Funny proposition bet this morning

[Derek in NYC]

Funny story from this morning. I was late for work so I took a cab instead of taking the bus. The ride normally costs $6.00 from my house to work. The cabbie was taking me to my destination but refused to take a left turn on 42nd and Madison because he said you couldnt from 7am until 7pm. I told him he could. He said I was wrong, and drove past the intersection. At that point, I asked him if he'd be willing to wager me on who was right. I told him to go back around the block and lets check the sign again, and if I was right, the ride would be free, and he was right, I'd pay whatever more was on the meter. He agreed. So we drove back around the block (another $1.00 or so on the meter), and sure enough the sign said, "NO LEFT TURNS 7AM to 7PM, EXCEPT TAXIS WITH PASSENGERS". So my $6.00 ride was free. Afterwards, in thinking about this action, it occurred to me how stupid this guy was to take my proposition bet. For starters, I was completely sure I held the nuts, since I'd had this argument 6 months earlier with a cab driver. But he didnt know that. What he should have known, however, was that he was taking a $6.00 risk, and i'm taking a $1.00 risk, thus he's laying me 6:1 odds. What a fish.