Word: wallet
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...Japanese aren't just shopping on cell phones but also with them. A new "wallet cell phone" functions as a credit, debit or ID card, among other things. The handset has a computer chip similar to that found in electronic key cards. Japanese girls are buying mascara, mints and magazines at convenience stores simply by swiping their phones past a scanner near the cash register...
...course, Tony is not so flush that he can't walk into an eyeglass store owned by a civilian connected to his business, impose on him for a huge favor, then pick out a pair of Armani shades and say, "You know what? I left my wallet in the car." For Tony, the money is not the point. The point is not having...
...says Sergeant Elizabeth Ricci, 20. "They'll come up and tug my hair." And Iraqi men? "One man saw a ring on my finger and asked who I was married to," she recalls. Joking around, Ricci pointed to a male soldier beside her. "Next thing, the Iraqi opens his wallet and is over there trying to buy me," she says...
...afternoon dip in the Blodgett Pool left one individual hundreds of dollars poorer. Police responded to the MAC last Saturday to investigate a stolen wallet, originally left in a locker. The still-at-large prowler swiped a cool $620 in cash. Talk about taking a bath...
Perle's take-home message: stop trying to please other people when your wallet is at stake...