Every day a crook and a fool leave home. When the two meet, someone makes a deal.

A cynical proverb describing the mechanics of exploitation: the world is full of people willing to cheat (crooks) and people ready to be cheated (fools). When they encounter each other, a transaction happens—a scam, a bad bargain, a manipulation—where the crook wins and the fool loses. The saying suggests that such encounters are inevitable, not exceptional, and that vigilance is required to avoid being the fool. It is often invoked to warn against trusting too easily, especially in business, politics, or online interactions.

"Every day a crook and a fool leave home. When the two meet, someone makes a deal." Example: “He thought the crypto investment opportunity was real. His friend quoted the old saying: every day a crook and a fool leave home. When the two meet, someone makes a deal.”

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 25, 2026

The Foolio

When, before engaging in anal sex with a female, you gizz in a newspaper and wrap it up. Then prepare a bowl of cinnamon toast crunch. Once you are doing the girl from behind, while eating the cereal, you scream "SNIFF FIRE!"... confused, the girl will most likely turn around. When she does so, you grab the newspaper and hit her across the face with it, exploding the load on her face.

I totally did the foolio on that girl last night.

by 2smart August 1, 2006

boo boo the fools

the after fandom in every possible situation

twitter stans: OMG WE WILL GET TO SEE TESSA SUCKING HARDIN’S WILLY
after movie: *is pg13* lol you thought

twitter stans: boo boo the fools once again

by herosgel April 23, 2019

The fools

Those who never think they're stupid.

They're the fools for hiding black funds in the closet.

by Spacet September 2, 2022

{You fools, this is officially the last definition in the archives!}

I beat you all! Hahahahahaha!

Me rn:{You fools, this is officially the last definition in the archives!}

by TrueDragonzzz Gaming November 1, 2019

Fooled by the Odds Theory

A framework revealing how we misinterpret probability—not just by misunderstanding chance, but by being systematically misled by the very concept of odds. Fooled by the Odds Theory shows how statistical thinking can obscure individual experience, how aggregate probabilities can hide personal realities, and how the language of odds can make the improbable seem impossible—until it happens to you. We are fooled when we trust the odds more than our own experience, when we dismiss the unlikely as irrelevant.

Fooled by the Odds Theory "The odds were one in a million. It happened to her. 'But the odds...' we say, as if probability should have protected her. Fooled by the Odds: trusting statistics more than experience, believing the improbable can't happen because it's improbable. The odds fool us into thinking we're safe. Then the one-in-a-million happens, and we're shocked."

by Dumu The Void March 8, 2026

TheFool7220

An absolutely epic name for an absolutely epic person.

Person A: "Hey did you hear about TheFool7220"
Person B: "Na man"
Person A: "We are no longer friends"

by Broadbite February 17, 2022