Some of you remember him. You’ve certainly seen comedians influenced by him. His comedy was so topical that it’s sometimes hard to appreciate unless you’re well versed in the current events of the time.
But he was smart, he was funny, and he’s still important. Rest in peace.
Duran Duran released a new album on Friday. I listened to it over the weekend. I was doing some focused work so I had the volume turned down. I was effectively using it as elevator music. I couldn’t tell you a thing about it.
I got rid of cable about ten years ago. I subscribe to Netflix, the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN package, Apple TV+, and HBO Max. I have Amazon Prime Video through my Amazon Prime membership. Altogether that comes to about $60 a month and I watch the hell out of all of them. Yesterday I watched the latest episodes of The Morning Show and Foundation and the new Dune movie. Today I’m catching up on Invasion. Tomorrow the new episode of Succession comes out. I’m not looking back.
A woman is at a market where a poor man is selling eggs. She asked him, “How much are the eggs?”
The old seller replied, “$.50 an egg, Madam.”
She said to him, “I will take 6 eggs for $2.50 or I am leaving.
The old seller replied, “Buy them at the price you want. This is a good start for me because I have not been able to sell even a single egg today, and I need this to live.”
She bought her eggs and walked away feeling she had won. She got into her fancy car and went to a fancy restaurant with her friend. She and her friend ordered whatever they wanted. They ate a little and left a lot of what they ordered. The bill came to $150.00. She gave $200.00 and told the owner to keep the change.
This might seem quite normal to the restaurant owner, but very unfair to the egg seller.
The question it raises is this. Why do we need to show that we have power when we buy from the needy, and why are we so generous to those that don’t need our generosity?
I once read this somewhere; a father would buy goods from poor people at high prices, even though he didn’t need them. Sometimes he paid extra for them. His son was amazed and asked him, “Why are you doing this, Dad?”
His father replied, “It’s charity wrapped in dignity, Son.”
