Ray: Hey, thanks for that interview, Barry.
Barry Bonds: No problem. Excuse me, do you have change for the phone?
Ray: Sure, yeah. What, do you need me to break a million?
Barry Bonds: Come on. What's with you reporters always getting on me about my salary?
Ray: It's funny, calling $7 million a salary.
Barry Bonds: What do you make?
Ray: Well, I think that's kind of personal.
Barry Bonds: Exactly.
Ray: Yeah, but what you make is news, because it's so gigantic.
Barry Bonds: All right, what do you make, really? About, say, $50,000 a year?
Ray: Yeah, about that.
Barry Bonds: Okay, that's two columns a week, about eight columns a month. About $500 a column.
Ray: It is?
Barry Bonds: Yeah, it's $1 a word. For every little word like "the" and "a". If you hit the letter "a," it's $1.
Ray: I guess I'm doing all right then.
Barry Bonds: You see?
Ray: Yeah.
Barry Bonds: Oh, can I borrow a quarter for the phone?
Ray: Here, take two.