You may have seen this story about Nick and Nate Smith, 11 year old twins from Faribault, Minnesota. Late last week Nate (right in the yellow shirt) executed a marvellous trick hockey shot by firing a puck some 89 feet through a three and a half inch target. As you will see, he was rightly joyous. But wait. It turns out the it was Nate’s twin, Nick, who actually bought the $10 ticket to make the shot. And only he was eligible to make it. When the time came for Nick to shoot, he was outside the arena. Just like a 11 year old. With his fathers knowledge, Nate walked onto the ice and made the shot. As they are identical, no one would ever have known that Nick was not the actual winner. But the next day their dad decided to set a better example for his kids and told organizers of the switch. Subsequently, the insurance company which administered the contest said it would not pay Nate (or anybody) the $50,000. It did make a $20,000 gift to charity however.
