Sunday, January 27, 2008

Lexism of the Week

Yesterday Stefan was doing some bidding on ebay for a computer illiterate coworker of his. The auction was for a set of antique Craftsman wrenches and the dude was willing to pay A LOT for them. Apparently, he just had to have them and couldn't bear the thought of someone else winning them. Stefan and I were discussing the auction while Lexi was sitting next to me playing on the computer seemingly unaware of anything that was happening around her.

"Why pay that kind of money for old wrenches?" I asked.

"Because he collects them."

"Who collects wrenches?" I asked surprised that there are people out there that do this.

"Who collects coins?" Stefan queried trying to make a point.

"People who want to buy stuff at the store!!!" Lexi chimed.

We were stumped. Of course she was right!

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