I ' ve probably listened to the Boston Corbett episode half a dozen times at least and the bit about Lincoln giving speeches out of the White house window makes me choke with laughter every damn time . <| sep |> Werdz r hard . unlike uthejesbusfire ' s dick ~ ~ Loads <| sep |> Na pumas bud , link above <| sep |> I think that ' s almost the point . At least in my mind , it ' s not a gift for a 14 yo , it ' s a gift for a future 25 yo . When I was a kid growing up , I had a great grandfather who only gave us savings bonds as gifts . I though that was super lame . Fast forward to my current self 25 and they are one of the best gifts ever . I ' ve used them to put money down for my first apartment lease , then later as a partial down payment on a house , and most recently , a down payment for a new car . If I had gotten cash as a kid it ' d be gone by now , but here I am , still waiting for bonds to mature well after my great grandfather is gone . And I ' ll have bonds maturing for the next 10 years and it ' s amazing .