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Category: Money

A Day of Thanksgiving

Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Nov 26, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (3)
Category: Family, Food, Holidays, Money, Documentaries, 1950's

What Is Money?

How I wish I knew!

Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Nov 15, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (4)
Category: Money, Documentaries, 1940's

ACM Wallet

Yes, for only $60.00 you can replace the rubber band that's currently wrapped around your driver's license and credit cards with an ACM Wallet, much too bulky to fit into any pocket or purse, but perfect for a Sherpa's knapsack. Imagine the awed look when you whip this out at a restaurant or store.

I imagine the reaction you'd get would look something like this:

Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (8)
Category: Business, Products, Inventions, Chindogu, Money

What Makes Us Tick

Ha-ha-ha-ha! The Stock Market as savior of our nation! (Here in two parts.)

Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Oct 25, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (4)
Category: Money, Cartoons, 1950's

Donation Meters

How to solve the problem of unruly panhandlers?

The donation meter!

The picture here portrays one in Denver, which I found on the Flickr page of msitarzewski.

Read all about Atlanta's recent experiment with donation meters here.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon Sep 29, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (20)
Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Entertainment, Government, Money, Charity, Signage, Stupidity, Experiments

Smelly Washer

Americans hate stinky things, and seek relief from bad odors in the most unlikely products. I've brought Poo-Pourri to your attention, and Alex has reminded us of Odo-Ro-No. And now we have Smelly Washer, which, according to this article, is selling like beer at Oktoberfest.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Tue Sep 23, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (12)
Category: Business, Products, Domestic, Hygiene, Inventions, Money

$62,000 Blow Job--Unconsumated!

Never bring sixty grand in cash in a duffel bag to an assignation with a $30 hooker. Or if you must, then at least cut back on the cognac consumption beforehand.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (9)
Category: Crime, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Money, Hookers

Invest in Literature--and a Piece of the Brooklyn Bridge

Do you have a spare $2000.00 lying around the house? Why not send it to this untested fiction writer and receive a share of his entirely hypothetical profits?

In fact, I'm a relatively penniless writer too!

Thanks to good pal Sandy Pearlman for discovering this one!

Posted By: Paul | Date: Fri Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (7)
Category: Frauds, Cons and Scams, Literature, Books, Writers, Money, Charity, Self-help Schemes, Performance Art

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