Diet Soda
Tripp was so proud of the four pounds that he lost, the report was spread across town just moments after he stepped off of the scale. One individual inquired as to what he had attributed his success. “Diet Soda”, he replied. “I know a lot of people don’t think it works, but it really does! You just have to drink enough of it.”
Tripp’s wife figured that it must had been the new bathroom scale.