"On the : Morgenbesser, ordering dessert, is told by the waitress that he can choose between apple pie and blueberry pie. He orders the apple pie. Shortly thereafter, the waitress comes back and says that cherry pie is also an option; Morgenbesser says "In that case I'll have the blueberry pie.""
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Sidney Morgenbesser, in William Poundstone, Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren’t Fair (And What We Can Do About It) (2008), p. 50, .
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