Secret of Socrates

Last Friday night me and some friends decided to go bowling in Waldorf, MD and because we had a coupon we thought it was a cheap and fun idea. After reading the coupon, we saw that it was a free game for a limit of four people and of course, we had 5. I saw this to be a perfect opportunity to apply HTWFAIP as well as the Secret of Socrates. When we entered the bowling alley, seeing that it was packed, I asked, "Do you have any open lanes?" Ed, the guy behind the counter, replied, "Yes. Do you want to bowl?" I answered, "Yeah, do you take coupons right now?" He replied, "Yup, we do." I handed him the coupon and said, "It says for four people, but do you think you can help us out with our fifth person? You guys look pretty busy anyway." Ed answered, "Don't worry about it, if anyone asked I only saw four of you guys," then he laughed. So i guess the Secret of Socrates really does work, unless I got lucky.