Ten Sheets of Good Paper

Today there was a typical discussion between Sam and Pete. Sam asked Pete what the difference was between left-handed scissors and right-handed scissors. Pete gave his best attempt at patiently explaining the difference, while trying to demonstrate it to Sam. This was not sufficient, and Sam declared that there was no advantage of using left-handed scissors. Dad told Sam to go look on the internet to see another explanation. Sam was growing more frustrated as the conversation proceeded. Dad told Pete to let it go. Pete told Sam that if he (Sam) were to cut through ten sheets of paper with each hand, he would see the difference. This is the moment in the conversation where Dad realized that he was soon going to be losing 10 sheets of good paper.

Dad told Sam not to cut through 10 sheets of good paper. Sam took out 10 sheets of good paper and cut through it with each hand. Sam declared that there is no difference. Dad declared that Pete was to blame for all of this.