The Money or The Card
Which would
you rather get on a special occasion, money or a card?
That
question reminds me of an oft used Jack Benny Joke. A hold-up man sticks a gun in Jack Benny’s
side and demands,
“Your money or your life?”
Jack Benny
does not answer and the hold-up man jambs him with the gun and demands again,
“Your money or your life?”
Benny
responds as only Jack Benny could respond,
“I’m thinking!”
Anyway…Mrs.
C always gives me a card for special occasions, actually she gets me two
cards. I complain that I would rather
have the money than a stupid Hallmark Card.
A few weeks ago,
we were in Aruba for my birthday and she did not remember to get me two
cards. Instead she left me $10. I immediately lost the $10 in the casino, but
to me it was still better than a card.
Yesterday,
my old college chum Captain Don sent me a picture or what he gave his wife for
Mother’s Day. It was an envelope with four
one-dollar bills. He is too familiar
with my rants on this subject. The envelope said it was from the “Joe
Hagy card company.”
I showed the
picture to Mrs. C and she remarked that,
“I’ll bet Mrs. Captain Don did not
find that to be very funny.”
I was
informed that Mrs. Captain Don did in fact think it was funny and she preferred the money to a card.
I sense a
new tradition, money instead of a card.
Instead of saving those dumb cards for sentimental reasons, save the
money for something special.
Think of it,
Christmas, Birthday, Mother’s Day, Valentines Day, Thanksgiving, Arbor Day, and
at least one to make up for doing something stupid …that could be $35 a
year. At compounded interest over 40 years,
instead of a closet full of sentimental cards you would have almost $3500 for a
vacation, or a bunch of diamonds.
Are you
sentimental or practical? Which will it
be, The Money or a Card?
I usually get, or give, a card with either cash or a gift card for a certain amount, depending on who I'm giving it to. Younger grandchildren prefer the cash, then when they get older they know what stores they like to shop at and we all buy gift cads for the same store. One grandson loves JBHiFi, which has electronics DVDs and Games etc, so all of us will get him a gift card for that store and so on for the rest of them.
ReplyDeleteWe exchanged cards, by preference. However, money seemed to sneak in when I wasn't looking.
ReplyDeleteA card! Absolutely!
ReplyDeleteI'll take the cash thanks.
ReplyDeleteWe both enjoy cards. Money would mean nothing to me. Hubby loves to find the right card and he does a mighty fine job of it too.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day. ☺
In our house, the cards are the two-for-a-dollar kind from the dollar store and have money in them.
ReplyDeleteI'm practical, she's sentimental .... except after claiming it's so she has something to remember it by, most cards end up trashed within a year or two even for her. So she's, um, half senti-mental. I'm not saying which half ;-)
ReplyDeleteI actually prefer a clever card or two!!
ReplyDeleteActually I am both. I love the cards but if they want to slip some money in it, I'm good with that also.
ReplyDeleteI'll take the card over cash, but with a choice of a card or a scratch-off ticket, I'd take the ticket.
ReplyDeleteI used to be sentimental about cards but these days the money would be more welcome.
ReplyDeleteSo, should I await your deposit in my letterbox?
With all our kids and grandkids sending money or gift cards is the way to go. I call it the gift that says: "Go buy it yourself"...card or money? Show me the money!
ReplyDeleteI’m a card man myself.
ReplyDeleteR
Show me the money!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, actually, I've told my husband on occasion to look at cards in the store, pick out one that he would like to give me ("it's OK to look at expensive cards, dear"), look at the $$$price$$$ of that card and then buy me chocolate for that same amount instead.