Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to All:   
      
   ak>  Gerard Depardieu has thought up how to explain to   
   ak>  his little son what are taxes in France.  He shows   
   ak>  him a portion of ice cream and then eats 75% of it.   
      
      
             Old English proverb:  many a true word is spoken in jest.  Canadians   
   celebrate "tax-free day" in July.  That makes sense to grownups.  But how does   
   one explain it to a young child?   
      
             Hmm.  I suppose a real-life "pie graph" is another alternative which   
   might make the concept a bit easier to understand.  As a devoted parent Gerard   
   supports his child's educational needs (and saves him from those nasty refined   
   carbohydrates &/or saturated fats, depending on one's POV).  The latter is one   
   of those sacrifices human beings make in order to nurture the next generation.   
      
             Old schoolteachers never die.  They just lose their class... [grin].   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)