http://blog.famundo.com/articles/2007/03/25/take-a-penny-leave-a-penny-more-conversations-with-my-eleven-year-old en-us 40 <p>So the local hardware store has this little tray near the cash register that has the inscription, &#8220;Take a penny, Leave a penny&#8221;.</p> <p>As we were checking out one day, my daughter was staring at the tray. She said, &#8220;Dad, that doesn&#8217;t make any sense, if you leave a penny, and take a penny, you end up with the same amount.&#8221;</p> <p>True, I said, but the idea is that, if you get pennies in your change, you put them there and the next time you check out, if you need a penny, you can take one.</p> <p>But Dad, if you leave 4 pennies one time and take only one the next time, you loose three pennies.</p> <p>The conversation went on for a while, when she said, what if someone walked in a took a whole pocketful of pennies.</p> <p>She had me. What could I say? It had been a long day.</p> Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:52:00 -0400 urn:uuid:f2d98157-4c0b-47f1-b4b8-78b214c0900a richard.kuhlenschmidt@famundo.com (Richard Kuhlenschmidt) http://blog.famundo.com/articles/2007/03/25/take-a-penny-leave-a-penny-more-conversations-with-my-eleven-year-old Family Life