What would we do ??

Have you ever thought what you would do if you won a Lottery?  We'd all like to think that we would give a chunk to charity, 1) to feel good about giving back and 2) to get the deduction on taxes.  We'd like to think that the money would do more at the charity instead of the IRS.  So suppose I win.  They hand me a check for an ungodly amount of money.  Where do I put it ?  If I go into a bank, I would have to open umpteen accounts to put it in, so that I wouldn't go over the insured amount for each account.  A hassle.  There would be press following me to get the story and probably take my picture handing over the check or signing it.  This is publicity that I don't need.  It would fuel untold amounts of hounds coming after their prey, my money- some fora good purposes, some as scams.  So I guess, I would have to hire a lawyer and perhaps an accountant, and an investment counselor, and on and on...  So basically, look how lucky I have been so far because I haven't won!  Remember to buy your ticket early, so that you get your "dream's worth", because that is why you REALLY buy the ticket...

So since Canada has just discontinued the penny because of the cost,  I wonder how long we will continue making ours.  I do have two questions, though:  1) Why do we continue making out of copper and zinc when it costs so much.  Why don't them make it out of aluminum, since that is very cheap and vending machines for pennies are long gone?  2) One of the reasons we have to make so many pennies (and actually all coins), is because people either put their change into a jar (hoard) instead of spending it, or coin collectors save coins because of their design and date.  Why do we put a date on coins?  Why do we change the design, ever ?  These are NOT  commemorations of famous people or events, they are (pragmatically speaking) a form of barter.  I give you so many coins for a service or a product.  You might say, why not eliminate the penny?  Well, the gubmint would save the cost of making them, but we will suffer higher prices on almost everything.  There is no way that any price that ends in nine, will be rounded down.  EVERYTHING will be rounded up!

 

41 Questions That Make You Think
1. If you throw a cat out a car window, does it become kitty litter?

2. If corn oil comes from corn, where does baby oil come from?

3. If there is no God, who pops up the next kleenex in the box?

4. When a cow laughs, does milk come out it's nose?

5. Why do they put braille on the number pads of drive-through teller machines?

6. How did a fool and his money get together?

7. If nothing sticks to Teflon, how do they stick Teflon to the pan?

8. How do they get a deer to cross at that yellow road sign?

9. If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?

10. What's another word for thesaurus?

11. Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injections?

12. What do they use to ship Styrofoam?

13. Why is abbreviation such a long word?

14. Why is there an expiration date on my sour cream container?

15. Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

16. How do you know when it is time to tune your bagpipes?

17. Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste
funny?

18. When you choke a smurf, what color do they turn?

19. Does fuzzy logic tickle?

20. Do blind Eskimos have seeing-eye sled dogs?

21. Do they have reserved parking for non-handicapped people at the special olympics?

22. Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?

23. Do radioactive cats have 18 half-lives?

24. If you shoot a mime, should you use a silencer?

25. What was the best thing before sliced bread?

26. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

27. Can fat people go skinny-dipping?

28. Can you be a closet claustrophobic?

29. Is it possible to be totally partial?

30. If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success?

31. If the funeral procession is at night, do folks drive with their lights off?

32. If a stealth bomber crashes in the forest, does it make a sound?

33. If the cops arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?

34. If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?

35. When it rains, why don't sheep shrink?

36. Should vegetarians eat animal crackers?

37. Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift?

38. Do hungry crows have ravenous appetites?

39. Why isn't "phonetic" spelled the way it sounds?

40. Why do people sing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" when they're already there?

41. Why do people say "tuna fish?" They don't say "beef mammal" or "chicken bird!"