Re: An unusual question

"Douglas W. Hoyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>My worst experience was at a shopping mall in Germany.  As I was 'pinkling'
>I was rifling through my change to see if I had enough for the 50 pfennig
>fee.  I was counting every last coin and was delighted that I JUST had
>enough (though it was a mittful of small coins).   On the way out I put it
>in the dish, and then 40 seconds later an attendant came running after me
>screaming that I was three pfennig short, and that it was not the money it
>was the PRINCIPLE of the thing that was making her come out and scream
>bloody murder at me in a crowded mall hallway.   That was one for the ages.
>
That gives a whole new meaning to the idea of being caught short.

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PB
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