Rich

Dinner party. Food and drinks are free but the lines are long. So I’m sitting in a recliner and paying my kids $0.25 per trip to go get me drinks and little plates of appetizers. They are thrilled and keep squeeing, “Now I’m rich!” Best money I’ve ever spent.

Dusty

Little Miss Thing, age 6: “We should get a gun in case robbers come.”

Wonderful Wife: “It’s more likely to have an accident with a gun than to defend your house with it.”

Me: “Plus we have a security system and three huge dogs.”

WW: “And we don’t have a bunch of cash or electronics or jewelry that robbers would even want.”

Me: “And we have insurance. We’ll just buy another TV if they steal it.”

LMT: “Yeah, our TV is getting kinda dusty.”

Me: “That’s the spirit.”