When I was in first grade in 1965, I was a pretty goofy kid. So, one time I was doing the magic trick where you swallow a quarter and then you pull it out of your ear. Only something went wrong and I started to choke on the quarter. Quickly thinking, I decided the simplest solution out of my predicament was to swallow it! So I did.
Well after waiting about a week for a resolution, if you know what I mean, there had still been no deposit, so the doctor took an x-ray (we thought that was such a cool word back then), and discovered....a) it was lodged in my appendix, b) my appendix wasn't where it was supposed to be, and c) it was a good thing we found that out before I ever got appendicitis!!! So, they took the quarter and the appendix out. My first grade crush Robin Bailey (Ike '76) and her Mom made a cute little book for me she titled "Consumer Report." She and her Mom have been asking me since I saw Robin at our reunion picnic in 2001 to "re-publish" it, so without further adieu, here FINALLY published for the first time in forty-two years is Robin Bailey's....
One time. I swallowed a quarter.
