- Apr 2, 2001
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For his 7th birthday little Patrick asked for a 10 speed bike.
His father said, "Son, we'd like to get you one, but the mortgage on the house is $80,000 and your mother just lost her job so there is no extra money to get you a bike right now."
The next day the father saw little Patrick heading out the front door lugging a suitcase full of his toys and clothes. So he asked him,
"son, where are you going with that stuff?"
Little Patrick told him, "I was walking past your room last night and I heard you tell Mom you were pulling out. And then I heard her tell you to wait because she was coming too. And so I'll be damned if I'm sticking around here by myself with an $80,000 mortgage, and no bike."
His father said, "Son, we'd like to get you one, but the mortgage on the house is $80,000 and your mother just lost her job so there is no extra money to get you a bike right now."
The next day the father saw little Patrick heading out the front door lugging a suitcase full of his toys and clothes. So he asked him,
"son, where are you going with that stuff?"
Little Patrick told him, "I was walking past your room last night and I heard you tell Mom you were pulling out. And then I heard her tell you to wait because she was coming too. And so I'll be damned if I'm sticking around here by myself with an $80,000 mortgage, and no bike."