No such thing as a free lunch?

Question

Hi folks,
This mobile 'phone boss has just appeared on BBC Breakfast stating that roaming charges etc are justified, and twice said that there is no such thing as a free lunch.
Rubbish. I have had loads of free lunches when buying electical equipment for the company, and put plenty of free lunches on expenses when selling the finished product.
OK those costs are all built in somewhere. I am not an accountant, but to me those are as free as air.
No I tell fibs, I have to bung a twenty pence bit into the local machine to check tyre pressures.
UKmobile 'phone companies are onto a £6billion annual profit, so it is about time that we all had a free lunch out of them.
Have you had a free lunch recently ?

Bob.

Answer 1

i've never had a free lunch. i always had to give something else up to get it. it may not have been money, but i had to give up my time to eat that "free" lunch. it's opportunity cost.

Answer 2

Hey Bob, the acronym is "TANSTAFL", or, "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch". Expression goes way back. I recall reading it in a novel by Robert Heinlin many years ago. He's the first one to use tanstafl regularly. It's one of those philosophical/cliche statements that has a lot of philosophy behind it and tells a great message in a few words.

Answer 3

A frre launch , what launch my boat ?
I`m lost here...
Beam me up ...etc...