I thought I had a bullet proof proposal, based on the principle that you ask for something you probably won't get vs. something you DEFINITELY won't get, and they'll settle for the lesser of the two.Reminds me I told my wife when she reached forty I was going to trade her in on two twenty's.
She said, "Honey, you're not wired for 220."
So I says, "Now that I've reached my mid-life crisis, we either have to buy a sports car, or I have to have an affair.
She says, "Well... we can't afford a sports car.... and YOU can't afford an affair."
Dang it... she outsmarted me again!