Bush and Gore's Coin Toss

The fifth recount of Florida votes still showed it "too close to call," so Bush and Gore met in secret to decide who would concede the election. After days of discussion, they decided to use a simple coin toss.

It was agreed Gore would toss the coin and Bush would call it.

Gore tossed the coin high into the air.

"Heads!" shouted Bush.

The coin hit the ground and began to roll on its edge in a circle. The circle became smaller and smaller as the speed of the coin slowed. It stopped rolling, still on its edge. Finally, after agonizing minutes, it fell. TAILS!

"I won! I won!" shouted Bush, "just like I thought was right all along!"

"What do you mean, you won?!" said Gore, "it's tails. You called heads."

"I thought the coin toss was for who would CONCEDE..." said Bush. "That means I won! You have to concede since you won the toss."

"No, it was for who would WIN," said Gore.

"You confused me," said Bush... "I thought it was the other way around," he said dejectedly.

After a long pause, Gore's smile came back to his face as he shouted, "Two out of three!"