It was a bizarre argument.
Truly, completely bizarre.
We went to gas up the car, Joe always gets out even though there is a gas jockey there to pump it for him. They chatted and I heard part of the conversation. The jockey was asking Joe what it was like to be retired. Joe assured him that he was at least ten years from retirement. Then he jokingly added that he'd bought a lottery ticket and that would speed up the retirement process right quick.
Then, as he always does, Joe said, 'So if I win the millions, what kind of car do you want me to buy you.'
The young man said, 'I don't want a car, I want a house.'
Joe said, 'I'm not gonna buy you a house!' and laughed.
The young man said, 'What are you going on about buying me a car, I'm saving for a house.'
Joe said, 'OK, no car.'
The guy, after a pause, said, 'What about the house.'
Joe said, 'I'm not promising a house.'
The guy, 'But I don't want a car.
And on and on it went.
Really.
What the guy didn't realize, probably, was that if Joe had won the millions he would have bought him the car. Now, he gets nothing.
When Joe got in the car I said, 'Did I hear that right.'
He was still annoyed, 'Sometimes I just don't understand people.' Then he shook his head and I knew that we were never talking about this again.
What's that old saying about the gift horse??
ReplyDeleteTalk about things that make you go hmmmm...
Hope its the most bizarre thing that happens to both of you all week.
Take care, Susan down under
I'll take the car!
ReplyDeleteSo funny. I love arguments about wildly hypothetical things. Doesn't the guy realize he can just sell the car and put the money towards the house? I hope Joe wins the lottery! Oh, and if he does, I'll take a Honda Civic, LOL!
ReplyDeleteI can't drive, may I have a bike?
ReplyDeleteWith some people, you give them an inch...
ReplyDeleteand they take the ruler and beat you with it.
Sheesh.
If he wins the lottery, I'll take a used wheelchair van, lol.
ReplyDeleteUncle Joe, if you win millions you can please put a ramp into my house so you and Dave can have tea here when you are in town.
ReplyDelete(Awwww!!! What a sweet niece!!)
(This reminds me of that bit in Jane Eyre, when Mr Brocklehurst tells Jane, "I have a little boy, younger than you, who knows six Psalms by heart: and when you ask him which he would rather have, a gingerbread-nut to eat, or a verse of a Psalm to learn, he says: ‘Oh! the verse of a Psalm! angels sing Psalms,’ says he; ‘I wish to be a little angel here below;’ he then gets two nuts in recompense for his infant piety.”)
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