Today's title is a phrase commonly used in economics classes. This phrase comments on how nothing involving physical resources is free. If someone has a "free" lunch consisting of an apple, a PB&J sandwich, and a bag of chips, they must have come from somewhere. It took soil, sun, water, and a lot of time to grow the tree and produce the apple. This is the same case with the grapes to make the jelly. I won't even try to go through the wheat of the bread, the meat, or the potato chips. The point is, resources, time included, are constantly being expended for something "free".
I bring this up because coldstone had "free" icecream today. The way it was set up, you received a small scoop of their icecream, the flavor of which was chosen by them. There was a guy accepting donations at the front door. He looked somewhat like a bouncer for a club and did not let a soul through until the donation of at least a dollar was made.
Right now, free scarfs are being given to all UIC students who attend the soccer game tonight. Once admitted to the game, students are given a wristband and will not be given their scarf until the end of the game.
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