Wed 19 Oct 2005
Don’t you guys just love incidentally uncovering money somewhere, like in a forgotten coat’s pocket? Or when you come across cash when you weren’t expecting it, like when someone pays you back on a debt you’d written off in your head? Or maybe you get a surprise in the mail, like I did.
According to a notice I received in the mail, someone named Edell sued Bank of America, N.A. in Pima County Superior Court in Arizona and I am included in this class action suit. They settled, and my settlement check is attached to the notice.
You guys are gonna be so jealous… I don’t know what I did to deserve this financial windfall… I got a check for $0.49. WOOHOO! I can’t wait to go to the bank and cash this in, and collect this sum of money that cost Bank of America $0.37 to mail, and me $1 in gas to drive to the bank, and the bank personnel $35 in costs and salary to process on both the printing and sending end, and the receiving end when I cash it in.
I should just use the check for scratch paper and save everybody trouble and expense.
You kidding me not? Did the sender just want to amuse you? If so, that’s so thoughtful of this person and it’s definitely worth more than $0.49! Yes, I’m so jealous, really, why didn’t I get one?! 🙁
hahahah! :D! Thanks for the amusing post!
P.S. As a child, I use to hide money in my coat pockets, so the next time I wore the coat I would find the money and it would totally make my day. Hmm…I should do that as an adult :)…
Jade, you can have mine.
Tina, YEAH, totally do that as an adult! In fact, hide little treats, too! Like chocolate. And ham! And fruit! =)
Speaking of hiding food, my sis used to hide fried chicken and made us discover days or weeks later. That’s really a surprise! You didn’t do that too right?
I believe Jade’s question is directed at Tina. But for me, no, I only hid things like fish eyeballs. I still have one somewhere.
No, it was directed to you (you said you hid chocolate, fruit and HAM!!) HAM! My gosh!
Now you really surprise me, fish eyeballs? Where did you get them? And I can’t believe you still have one hidden somewhere. Is that meant to be a toy(game) for Dodo? Haha.
NO I DIDN’T! I SUGGESTED that TINA hide chocolate, fruit and ham! The only food items I hid were candies under my bed, until my mom caught me red-handed munching on the floor laying on my stomach. This was early on in grade school. I even remember it was one of those Brach’s candies, the squares with a pink layer, brown layer, and white layer. I never really liked those candies. It was so not worth getting in trouble for. (It was Halloween candy, too. How appropriate to bring up now.)
I used to suck on the fish eyeballs from steamed fish dishes in the Chinese restaurants. You can eat all the opaque powdery white surface off, then keep peeling with your teeth until all that remains of the eye is a clear, hard white sphere. I kept a large one for YEARS. I’m gonna say 20 years. I’ll check the champagne glass at home to see if it’s still in there after I moved a few times.
Did I just lose a few hundred readers who no longer respect me?
Eww…the eyeball sucking bit’s just too detailed! Make sure when you open your champagne glass, Dodo is not around, you never know how attractive the fish smell is(if it’s still there after 20 years).
I’m sure you have more than a few hundred of readers…and YES, it’s likely you’re losing them now. *lol*
Man. My readers are conditional.
you still have that fish eyeball lying around? didn’t i see you do it in person?
You guys are too funny!
Yes, I will definitely start hiding some treats–candy, for sure. I’m afraid I might find the meats and fruit a bit too late, then it wouldn’t be surprising in a good way.
I don’t remember fish eyeballs having layers (like an onion?). Of course it’s been a long while since I’ve considered it a delicacy. I’m curious–did you hide them because you were saving it for later or to keep it from other people?
Actually, Tina, I was kidding about hiding the edible treats. But I’m sure your common sense will dictate your actions.
The fish eye layers only come in when you’re past the powdery white layer. You have to kinda grind against the surface with your front teeth. You ate it too, huh! Haha! I didn’t actually hide them, I just took them with me. My parents put up no fight about it. In retrospect, how gross! I wouldn’t let my kid put a fish eye in her pocket and take it home with her! And yes, my parents knew. I’d show it to them every time after I get to the clear bead, i.e. “Look! Look what I did! Neat, huh?” My dad would say, “Yeah, pretty.” Or, “That’s a big one.”