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Making Allowance
Carl “Papa” Palmer
Pleased with my brand new door lock knobs, chrome, smooth, tapered, anti-theft, no ridge to grasp with a coat hanger, I swing shut the door to my truck with the keys dangling from the ignition. Knowing the doors are locked, I check both sides anyway. Looking through the windows, I pull both handles once more.
Noticing the driver side window slightly down, I snake in a straightened coat hanger. The knob works as advertised.
Tapping the glass with a bumper jack handle, preparing to break the window and file an insurance vandalism claim, my 10 year old daughter steps into the garage. “Kathy, stand back.”
After sharing with her my dilemma, I listen as my little girl speaks, “I have an idea, Dad.”
I watch as she snakes an arm length of nylon fishing line through the opening to touch the knob. She squeezes super glue to bubble down the string to form a glob seal between the two.
We wait the prescribed drying time of one minute, and one to grow on, before she slowly pulls the string to pop the knob and me right out of my predicament.
“Wow! That was terrific! Thanks, Kathy”
“That’s all right, Dad, could I please have a dollar advance on my allowance?”
I give her the dollar, and one to grow on.
