« Reply #45 on: December 20, 2006, 09:48:19 AM »
Tabris, you are a hero member to me, no matter how many posts you have!
Freaky, the next time your mom gripes about the price of salad dressing, join right in with her. 
if she's all bent out of shape because salad dressing is $3.99 a bottle, tell her that at college it's $4.25 a bottle. She tells you milk is $2.99 a gallon? You recently heard that in New York it's $4.
As you walk around, every day, just learn the price of one item at random and pull that out of your sleeve if she complains about something.
Freaky's Mom: "The salad dressing was $3.99 a bottle!"
Freaky: "That's insane! Do they make it with solid gold or something? Why don't they just have the cashiers pull out a handgun at the register and rummage through your wallet?"
Freaky's Mom: 
Freaky: Do you know what CARROTS cost? Carrots! They're like three dollars a pound! And if you want organic--FORGET IT! You'd need a bank loan! The stupid things grow in the dirt, for crying out loud. It's not like they're hand-extruded through a million dollar machine only owned by NASA.
Freaky's Mom: Uh...yeah.
Freaky: Oh, yeah, I forgot--these pearl earrings just look great on me. Every time I see them in the mirror, I think how awesome they look. But I'd better not wear them to the grocery store or they'll jack up the price on the salad dressing even further! Oh well--gotta practice my clarinet now.
Freaky's Mom, thinking: When exactly did I lose control of the conversation?
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