And They Say Kids Don't Learn Math These Days...

[fj]

Subject: about that hello kitty laptop

can I buy your hello kitty laptop for .....um.....i don't know $50? Because my parents only give me $5.00 a week & i've only have $20.00 right now so........ in about 6weeks i'll have enough money.oh & i am one of hello kitty's fans so write me back as soon as you can &i despratly need this laptop oh & my e-mail address is j*********5@aol.com (no spaces)

Something about the allowance math strikes me as so totally adorable.

Comments

[houseboi.livejournal.com]

Aw, that stings me in the sweet 'n' sour nostalgia place. I once went without school lunch for (does the math) um... three straight weeks in high school. I didn't get an allowance, but my parents did give me $2 a day for lunch, so I saved that until I had $30 to buy an Elton John boxed CD set.

Dayum, I was hungry, but those tunes were sweet! (That's a cute email.)

[dpolicar]

It's the ellipses and hesitations that do it for me.

"can I buy your hello kitty laptop for $50? Because my parents only give me $5.00 a week & i've only have $20.00 right now so in about 6weeks i'll have enough money." isn't quite as cute.

[vasilatos]

So give. What'd you write back?

[fj.livejournal.com]

That I made only one and gave it to a friend.

[dalbino83.livejournal.com]

But you'll make another one for her, right?

[fj.livejournal.com]

Absolutely not.

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

I like how the kid offered more than twice as much as they had on hand.

[bitty.livejournal.com]

We should totally see if $BIG_COMPANY would let us turn this into a word problem in one of the middle school books ;)