Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Dandelion Crop

I pay my kids 10¢ for each dandelion they bring me from my yard — as long as it hasn't gone to seed yet. If it's gone to seed they get fined (15¢). Of course they've figured out that it's best to quietly destroy the ones that have gone to seed so that I don't find them.

Thankfully, they don't yet appear to be cultivating dandelions, though I'm sure they'll figure out the financial benefit of that someday. :-)

2 comments:

Gene said...

Hmm .. I could turn this into a business!

I suspect there are a FEW seeds on each dandelion that goes to seed, and if each of those are planted and become a new dandelion, itself producing a FEW MORE seeds .. hmmm.

How much cash do you have n the bank, William? [queue grin]

This sounds like the way some computer hardware companies forecast sales!

-GeBo

Anonymous said...

I am wondering what the child labor laws are in Texas and whether you are paying their Soc Sec for the contract labor you are getting from them. Just wait til you run for office. You thought "Nannygate" was big...