SUUUUU-WEEEEET!!!!

We know who we are. We have money, but we need more. We postpone purchases of non-necessities. We let our houses fall into disrepair to save cash. We eat at inexpensive restaurants when we could afford better. We drive older cars when we could have newer ones. We don?t care. We stay up late at night hunched over our computers staring at the screen for hours. Our eyes get blurry. We get little exercise. Our necks and backs ache, but we continue our ways.

Who are we? We are coin hogs, of course, and proud of it!

What do we do with our excess cash? Even though we shouldn?t, we spend it wildly on coin purchases. We have multiple registry sets in our favorite categories of coins. We have a number one set, and we have a number two set. We have a set in proof-like. We have a set of toned coins. We have a set for our kids. We have a set for our wife. We have a set for our dog. Yes, dogs collect coins too. We follow coin auctions around the country from our computers. We occasionally attend local coin shows. The only exercise we get is finger exercise on keyboards, and walking around at shows.

Why do we buy coins? We buy because we can. We buy coins because we enjoy it. We enjoy the conquest. We enjoy the victory. It doesn?t matter that we already have a particular date and grade. We buy another. We buy two more if we can. We buy to increase our registry points. We buy to fill a hole. We buy so that the other guy doesn?t get it. We buy in the last seconds of an internet auction and that gives us particular satisfaction. Sometimes we buy something we don?t even want if we can get it at good price. We buy to protect the price of coins we previously bought. We buy and buy. And then we buy some more. We buy until our safe deposit box is so full of coins, we can?t fit our important papers in it. Do we stop then? No, silly, we rent a bigger box.

Once in a while we sell. It is not easy to sell. We may lose money when we sell. We don?t care. Why? Because our winners make us feel better than our losers make us feel bad. When we make money, it emboldens us to buy more and take more risk. To buy an ungraded coin over the internet and get it graded. To pay more than we should. We like to make money, but that is not why we do it. We do it because we are coin hogs.

Now get up off of your flabby behinds and sing along with me to the music of the Queen song, ?We Will Rock You.? I have it playing in the background right now.

We are?We are?Coin Hogs!! (sing it!)

We are?We are?Coin Hogs!!

Enjoy your Thanksgiving feast, for if you are reading this, you have a lot to be thankful for. Just don?t pig out too much!!