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albadgerI dreamed my nephews were looking at colleges. One of the boys was excited about the prospect of going to University in Denmark. He had a brochure that promised only $25 a year for it. He handed me the brochure.
...which was an Army recruiting brochure -- join the Army and they'll send you to college in Denmark.
"You know how you'll see an ad for a really great deal on something, and you go to the store, and the salesman says they're not actually selling that, and tries to fob something inferior off on you?" I asked him. He nodded.
I continued, "And you know how people like your Mom will stand up for themselves and tell the salesperson that they had damn well better get what was advertised, or there will be hell to pay?" He nodded.
"And you know how people like me will just think, the inferior thing is okay, I don't want to make a fuss?" He nodded.
"Well... after you've enlisted, and the Army says, we don't have the college in Denmark anymore, you have to go to Des Plaines Agricultural instead... what would you do?" He thought about it for a bit, but he knew the answer.
I think I saved my nephew from a horrible fate. In a dream.
...which was an Army recruiting brochure -- join the Army and they'll send you to college in Denmark.
"You know how you'll see an ad for a really great deal on something, and you go to the store, and the salesman says they're not actually selling that, and tries to fob something inferior off on you?" I asked him. He nodded.
I continued, "And you know how people like your Mom will stand up for themselves and tell the salesperson that they had damn well better get what was advertised, or there will be hell to pay?" He nodded.
"And you know how people like me will just think, the inferior thing is okay, I don't want to make a fuss?" He nodded.
"Well... after you've enlisted, and the Army says, we don't have the college in Denmark anymore, you have to go to Des Plaines Agricultural instead... what would you do?" He thought about it for a bit, but he knew the answer.
I think I saved my nephew from a horrible fate. In a dream.
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Great Danes
Date: 2009-04-09 02:51 pm (UTC)The analogy can only go so far
Date: 2009-04-10 01:52 pm (UTC)Their mother and their uncle do enjoy visiting Las Vegas, while their father doesn't... so I guess that's in the ballpark...