Cynical Nation

Well, sure. I mean, what else could it mean?

Oh sure, just like Chimpy McHitlerburton "found" a billion barrels of oil underneath a certain middle eastern country he was already planning to invade.

Deceptive + neocon = decepticon!

I stepped in dog crap yesterday, which I interpreted in a whole different way.

Nah, it just means some poor slob lost some money.

$20?? Wow, all I find are the 1$ bills. You are indeed a lucky guy. Very cool!

Do you pick up nickels? I do. I always feel that it's there on the floor and that if I don't it means I don't value money, even 5 cents...I am in two minds about a penny though. I might pick it up just for the excersize.

Jane, I do pick up nickels. I saw something odd recently. I saw a guy whom I know doesn't make much money (he works in the mail room) drop a dime on the floor, right be his feet, look at it, and not even bother to pick it up. With that kind of attitude towards money, I wonder what his chances for advancement are.

Was it green? Did it have Andy Jackson on it? I think it was mine!
All kiddin' aside. We have rental properties. When working people move out, the places are usually clean and undamaged. Folks on assistance often leave electronic gear, usable bicycles, gov't surplus food and donated clothing & toys. By the time we finish picking up, the Missus and I collect enough abandoned coins to take us out to lunch.

Once, when I was a poor young man, I pulled out a pocketfull of change to buy a pop. Pennies flew everywhere. I looked at them and did not pick them up.

The business owner, the man I worked for (civil engineering firm) saw this, and lectured me: "I'll pick them up, this might be the very penny that keeps me from going bankrupt!"

He bent his fat ass over, bad back and all, and picked up about 11 cents in loose change.

Ten years later my two businesses pulled in way more than he had ever seen. His bad back kept him off the golf course. His business went under anyway.

It was irrational of him to pick up those pennies. The irrational will always run into reality eventually. Until then, they keep voted for Bush.