What a fun, five-cent, writer’s block fixer-upper! I will spend it wisely. Your teacher’s NickelBack challenge is like taking “a penny for your thoughts,” and giving it a raise.

💰💰💰A penny foryour thoughts?”🗣🗣🗣

Ah, yes, a penny for your thoughts - the go-to inquiry of curious low-ballers everywhere. It strikes me as odd that this idiom is still in use today. I mean, with inflation and all, you’d think our thoughts’d be worth at least a dollar by now.

💵💵💵“A dollar for your

thoughts?”💵💵💵💵💵

📈📈📈📈And with the economy’s sudden upswing yesterday, maybe we should be saying… 📈📈📈📈

💰💰💰“A buck-fifty for your thoughts?” 💰💰💰

But we don’t say that, do we. We say “a penny.” We stilllll say a penny. One measly lil penny. Not much in the way of motivation, now, is it. A penny? Really?? That’s all my thoughts are worth to you? Then, uh… thanks, I think I’ll hold out for a better offer. 💲💲💲💲💲💲With pennies now worth even less than the energy it takes to pick one up off the street, our thoughts are practically worthless.☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾☝☝🏾️☝🏾☝But! If we commit them to print, (according to one clever highschool teacher’s calcu-lations) their value increases by 500%!

I think. I suck at math.➗✖️➕➖

PS That’s gotta be 100 words. So… I think ya owes me a nickel. Please send cashier’s check to:

Mary Birdsong,

c/o ShowBusiness Hollywood, California

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*No emojis were harmed in the writing of this thing.