing to go down to the basement and grab that box underneath the stairs and bring it up here I'd gladly let you hang on to a couple of the diddly doo wops.

Victim: Well now it must be my lucky day *exit stage left to retrieve box*

You: mwahahahaha everything is going according to plan

Now we all know how this ends. The victim goes downstairs thinking you have a uninhabited basement and searches under the steps for the box. Unfortunately for them Randolph has heard the ENTIRE conversation you two had as he is the nosey sort and has moved the box from beneath the stairs deeper into the basement probably by the furnace. So your victim yells up the stairs and says "I don't see the box!" but you know its down there and you know that not only is Randolph nosey he's also very sneaky, as monsters tend to be. So you yell back "Check near the furnace!" because where else would sneaky Randolph put the box. So you hear some fumbling and footsteps and the AHA! moment of the victim finding the box. You hear their footsteps coming toward the steps and just as their foot touches the first step you hear screaming as they realize Randolph is upon them. You run to the top of the stairs and see them in the fight of their life against Randolph and what do you do? You run down the stairs, grab the box and sprint back up the stairs to safety while Randolph is preoccupied with what was once your victim now his. And that there is how you successfully play a reverse card.

Now to apply a reverse card in a everyday situation which would be much more dull but probably used more often see below for the example.

You: Man I'm thirsty but I'm too lazy to go down the hall to the soda machine for a delicious soda.

Victim: Hey   <----insert name here,  can i borrow $1.00

You: Of course, hey can you grab me a soda out of the vending machine?

Victim: Well you are giving me a $1.00 and I am up out of my seat dilly dallying so sure.

You: Score!!!

And that sir is a well played reverse card. Do be careful though, you wont be the only one out there with one so make sure not to ask a favor of someone who also holds a reverse card. It could make for a very long favor asking session and that would just be futile wouldn't it?