As I’ve mentioned, Jacob is very interested in entrepreneurship and business and how you make money. Lately he has a lot of questions about taxes and interest. The former involving how he avoids them, and the latter involving how he can apply it to his little brother.
So today Jake decides he needs some cash and presents me with a blank piece of paper, a nub of a pencil, and a giant hard-cover Avatar book so I can create a list for him with “prices” that will incentivize him to do things like scrub buzzard droppings off the barn deck railings, sweep rat scat from patios, and vacuum under beds. I like to list watering plants at $0 because they’ve never needed monetary compensation to squirt hoses at everything. Meanwhile, I work on some surreptitious internet Santa research.
Afterwards we head downtown for McConnell’s and a pre-season browse at Tom’s Toys. As we’re moseying down the sidewalk, I say to Jake, “I’ve noticed all your Iron Knee jeans have holes in the knees, huh?”
And he responds with a grin, “Oh the irony.”
And it’s so very clever, it takes me a beat till I get it.
Nate never does.