Happy Meals

I got twenty dollars out of the bank today. What should I get: two shares of Fannie Mae stock, or four Happy Meals?


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Go buy two copies of this week's New Yorker magazine with the goofy Obama cartoon on the cover (it will be a collector's item some day), then treat yourself to a happy meal. Order ice tea with no sugar so you can claim to be doing something healthy.

Actually, I got a turkey sandwich and some fruit juice. Still have money left for a rainy day.