We were in a jenky, but lovely, theater up north last weekend for a concert. The theater was a hundred years old and the bathrooms showed it. They were tiny and ill-prepared for large amounts of visitors--something they should have considered when they opened the bar on the first floor level. Drinkers need to pee...and they use the restroom a lot. (Note to the Vic owner: fix up your restrooms, okay?)
Anywho,
As I squeezed myself out of the stall and went over to wash my hands, I noticed a $20 bill lying on the floor. I hadn't washed my hands yet, so I was all over that bill on the dirty floor. I looked around and nobody was standing there, so I quickly pocketed that beast, washed my hands and got the heck outta there.
Joe was waiting for me just outside the door, so I marched him over to the bar area and whispered in his ear, "I just found a $20....I'm buying!" And of course, those are two of the three favorite things he likes to hear, and we head over to the bar to order two beers.
The total? $15---plus Joe leaves the dame a tip with my windfall. I was left with a mere $4 by the time he was done--which he quickly shoves into his wallet.
Criminy.
You find $20 and that's all you get? Two beers?
Crap. If that's all a twenty gets ya, what good are those pennies I'm picking up? They aren't even worth stooping over for anymore.
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Those better have been some GOOD beers!!! I'd be outraged and I don't even drink the stuff. No, wine......I guess I've been known to pay $10 or more for a good one.
Is that what beers cost now? Wowzers!
I'd of kept that $20 to myself bought apples for the goats.
That's how I roll. heh
"jenky"? I've never come across that word before - good to know (I think). Pennies are usually messages from the great beyond - at least in my case - 3 pennies means good old Dad is hanging around - why he never leaves me $20's I'll never know - Hey it was found money and soon pennies will be curiosity items - so keep them - the kids could be selling them on ebay in 20 years...
I hope those were supersized beers.
Easy come, easy go. You should have kept it in your pocket!
Holy smokes. $15 for 2 beers? What was that stuff made of.
So glad I never. Became a beer drinker. At those prices I would be broke!!
...and it costs the mint more to make them than they are worth. Yet, I, too, will bend over to pick one up.
Yes, I pick up pennies. But I don't pick up Penny, although I have shopped at Penny's.
Are you really that dense? I mean, come on, if hip-waders are really good for keeping liquids out...
LOL... You're better than me. I woulda said, 'Honey, buy me a drink...' and given him a hot kiss. Then on the way home I would say, 'Oh! Guess what? I found a $20 in the restroom. Gonna get my nails done!' ROFL
I stoop to pick up pennies when I feel like it; not every time. That is if my children aren't with me 'cause they spot pennies like they're diamonds, snatching them up with vigor!
You bet I pick up pennies and any other money lying around! We actually found a $20 bill stuck in the garden fence last year. Living out here in the country, that was very, very strange! :)
Florida Farm gal--It was the venue and the location--we were in a popular spot in the city--that was the going rate for a beer..or wine, unfortunately. Wrigelyville in Chicago is expensive to breathe there!
Patty---in the city, yeah. Everything is expensive on the north side. It was a treat for us--I doubt I would have bought the beers if it wasn't for the windfall. I should have sent you the $20 for my goat friends. :)
Grace--It's "shady" or "trashy" or so the kids say. I always think of you when I pick up pennies, for I remember your story about your dad. :)
Lisa--Nope, just a Guinness. Everything is expensive on the north side of Chicago--even the air you breathe.
Karen--It was a windfall, so I figured we could have a treat that I wouldn't have otherwise. Heck, we paid that for parking the car already. City living is not cheap!
Ann--Guinness. It's the going rate in the city--everything is expensive.
Diane--Well, we probably wouldn't have bought them if I didn't find the money. It was a treat...on somebody else. :)
Vanilla--I still pick them up. I suppose they add up over time...and it's just a little bright spot in my day. Takes so very little to make me happy. Imagine how I felt finding that $20!
Chuck--Smart man...Sylvia would not be happy if you showed up with Penny.
Fish--Or in. ;)
Petula--I think you find a lot more than pennies if you keep on looking. I've found quite a bit this week alone...and that $20 was a TREASURE! I couldn't trick Joe like that--he's too good to me. But I did ask for my $4 back. ;)
Candy--Oh, I like that garden find! Don't you wonder where it came from? I would have returned that money if there had been a woman standing there...just in case you were wondering. $20 is a lot to lose.
My Mommeh throws pennies away!
Well, as Canada no longer uses the penny, we don't see too many laying around anymore! LOL! Beer always tastes better when it is technically free. ;)
have a good week Lin!
xo Catherine
Our neighbor just slipped the kids $20 because removed all the snow for her. It's going in our vacation account. After spending a week down in Florida I saw more Natty Light than I ever hope to see...but a case was only $15!! You should have had yourself a dozen beers!!!
Daisy--No WAY! Tell that Mommeh to send me her pennies. I'll bet they can add up to a beer in no time!
Catherine--That was my thinking--I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't find that $20. It was a treat in my mind. :)
Haha- I'm noting that it was 2 of his 3 favorite things.
When we were beach-combing on our mini-vacation, we found lots of dollar notes floating on the sea!! I think they fell out of the pockets of the people who were canoeing there, probably from the change they got for the hire of the canoes!
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