| The other day my wife, son, and I went down to | | | | 28th birthday and realized I was still carrying all my |
| the store to renew our hunting licenses for the new | | | | old high school and junior high activity cards in my old |
| year. | | | | one. (Plus an old note where my buddy Adam had |
| After buying a license, the machine prints out a new | | | | signed his name and it looked like it said "ham" |
| piece of paper containing all your information. It then | | | | instead of "Adam". It was very funny every time I |
| becomes your new hunting license and your old one | | | | whipped it out and showed it to him over the next |
| is no longer necessary. | | | | several years, trust me. Until, I realized I had been |
| Which is exactly why my wife put her old license | | | | carrying it around for over 10 years and suddenly the |
| back into her purse anyway. | | | | joke was on me instead.) |
| I'm not kidding, she looked straight at me, asked if | | | | Since then, I've sworn off the practice. I no longer |
| she needed her old license anymore, and then after I | | | | hang on to any outdated material. Unless, of course, |
| said no proceeded to put it right back into her purse! | | | | you want to count whatever is floating around in my |
| However, I did note that she at least put it into a | | | | desk that I haven't looked at since the last time I |
| different pocket than the new one, so perhaps there | | | | cleaned it out, which would be back in, oh, let's see, |
| is some feminine logic at work here that I just can't | | | | about, um, well... |
| possibly understand. | | | | Let's just say I'm currently wondering if there are |
| Like the time she actually had use for a long expired | | | | any antiques in it worth listing on eBay. |
| driver's license from a state we no longer lived in. | | | | Maybe if someone were to get me a new desk...? |
| Don't ask me what she used it for. I've apparently | | | | Anyway, the point is I found it rather amusing that |
| lost complete memory of the event due to the utter | | | | my wife would put something back into her purse |
| shock surrounding it, but I do know she did use it | | | | that I had just told her she would no longer need. |
| and that it was accepted. | | | | Which brings up a very interesting question. |
| I've never been one to horde old and useless items | | | | Why is it whenever I try to make fun of something |
| in my possession, however, and particularly not in my | | | | silly my wife did I always end up turning it around on |
| wallet. At least not since I got a new wallet for my | | | | myself? |