I got a nickel in the mail today. It is a real nickel, not a fake paper nickel. It was sent in a fundraiser letter from UNICEF. It was all about how a nickel could do a lot. And the idea is that it would stay attached to the request that was to be returned with an agreement to a nickel a day for a year or such and such. But I'm not going to contribute to UNICEF. Now I'm not opposed to contributing to UNICEF. I think it is a great organization that does a lot of good work. I'm just not going to contribute to them. But I also was not going to just throw away a nickel either. But what do I do with the nickel? I have a similar ethical dilemma when I receive those address labels but even more so when it is a nickel. I thought maybe I would give it to a homeless person, but I couldn't just give a homeless person a nickel. I would want to at least give a quarter. But I don't normally just give homeless people on the street any money. I did give a man a dollar yesterday. But he was selling Street Sheets, papers homeless people sell for a dollar. Now in the end I didn't get my Street Sheet because I was going in to see a movie and I didn't want to have to hold it. So I told him I would pick it up after the movie and then I forgot. So I don't know what to do. I'll probably just feed it to a parking meter and get over my ethical dilemma. But here is my other question, how much is this mailing costing UNICEF? And will they recover what they spent? Has the nickel become the new penny? Will we now be seeing nickels just lying unwanted on the street?
The other thing on my list to talk about today is this. I saw another movie today. I saw Death at a Funeral. Oh my God was it funny. Hilarious!!!! British film. If it comes to a theater near you, go see it. I laughed so hard I nearly peed my pants. It started a little slow but once it got started it was non-stop laughs.
Finally, right now I'm watching Everybody Hates Chris. It is a show on CW narrated and developed by Chris Rock. I don't normally watch it even though I think it is really funny. Normally it comes on opposite something else I watch. But its the summer so I'm watching it. And get this Willis, AKA Todd Bridges, from Different Strokes is on this episode and you are not going to believe this but also on it is Roger from that show with Rerun. I can't remember the name of it. Roger and his sister lived with their really overweight mother. Rogers friend was a really overweight Rerun. And they hung out at a diner that had a waitress named I think Shirley who also was really overweight. Roger on the other hand was really thin. Anyway he is on this episode of Everybody Hates Chris. Can you believe it? I'm not even sure I thought he was still alive. Go figure!
Alright, until next time. What you talkin bout Willis?
1 comment:
I also got a free nickel from UNICEF (at least I think it was from them, maybe it was some other organization) and I had the same ethical dilemna as you. In the end, I just put it in my wallet with my other change but it felt not quite right. Somehow using the address labels doesn't bother me in the same way; maybe because they are prettier than nickels?
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