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Cash Dispenser

January 15 ,2012

He entered a private room with only a cash dispenser in it.      The machine said in a female artificial voice,　"Insert your bank card, please."   He inserted his bank card into the machine.  Then the machine said, "Call your ID number please."        He hated this. This type of new cash dispenser room was built sound proof.  But he, being an old type of man, couldn't stay relaxed in this circumstance.  Anyway he said his ID number which his government gave him.  The machine said, "Call the amount of money you need, please."  He said a certain number and waited.   After a short period the machine said, "Your account was short for the amount, in this case you have an alternative. Number one, you can withdraw within the limit of your account, of course."  "Number two."  He felt the female voice tone a little bit changed.   "You can leave your identity information.  The amount of money we will pay depends on the level of your identity information."　He couldn't understand. "What　does 'identity information' mean?"   The machine replied, "Your own information such as your blood type, but blood type doesn't rank expensive."  He wondered how his blood type would be used in this company.        He asked to the machine. "What are the expensive ones?"  "Expensive ones are,for example, the disease you suffered, your favorite website, your ex-girlfriend's name."  "What's the most expensive one?" he asked.  The machine answered, "The most expensive one is your lover's name."        A little while later he left the cash dispenser room smiling and with his thick wallet.  But in this moment he didn't know that any people, for example his wife, can withdraw some information from the machine by paying money depending on the rank of the importance of the information. (The End)

*dispenser :自動支払機
*artificial :人工的
*proof :防ぐ
*circumstance :状況
*account :口座
*alternative :代替
*leave :残す
*depend on :〜による
*wonderかしらと思う
*ex :-昔の、前の
*smiling :笑いながら
*withdraw :引き落とす