“Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
The Energizer Bunny* #quote
Do you know why computers always eat a lot at buffets? Because they
have so many bytes! That one's a Langdon original. No need for
applause. Anyway onto the flash fiction!
A Lesson In
Value
“Daddy, why
is gold so expensive?” A child asked his father with that curious
expression that children are both famous and infamous for.
The father
looked at his son, and after a brief moment of thought, and gave him
the simplest answer he could think of. “Gold is rare. Things that
are rarer are more valuable because there is less of it around.”
“Okay, I
think I get it.”
A few hours
later the child held up to his father a sock that he glued various
objects onto, including paper clips, and those little silly, wiggly,
plastic eyes. Staples along with tape was also on the sock. Various
items covered the messy thing.
“I'll take
one million dollars for my Dodadthingie!” the child told his father
with a smile.
“What?” His
father asked, perplexed.
“You told me
that things are more expensive the rarer they are. There is only one
Dodadthingie in the world. So it should be worth lots of money!”
The father sighed. “Okay, maybe I didn't explain it properly...”
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