Value

Pete and Sam both have a "treasure box" where they can keep all of those valuable trinkets they pick up here and there. Pete's treasure box has about two dozen objects of various origin. Too much to detail here - perhaps he will write about them on his blog sometime.

Sam's box currently contains these two objects:


We found the army man on the beach in Nags Head, and the silver keychain guy was found lying in the parking lot of dad's office. We think he may be the offspring of an unholy union between the Michelin Man and the Pillsbury Dough Boy. As you can see, the situation in the treasure box has grown a bit tense for this little guy at the moment.

Of course, Sam has developed an attachment to these objects, so he does not want us to get rid of them. It is interesting to think about the concept of intrinsic value vs. market value for objects. My old toothbrush has $0.00 value, but if Paris Hilton used it to murder Clay Aiken it would instantly become one of the most sought after objects in the known universe. So it is fun sometimes to take objects and attach sentimental value to them.