With CasinoPalooza approaching, and Val having a death grip on the household purse strings... Hick was left to his own devices in procuring a casino bankroll. He is loathe to spend his own money. Even his Storage Unit Store money. In the past, I swear Hick tried to gamble for three days in seven casinos on a single twenty dollar bill.
Last Thursday, he decided to cash in his stash of coins. Oh, not his giant red plastic Coke bottle full of pennies, or the overflow that's now being deposited in a large plastic pink pig. No, this was his glass jar with a springy lid container full of quarters, and the glass carafe-looking vessel not-full of dimes.
I know this, because I heard the most annoying racket while I was trying to get my beauty sleep at 7:00 a.m. If I'm not looking quite as beautiful as you always assumed, HICK IS THE REASON! I first though he was filling a metal washtub with ice from FRIG II's dispenser. Perhaps to take to The Pony, who had said that his own ice maker had made brown ice from the water line that had just been connected with city service after a couple years.
A few hours later, Hick sent me a picture that cleared up the mystery.
"Cashed in my change at the bank. $562.10."
That should keep him going for a while. I imagine it was kind of heavy to carry. I hope they put it through the coin counter, and that nobody had to count and roll it by hand. Especially after Hick further stated:
"I didn't tell the gal that it was in a chamber pot."
Clearly more than a pot to piss in!
ReplyDeleteYes. And nobody can ever say that Hick doesn't have one!
DeleteThat's a chamber pot? I've never seen one with a bucket style handle.
ReplyDeleteThat IS a lot of coins though, he should have fun losing that, even more fun if he wins. I once stashed excess $5 notes (when I was working) in a money tin, with a coin slot in the top, needed a can opener to get them out and when I did finally open that can I had over $400 in there. I used it for Christmas Gifts because the grandkids were still little.
I suppose with a handle, there would be less sloshing as you carry out a chamber pot!
DeleteYour money tin reminds me of the tin can bank nailed to the floor in the darkest corner of the closet in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," one of my favorite books.
A rich girl has a canopy OVER her bed, while the poor girl has a can of pee UNDER her's. I would definitely not tell the cashier it was a chamber pot, although, she may not have known what that was if she was under a certain age.
ReplyDeleteHeh, heh! It's not like Hick has been using that pot for its intended purpose!
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