An amusing, satirical take on leasing in this recent article from Cattlenetwork.

It’s The Pitts: Please Re-lease Me

Recently I did my part to stimulate the economy by purchasing a brand new car. Yeah, that was me, the person who bought the only car the Big Three sold last month.

It had been a long time since I’d bought a new car and the salesman said, “There are going to be some things on the cars I show you that you may not be familiar with.”

“What’s that?” I exclaimed nearly jumping out of the front seat.

“Those are called windshield wipers,” said the bemused salesman.

When we got down to trading on the car my wife and I were escorted into a room where we met with the finance guy. Despite what you may have heard, evidently there are still companies out there who are willing to loan money to deadbeats like me. Although we did not take advantage of the attractive lease option on the car the idea of leasing intrigued me. A rare thought entered my head: if you can lease cars why can’t you lease other expensive items such as kids, horses, dogs and spouses? Read full article