Monday, May 19, 2008

mail in rebates

There is one born every minute,

Crafty P.T. Barnum said.

I guess that I am one of them,

Since all my smarts have fled.

When I hear "Mail-in Rebate"

Every instinct hollers "BUY" –

Even though my credit cards

Will shrivel up and die.

Think of all that moolah

Sent to me by first-class post;

It's as irresistible

As marmalade and toast!

I send the forms off in the mail

And then begin to wait;

That was seven months ago.

I wonder why they're late?

Stamps are so expensive,

But I better write once more.

They say the check is in the mail.

I've heard that one before.

(I guess the Mail-in Rebate

is a figment of folklore.)



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