Yes, we had no bananas

Two years ago, a cyclone caused a banana shortage in Australia and the price of bananas soared. We had to stop buying bananas for about a year because we could no longer afford them. A few months into the shortage my brother, ignoring the risk of possible financial ruin, decided that he had gone without bananas long enough and went to the supermarket to treat himself. He read the sign saying "Bananas $9 a kilo" and tried to calculate how many bananas it would take to make up a kilo. He rationalised that half a kilo would be plenty and that $4.50 would be an acceptable sacrifice. Then he noticed that he had mis-read the sign. It actually said "Bananas $9 each". Stunned, my brother had an epiphany; he suddenly realised that he could live without bananas after all. He calmly put down the $36 worth of bananas he had been holding and exited the store.