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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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BUY ONE - GET ONE FREE You get TWO for the price of ONE! Can it be? I’m just buying ONE and then getting one FREE? “I’ll take two of those please”, I said to the clerk. “Then that’s four to be bagged”, she said with a smirk" “No, No, I want TWO, One is paid, One is free” “ Then your not getting TWO, as you stated to me Your just getting ONE, and the other one’s free You should have said ONE and not TWO, don’t you see” “All right, it is ONE then, but please bag me TWO ONE is on me and the other’s on you” She laughed as she bagged them all shiny and new “ Nothing is free, dear, you’re paying for TWO” “Paying for, TWO? I’m just paying for mine The second is free like it says on the sign” “You’re paying for both, dear, it’s as clear as the day For the first one is worth only half what you paid So your getting the two and your paying their worth It’s the greatest marketing tool here on earth Not only are you paying the regular price You’re paying it ONCE and you’re paying it TWICE! The free one’s not free, dear, you’re just buying TWO For the price of just ONE, but the joke is on you” “Now let me see if this makes any sense I paid a whole buck but it’s worth fifty cents But since I have two, their value ‘s a buck But by my calculations, I think I’m in luck Since there only worth half , I was gypped out of TWO So you owe me TWO more, then I’m even with you So I emptied the TWO on the counter once more I said, clerk, would you please reimburse me for FOUR Since the sign says a buck for each one on the rack I’m giving you FOUR and get FOUR dollars back” She reluctantly gave me four bucks from the drawer And was scratching her head as I walked out the door She reached in and pulled out a pencil and pad As she quietly whispered, “ I think I’ve been had” Elizabeth Santos |
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Lost Dreamer Member Elite
since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464Somewhere near the Rainbow |
LOL, Elizabeth this is excellent, I love it.  |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
LOL Elizabeth. A smart woman. one thing I can never do is work out maths in my head, I just can't do it. excellent poem. < !signature--> ------------------------ "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time". Baltimore Grotto "To be nobody-but-yourself-in a world which is doing its best night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting." E.E Cummings. "Art is a lie which makes us realise the truth." Pablo Picasso "We Irish are too poetical to be poets, we are a nation of brilliant failures" Oscar Wilde ----- [This message has been edited by brian madden (edited 06-18-2000).] |
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kelieth Member
since 2000-06-12
Posts 314Normal IL - USA |
LOL Great job. Kevin "Anything is possible with patience, time is the tool use it to reach your goals." |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
This is great!!! A Riddle and a Rhyme both at the same time!  |
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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
I loved this! How funny! I've bought into the "buy one, get one free" promotions many times but now I'll try to do the math first! |
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dgvarner Member Elite
since 2000-05-13
Posts 3552High Springs, Florida |
heehee! elizabeth, this is so funny--and how true it is! it sounds like a dr seuss tale!! what a great little book this would make dg "A Poet's life is on written page; a scenario to take the stage--watch..." dgvarner |
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BSC
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Member Elite
since 2000-02-04
Posts 2919New York, USA |
Loved this one Elizabeth - Seems more than once I've been in a predicatment like that. Guess I'll need to take my calculator next time...maybe I can finally end up ahead of the game..... Bonnie |
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Yu Lan Senior Member
since 2000-04-13
Posts 1462New Zealand |
I love this poem!!! ^_^ This is soo great!! ^_^ hehe, serves her, right, huh? Thinking she can outsmart you.. *_^ brilliant.. Lynne |
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deleeme Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 1766NEW ENGLAND, USA |
Liz, You never cease to amaze me- your poetry- your logic--your humor all right on target!BULL's EYE! David "GOD GIVES- but man must open his hand." (German Proverb) |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
LMAO! Liz, you go girl! I only wish that I could do that in real life  This is just an awesome poem, you never cease to amaze me with your talent, witty at that!Take care, Melissa Honeybee |
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Swåmp¤Faerÿie Member
since 2000-03-29
Posts 358Illinois |
This is excellent!! i love it!! it's very clear all the way through,you don't really have to guess what's going on.....GREAT WORK!! i enjoyed this so much ,it was hilarious!! swamp And there she weaves by night and day, a magic web of colours gay.~Tennyson |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
ROFL ! You really have a way with words Liz ! Loved it ! |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Has this ever happened to your? Half off (of what? Your super inflated "regular" price.?) Don't fall for it' Thankd all for commenting on this poem,I enjoyed your responses Love Liz |
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JOY 14 Senior Member
since 1999-09-22
Posts 1419Wisconsin USA |
Ha! I loved this. It may sound so often like a good deal but is it really? Joy |
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