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Why was Winthorpe selected by the Dukes?

posted 3 months ago by contorno (88)
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Did Winthorpe piss them off, or something?

[–] RS (67) 3 months ago

Maybe it's because he was engaged to their niece and they decided to pick him instead of another employee at the company.

[–] contorno (88) 3 months ago

Were the Dukes having a three-some with their niece or something?

I am thinking that selecting Winthorpe was a little bit more than random - more personal than just business.

[–] strntz (10854) 25 days ago

Why was Winthorpe selected by the Dukes?

Because it was the direct interaction between Winthorpe and Valentine during the payroll "robbery" that started the philosophical argument of why some people like Winthorpe are successful and some people like Valentine are criminals.

Had Valentine run into a different Duke exec that guy would be the unfortunate recipient of the experiement.