FIFTEEN DOLLAR PORCHE
Added on: 21st Jun 2016
A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WORKS IN A
PART-TIME JOB PULLS INTO HIS PARENT'S
DRIVEWAY IN A PORSCHE.
NATURALLY, HIS MOM AND DAD KNOW
THAT THERE’S NO WAY HE EARNS ENOUGH
WITH HIS AFTER-SCHOOL JOB
TO OWN SUCH A CAR.
“WHERE DID YOU GET THAT CAR?”
HIS MOM AND DAD SCREAM IN UNISON.
HE CALMLY TELLS THEM,
“I BOUGHT IT TODAY.”
“WITH WHAT MONEY?”
HIS MOM DEMANDS.
“WE KNOW WHAT A PORSCHE COSTS.”
“WELL,” SAYS THE BOY,
“THIS ONE COST ME FIFTEEN DOLLARS.”
AT THIS POINT, NATURALLY,
THE PARENTS START YELLING EVEN LOUDER.
“WHO ON EARTH WOULD SELL A CAR
LIKE THAT FOR FIFTEEN DOLLARS?!”
“THE LADY UP THE STREET,”
THE BOY REPLIES, SHRUGGING.
“I DON’T KNOW HER NAME
SHE HAS JUST MOVED IN.
SHE SAW ME RIDE PAST ON MY BIKE AND
ASKED ME IF I WANTED TO BUY A
PORSCHE FOR FIFTEEN DOLLARS.”
“OH MY GOSH,”
THE MOM MOANS.
THE BOY’S FATHER AND MOTHER RUSH
OVER TO THEIR NEW NEIGHBOUR’S HOUSE,
READY TO BREAK DOWN HER DOOR AND
DEMAND AN EXPLANATION.
CURIOUSLY, THEIR NEW NEIGHBOUR
IS CALMLY PLANTING PETUNIAS.
“I’M THE FATHER OF THE KID YOU
JUST SOLD A SPORTS CAR TO FOR $15,”
THE DAD SAYS.
“I NEED AN EXPLANATION FROM YOU ASAP!”
“WELL,” THE NEIGHBOR SAYS,
NOT LOOKING UP FROM HER GARDEN.
“THIS MORNING I GOT A PHONE CALL
FROM MY HUSBAND.
I THOUGHT HE WAS ON A BUSINESS TRIP,
BUT IT SEEMS HE HAS RUN OFF TO HAWAII
WITH HIS SECRETARY AND DOESN’T INTEND
TO COME BACK.”
“WHAT ON EARTH DOES THAT HAVE TO DO
WITH SELLING OUR SON A PORSCHE FOR $15?”
THE BOY’S MOM ASKS
UTTERLY PERPLEXED.
THE NEW NEIGHBOUR SMILES
AND PAUSES FOR A MINUTE.
“WELL, MY HUSBAND ASKED ME
TO SELL HIS NEW PORSCHE AND
SEND HIM THE MONEY.
SO I DID.”
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