For cryin' out loud!

“For cryin' out loud!” I said.
“Are they for real? They ain't getting' no $25,000!”
As fairly generous givers — a tax-dodge — we get a constant deluge of solicitations every month.
Every month the March of Dimes hits us, as does Easter Seals, and Open Door Mission in Rochester, NY.
Last Christmas I gave to American Lung Association — Christmas seals — so now we get a solicitation every month.
A while ago I got a phonecall from March of Dimes at supper-time; begging for money.
“Once a year,” I told them. “Every March. That's all you're getting.
You guys think I'm a bottomless pit?
And once a year to Easter Seals, around Easter. No matter how many stickem return labels ya send me.
You guys always have your hand out.
'We got a hot one here, Maggy. Call 'em up!'”
Dubya-Hex-Hex-Hi, the public-radio classical music station in Rochester we listen to, is always bombarding us with solicitations, I suppose because we are members.
I think the world of WXXI, to the tune of $900 per year.
But that's all.
Every solicitation has check-mark boxes for $1,000, $2,500, and $5,000.
“They ain't gettin' no $5,000,” I shriek.
This most recent solicitation, pictured above, takes the cake.
They suggest I fork over $25,000.
It's from the American-Motorcycle-Association (AMA) Motorcycle Hall-of-Fame campaign.
I ride motorcycle, and am a member of AMA.
I also have given to the Motorcycle Hall-of-Fame in the past.
But they have to be kidding......
“For 25,000 smackaroos they can rename the museum.”

• “Open Door Mission” is a shelter for the homeless and poor.