Can I have a band aid now?

I must say that I find it really amusing how kids come up with ways to get what they want.

Rhett has this crazy thing for Thomas the Train and would do just about anything to get a band aid with Thomas on it. So, in our house the rules are no blood, no band aid (or else we would go broke buying these things).

On this day he really did do a number on his chin and definitely deserved his band aid badge of courage.

But, on this day he decided he would use markers to create a few boo boos of his own in hopes that we would not see the difference. He very seriously explained that he really needed a band aid so the boo boo would heal and asked ever so nicely, "Mommy, can I have my band aid now?" We caught on when the wounds were bright green and purple.

What are some of the most creative things the kids you know have come up with to sell their story?