March 24, 2008

Like taking candy from a baby

After dinner last night, my niece and nephews had an Easter egg hunt. I found just one egg, and sat dejectedly at the table with them as they broke open the plastic eggs and sorted the candy that was inside. The biggest piles were root beer barrels, one of my favorites. I tried to trade my Twix for some, but the kids didn't bite.

Then I said "Hey, there's a root beer barrel tax, you know. For every ten root beer barrels you have, you need to give one to me."

[This would not have worked on me as a kid, but the Bicentennial was during first grade and the notion that taxation without representation was not fair! was deeply ingrained.]

Without question, my niece dutifully counted out her root beer barrels and handed one over to me. My nephew counted out his 15, gave me one, pondered how to give me a half of one, then shoved the whole pile across the table, saying "You can just have all of them."

Congress will love these kids someday.

Posted by Nic at March 24, 2008 04:05 PM | TrackBack
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