# My nephew got a bike

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nephew-got-a-bike/428882>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 5, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nephew-got-a-bike/428882 "2007-12-05T04:57:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nephew-got-a-bike/428882/1 "2007-12-05T04:57:45Z")

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Sis just called. My nephew got a free bike… for being in the third grade. Apparently some athlete (San Diego Charger?) donated a bunch of bicycles to the school and they were given to the students.

And nephew got 100% on his multiplication test.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-nephew-got-a-bike/428882/2 "2007-12-05T05:11:02Z")

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That’s pretty awesome!

Much better than a free iPod or video game, IMHO.