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[Hasanuddin]

Hi phillip1882,

Doesn’t the question depend on several other things?

First, how much fun do you enjoy playing the game. If you’re having a really good time with friends you’d be swayed to draw out the game.

Next, how badly do you need the money? To me, either $3 or $27 I don’t really care, neither one of these amounts matter to me at this stage of my life. I'm right in the middle of refinancing... it's going through and freeing up a lot more than 27 dollars a month (PS, everyone, you homeowners, I help you taking advantage of the Obama refinancing deal... it's the "stimulus package," but aimed at normal homeowners who haven;t defaulted or "gotten into trouble," or just mild trouble.) Therefore since the dollar amounts are trivial. I’d take the next move just to satisfy curiosity.

However, remembering the recession of the early nineties where I was out of work for over sixteen months my answer would have been different. Picture being down to your last 95 dollar and going to the grocery store to buy $93 food just so I wouldn’t be tempted being frivolous… that was me, and I had no idea how another cent would come my way. Now if I was back in those shoes and I was invited to play the same game, then I would have cautiously taken the first box and been very grateful to you. Back then, if I were to buy rice, beans, spice, and a tiny meat, I could’a stretched that nine dollars out for over two weeks. I might have later wondered if I had picked the box, but I'd be content to be fed.

Basically it is a game/question that is viewed and answered differently depending on the perception of the person playing. I believe Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs would help with this question. If you haven’t read them then I’m sure you’ll enjoy them.