And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Man wins his weight in silver dollars in a Dr. Pepper contest (John Dominis. 1953)
When I go to the supermarket, I use a debit card and ask for $20 cash-back. When the cashier, usually an 18-year-old high school student, asks: "How would you like it"? With a somber look I answer: "In 1955 Silver Dollars". 9 times out of 10 I get a bewildered stare as the kid grabs the store phone and says "Duty Manager to isle #15.
73 years later, no silver dollars or real sugar Dr. Pepper. FML
ReplyDeleteFor a 200 lb dood, today that would be about $200k.
ReplyDeleteWhen I go to the supermarket, I use a debit card and ask for $20 cash-back. When the cashier, usually an 18-year-old high school student, asks: "How would you like it"? With a somber look I answer: "In 1955 Silver Dollars". 9 times out of 10 I get a bewildered stare as the kid grabs the store phone and says "Duty Manager to isle #15.
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