My daughter is working today so Friday she came up with my other daughter for Fathers Day. After dinner, we went to the Half Price Bookstore because she needed one more book for her school’s summer reading list. After browsing for myself and finding 2 books, I caught up to her and she had a basket filled with books.
“Looks like you have Eighty dollars in books” I said, not complaining.
“NyuhUh”, she said, “There’s not eighty dollars there”
When we got to the cashier, I told him to add up these books first.
“Because when I told her it was Eighty dollars she scoffed”
“Scoffed?” asked the cashier.
“Scoffed!”, I said, “As only a teenage daughter can.”
Her fifteen books came to $76.81.
“Hah!” She said, as only a teenage daughter can, “That’s not Eighty dollars”
“He has not put in the sales tax” I lied, as only the father of a teenage daughter can. Because when I’m laying out $76.81 for her on Fathers Day, I get to be right.
Also, if you think about it, seeing a pile of books and mentally adding up to a figure with a less than 4% error is almost Rainman quality, don't ya think?