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Introduction: Chapter 1 On Sunday we were over on 125 St so I stopped by the Jamaican beef patties place but they were closed. Jesus Taco was next door so I went there instead. What a mistake! I don’t know what Masanao and Yu-Sung could’ve been thinking. Anyway, then I had Jamaican beef patties on the brain so I went by Monday afternoon and asked for 9: 3 spicy beef, 3 mild beef (for the kids), and 3 chicken (not the jerk chicken; Bob got those the other day and they didn’t impress me). I’m about to pay and then a bunch of people come in and start ordering. The woman behind the counter asks if I’m in a hurry, I ask why, she whispers, For the same price you can get a dozen. So I get two more spicy beef and a chicken. She whispers that I shouldn’t tell anyone. I can’t really figure out why I’m getting this special treatment. So I walk out of there with 12 patties. Total cost: $17.25. It’s a good deal: they’re small but not that small. Sure, I ate 6 of them, but I was hungry. Chapt
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3 Anyway, then I had Jamaican beef patties on the brain so I went by Monday afternoon and asked for 9: 3 spicy beef, 3 mild beef (for the kids), and 3 chicken (not the jerk chicken; Bob got those the other day and they didn’t impress me). [sent-5, score-2.017]
4 I’m about to pay and then a bunch of people come in and start ordering. [sent-6, score-0.082]
5 The woman behind the counter asks if I’m in a hurry, I ask why, she whispers, For the same price you can get a dozen. [sent-7, score-0.184]
6 Chapter 2 A half hour later, I’m pulling keys out of my pocket lock up my bike and a bunch of change falls out. [sent-16, score-0.646]
7 25, so I had three quarters in my pocket, plus whatever happened to be there already. [sent-18, score-0.273]
8 ) I see all three quarters plus a couple of pennies. [sent-19, score-0.273]
9 The change is on the street, and, as I’m leaning down to pick it up, I notice there’s a parked car, right in front of me, with its engine running. [sent-20, score-0.436]
10 There’s no way the driver can see me if I’m bending down behind the rear wheels. [sent-21, score-0.385]
11 It suddenly comes to me—this is what they mean when they talk about “picking pennies in front of a steamroller. [sent-23, score-0.372]
12 After a brief moment of indecision, I bent down and picked up the quarters. [sent-25, score-0.088]
13 The last time I experienced an economics cliche in real time was a few weeks ago, when I spotted $5 in cash on the street. [sent-29, score-0.262]
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