20 Reasons to Buy Beads...

1.  Baggies and tubes of beads tightly packed make excellent insulation for the home.

2. Buying beads keeps our economy going. It is our patriotic duty to support bead shops.

3.  Buying beads calms the nerves, gratifies the soul and makes us feel good.

4.  Because they are on sale.

5. At any moment the employees at the bead factory might go on strike.

6. We are participating in a contest. The one with the most beads wins.

7.  A bead keeps without refrigeration, you don't have to cook it to enjoy it and never
need to feed it, change it, or walk it.

8.  We need extra weight in the trunk of our cars for traction on icy and muddy roads.
You never know when the weather might change.

9.  Just because we are worth it.

10. Like dust, containers of beads are good for protecting previously empty spaces in the
home, such as ironing boards, dining room tables or any other horizontal surface.

11.  If the big earthquake comes, all the beads shops may be
swallowed into the ground and never be seen again.

12.  Stress from dealing with the " Bead Control Officer" (spouse) makes us do it.

13. Buying beads is not immoral, illegal or fattening.

14. We have to buy beads before our husband retires and goes with us on all our
shopping expeditions.

15.  A bead purchase a day helps us rest, work and play.

16. Beads are a proven aphrodisiac.

17.  While shopping for beads, you don't have to worry if they'll fit, or how big they will
make your hips look.

18.  Beads don't argue or get crabby.

19. Beads get better with age, like women and wine.

20.  You never know when Manhattan Island might be up for sale again.

~~ Author Unknown