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Sunday, August 28, 2011

I remember an episode of Little House On The Prairie...

... when the Ingalls family were losing their home to foreclosure because times were hard (like what else was new). It was being auctioned off and it seems the entire town of Walnut Grove was crammed inside the house to bid. There were about 8 people who bid, but they'd only bid one dollar. Ma started to cry. Then the kids started to cry. Then Pa saw his family crying so he started to cry. After the auction was over the winning bidder said something like "It's true that we only bid a dollar, Charles, but being the winning bidder means we're able to sell it back to you for a dollar", so the Ingalls family were able to buy their house back for a dollar. Then I started to cry.....