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<p>[QUOTE="K2Coins, post: 1432207, member: 30168"]I am just 15 years old right now, but there is this one poem that is always the best when it comes to money...</p><p>[TABLE="width: 80%, align: center"]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]My dad gave me one dollar bill</p><p>'Cause I'm his smartest son,</p><p>And I swapped it for two shiny quarters</p><p>'Cause two is more than one![/SIZE][/FONT][/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD="width: 14%"]<p style="text-align: center"></p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]And then I took the quarters</p><p>And traded them to Lou</p><p>For three dimes -- I guess he don't know</p><p>That three is more than two![/SIZE][/FONT][/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD="width: 14%"]<p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]Just then, along came old blind Bates</p><p>And just 'cause he can't see</p><p>He gave me four nickels for my three dimes,</p><p>And four is more than three![/SIZE][/FONT][/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD="width: 14%"]<p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs</p><p>Down at the seed-feed store,</p><p>And the fool gave me five pennies for them,</p><p>And five is more than four![/SIZE][/FONT][/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD="width: 14%"][/TD]</p><p>[TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]And then I went and showed my dad,</p><p>And he got red in the cheeks</p><p>And closed his eyes and shook his head--</p><p>Too proud of me to speak!</p><p>[/SIZE][/FONT]<font face="Georgia"><b>- Shel Silverstein</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b></b>now only if those 5 pennies were all 1909-S VBD!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[/TABLE][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="K2Coins, post: 1432207, member: 30168"]I am just 15 years old right now, but there is this one poem that is always the best when it comes to money... [TABLE="width: 80%, align: center"] [TR] [TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]My dad gave me one dollar bill 'Cause I'm his smartest son, And I swapped it for two shiny quarters 'Cause two is more than one![/SIZE][/FONT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 14%"][CENTER][/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]And then I took the quarters And traded them to Lou For three dimes -- I guess he don't know That three is more than two![/SIZE][/FONT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 14%"][CENTER] [/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]Just then, along came old blind Bates And just 'cause he can't see He gave me four nickels for my three dimes, And four is more than three![/SIZE][/FONT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 14%"][CENTER] [/CENTER] [/TD] [TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs Down at the seed-feed store, And the fool gave me five pennies for them, And five is more than four![/SIZE][/FONT][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 14%"][/TD] [TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]And then I went and showed my dad, And he got red in the cheeks And closed his eyes and shook his head-- Too proud of me to speak! [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Georgia][B]- Shel Silverstein [/B]now only if those 5 pennies were all 1909-S VBD!!! :D [/FONT] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE][/QUOTE]
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