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JJ Live 02 with Freeda Budd: Prohibition is Un-American
JJ: Hi folks, this is J.J. and today I'll be chatting with my old friend Freeda Budd. Say hello to the folks.
Freeda: Hey, people. Good morning, afternoon or evening.
JJ: In some places it's the middle of the night, Freeda.
Freeda: I don't want to say good night, because then somebody might go to sleep and not listen to your show.
JJ: That's very considerate. Well, Freeda, what's up with you?
Freeda: I've just been out to Sam's Club. Four of us went in together to buy a whole case of soup noodles, and then we cut the cards to see who would go get them.
JJ: You and three friends each paid for part of a case, and you were the one who went to the store?
Freeda: It was embarrassing.
JJ: You mean, because you shopped at a discount store?
Freeda: No, no, I went to a discount store because we all wanted to save money, silly. The reason I was embarrassed was, the place is so big I couldn't find the door to get out again. I had to ask somebody.
JJ: But you got your case of noodles okay.
Freeda: Oh, yes. Then I came home and the girls came over, and we divided them up. We all saved a bundle.
JJ: Economizing is important to you and your friends?
Freeda: You bet. We got kids to put through college and mortgages to pay. We like to be thrifty whenever we can.
JJ: A penny saved is a penny earned. Who said that?
Freeda: Ben Franklin, I think.
JJ: He's on the hundred dollar bill, so he must know.
Freeda: Like my Scottish granny used to say, mony littles maks a muckle.
JJ: What?
Freeda: Never mind.
JJ: A stitch in time saves nine.
Freeda: JJ, what do you know about stitches? Your clothes don't even have a loose thread.
JJ: Which proves I believe in quality as well as thriftiness.
Freeda: That's right. Thrift is a great American virtue. It's patriotic! Only one thing bothers me.
JJ: What's that?
Freeda: Well, we were thinking about going in together on a pound of grass.
JJ: You mean, each pay a quarter of the price, and then you'd each have four ounces?
Freeda: Sure. Four ounces would last me and Alex a long time.
JJ: Sounds good. So what's the problem?
Freeda: Well, whoever goes to get the pound. If she gets caught with it, do you know what they'll say?
JJ: The police?
Freeda: The police, the judge, the prosecutor, the newspapers, everybody. They'll say a pound is too much for personal use, so this person must be a dealer. Say it's me. They'll put me under the jail for 99 years and throw away the key.
JJ: That's pretty harsh, for a nice lady who's just trying to be thrifty and save up a college fund.
Freeda: And help her friends too. What would Ben Franklin say?
JJ: He'd say, "By sowing frugality, we reap liberty."
Freeda: Sure he would. Unless it's pot we're being frugal about. Then we reap a long-term stay in the Big House.
JJ: Doesn't make much sense, does it?
Freeda: It's downright un-American. Know what else Ben Franklin said? He said cannabis is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
JJ: Freeda, he said that about beer.
Freeda: Well, if he'd known about pot, he would have said it about pot instead. He would have included that saying in Poor Richard's Almanac every single year.
JJ: Thank you, Freeda Budd.
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