A Computer Problem - 1-27-10

My wife Bozena's folks are in their 80's and live Poland. This past Christmas Bo bought her father his first computer and it all started with a lie. When she told him she was getting him a computer, he said "Those things cost too much, I don't want you spending all your money on a big gift."

She said, "Dad it's no big deal."

"It's too much money. I'll send it right back. Right back. I'm not accepting it."

So she lied. "Look dad, a friend of mine runs a computer store and he's giving me the wholesale price... twenty-five dollars."

Pause.

"Well, twenty-five dollars isn't bad. Okay you can spend twenty-five dollars. That's a fair amount."

Yesterday, we received a check from Bo's dad for a hundred dollars. He wants four more computers for the neighbors.

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