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The Best Thing That Happened Today
Mar 9 2011

According to my 8 year old son, the best thing that happened to him today was that he got to buy real things from the 2nd graders with fake money.  They apparently did some exercise involving exchange or purchasing things.  He got a few little trinkets, cards, and a little wind-up robot.  I suppose there aren’t many times in life where you can buy real things with fake money so in his mind that was a pretty cool thing.  I wish I could buy real things with fake money…

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4 Comments on “The Best Thing That Happened Today”

  1. 1 Jeffrey said at 8:14 AM on March 10th, 2011:

    as opposed to fake things with real money!

  2. 2 Dana Minney said at 9:14 AM on March 10th, 2011:

    you can…it’s called credit cards!

  3. 3 Aruni said at 8:18 PM on March 10th, 2011:

    @Jeffrey – yes, I don’t like buying fake things!

    @Dana – so very true. Credit cards are kind of like funny money. 🙂

  4. 4 Russ said at 4:52 AM on March 28th, 2011:

    Yes, monopoly “fake” money would be nice if it worked… but funny story about your son… kids are so funny, but they make you see things sometimes.. like how odd the concept of money is.