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I've much enjoyed my time off from updating my website weekly, religiously. I really have enjoyed not feeling like, welll, it's a chore. That was covered here, with a lack of inzpuration? I know what that means.
But slowly, and slowly, there's enough in the inbox to get close to an update, not on a trimeframe, but by volume and quality.
Everybody knows about Little Johnny. This is yet another one from Lisa in West Virginia. Yeah, I feel a site update coming up. All of the LIttle Johnny jokes are too long, but of course, it's all abut the setup, and goes much better telling it out loud than when you're reading it on the screen:
HOW TO SELL TOOTHBRUSHES
The kids filed back into class Monday morning. They were very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk on productive salesmanship.
Little Sally led off: "I sold Girl Scout cookies and I made $30," she said proudly, "My sales approach was to appeal to the customer's civic spirit and I credit that approach for my obvious success."
"Very good," said the teacher.
Little Jenny was next:
"I sold magazines," she said, "I made $45 and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current events."
"Very good, Jenny," said the teacher.
Eventually, it was Little Johnny's turn.
The teacher held her breath ...
Little Johnny walked to the front of the classroom and dumped a box full of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,467," he said.
"$2,467!" cried the teacher, "What in the world were you selling?"
"Toothbrushes," said Little Johnny.
"Toothbrushes!" echoed the teacher, "How could you possibly sell enough tooth brushes to make that much money?"
"I found the busiest corner in town," said Little Johnny. "I set up a Chip & Dip stand and gave everybody who walked by a free sample. They all said the same thing, 'Hey, this tastes like dog poop!' Then I would say, 'It IS dog poop. Wanna buy a toothbrush?'"
But slowly, and slowly, there's enough in the inbox to get close to an update, not on a trimeframe, but by volume and quality.
Everybody knows about Little Johnny. This is yet another one from Lisa in West Virginia. Yeah, I feel a site update coming up. All of the LIttle Johnny jokes are too long, but of course, it's all abut the setup, and goes much better telling it out loud than when you're reading it on the screen:
HOW TO SELL TOOTHBRUSHES
The kids filed back into class Monday morning. They were very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk on productive salesmanship.
Little Sally led off: "I sold Girl Scout cookies and I made $30," she said proudly, "My sales approach was to appeal to the customer's civic spirit and I credit that approach for my obvious success."
"Very good," said the teacher.
Little Jenny was next:
"I sold magazines," she said, "I made $45 and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current events."
"Very good, Jenny," said the teacher.
Eventually, it was Little Johnny's turn.
The teacher held her breath ...
Little Johnny walked to the front of the classroom and dumped a box full of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,467," he said.
"$2,467!" cried the teacher, "What in the world were you selling?"
"Toothbrushes," said Little Johnny.
"Toothbrushes!" echoed the teacher, "How could you possibly sell enough tooth brushes to make that much money?"
"I found the busiest corner in town," said Little Johnny. "I set up a Chip & Dip stand and gave everybody who walked by a free sample. They all said the same thing, 'Hey, this tastes like dog poop!' Then I would say, 'It IS dog poop. Wanna buy a toothbrush?'"
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