The Age of True Enlightenment
October 29, 1999
4:36 a.m.
"Hey, Honey, I've got great news." "Yes, dear, what is it?" "We've got a lot more money than we planned to have." "Wow. I can't believe that. I mean, didn't we buy that Jaguar last month?" "Yeah, and don't forget the donation we made to the kids in New York." "Someone's gotta help 'em." "And the Caribbean Island we bought last spring." "We put that on the card, remember?" "Regardless, by my calculations we've got tons-o-money. I mean, we're really rolling in the dough." "Well, I could use a new yacht. How much extra do we have?" "Best I can tell, it's about $123 billion." "Holy cows." "Holy, holy cows." (Quizzical look) "Can you run those numbers by me again?" "It's all right here. See, we made 1.700 trillion." "That certainly sounds good." "And we spent only $1.701 trillion." (Beaming brightly) "Uh, isn't there something wrong here?" "What do you mean?" "Unless they changed the new math, isn't 1.700 - 1,701 a negative number?" "Well, duh. Anyone knows that." "So, how do you figure we're making money?" "After you throw in the $124 billion we brought in through our retirement savings, and we're in the black, baby." "Oh." (Scratches head). "You're so smart." "So, I figure we can do the yacht for half a billion." "Then what about the rest?" "You know what I was thinking, don't you?" "You're not serious?" (Nods head with big, sloppy grin) "No!" "You got it." (All together) "ROAD TRIP!" (Our heroes walk out arm in arm. As they crest the horizon ...) "Now, Honey. About that credit card balance ..."  Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
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