One of the more amusing happenings during this past weekend's Arnold Expo was the reappearance of the arm wrestling con man.
From what I'm told, this fella periodically turns up at Midwestern fitness events and expos and approaches muscular or strong-looking women with a proposition.
He begins by complimenting his mark on her evident fitness/strength/muscularity.
And then he delivers a pitch that goes something like this:
I traveled to Columbus because my daughter arranged for a woman to arm wrestle me.
Once I was here, I found out that the woman wasn't able to make it.
But why waste the trip?
So I'm looking for other women to arm wrestle and I'm willing to go as high as $50.
Some women say "Ewww!" while others accept the easiest fifty bucks they ever made.
It's interesting that his pitch resembles so many classic 'misfortune' scams - he's probably honed it over time - but what really makes it noteworthy is that he seems to have approached dozens of muscular women at the Expo.
(Even Jose Canseco didn't approach that many.)
