Hickville

This evening was Dan's company dinner. They gave out gift cards to everyone raffle-style, so it was up in the air what store yours would be to, although the value was the same on all of them.

The gift cards were for many stores, including Target, Best Buy, Costco, Sears, and more.

Judging from the whooping and hollering, the most coveted cards were to Home Depot and Sportsman's Warehouse. Are you getting a feel for the crowd yet?

When the first Costco card was announced, a guy sitting in our table laughed, "What if you don't have a Costco card?" As he spoke, the announcer read HIS raffle ticket! It was hilarious to watch him accept the card. It was just enough money to pay for a membership, so then he could buy nothing!

Dan got one of the oh-so-popular Sportsman's Warehouse certificates. He asked the Costco guy if he wanted to trade, and they quickly swapped. The man said he felt like he was getting the better end of the deal.

After he took the envelope from Dan, our friend and the guy next to him jumped into a laughing discussion of how they could pool their gift certificates to buy ammunition.

There are some things that I will never truly understand.