Learn from Children & Naked Germans
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Shoppers headed to the nation's malls and stores to grab post-holiday bargains Monday as merchants slashed prices even deeper. After slashing prices 40 to 50 percent in early December, some retailers cut another 60 to 70 percent before Christmas and now another 40 to 50 percent after Christmas. What some shoppers can't understand is, if they're going to cut prices 170 percent, why not just make it an even 200 percent off?
- Folks, something weird us going on when stores cut prices 300 percent and still charge too much.
ABC bid farewell to Monday Night Football Monday night. Dandy Don and Hank Jr. were supposed to sing "The Party's Over," but neither one could stay awake.
- For his 35 years of service, sportscaster Keith Jackson was presented a gold Laz-Y-Boy recliner.
Thirty naked Germans jumped into a Berlin lake for good health on Christmas Day. Let's hope they have good health, since obviously their mental health is already shot.
- Can't you see Jesus looking down at these guys? "Hey, Dad, 30 German guys are celebrating my birthday by running around naked in a Santa Claus hat."
- And God says, "Tell 'em to go jump in the lake!"
Terrific Tuesday
Tuesday is Watch the Children Day, and learn again how to enjoy life.
Louis Pasteur was born on December 27 in 1822. Pasteur's hobby was microbes and germs and little things like that. He discovered bacteria and rabies and vaccinations and lots of other good stuff. In his spare time, by discovering how to keep food from spoiling, he also invented leftovers.
Guitarist Scotty Moore was born on December 27 in 1931. He played for both the younger skinnier Elvis and the older fatter Elvis. You might say he stuck with Elvis through thin and thick.
On December 27 in 1900 prohibitionist Carry Nation demolished a hotel bar in Kansas City while screaming "Peace on earth, goodwill to men!" Ironically, even though Carry was single and quite attractive, nobody offered to buy her a drink.
- Carry was a teetotaler, thank goodness. You can imagine what kind of damage she could have done with a couple of drinks under her girdle.
Love & Learn
Downsize, De-Clutter Your Life - There are times in life when you need to get rid of things. Things that clutter your life. Things that no longer have value to you and your family.
Thoughts While Plucking My Ears
Women go to after-Christmas sales to get their shopping done early for next year. Men go to get gifts for the people they forgot.
The after-Christmas miracle is when the Christmas lights fit back into the same box you got them out of.
The wonderful week between Christmas and New Year's is for returning gifts, watching football, and thinking up New Year's resolutions to break on January 2nd.
Longjohns for today's blog are provided by Fruit-of-the-Goose. That's right, blizzard fans, goose-down longjohns keep you twice as warm as the regular kind. And after a while you get used to the tickling.
Shoppers headed to the nation's malls and stores to grab post-holiday bargains Monday as merchants slashed prices even deeper. After slashing prices 40 to 50 percent in early December, some retailers cut another 60 to 70 percent before Christmas and now another 40 to 50 percent after Christmas. What some shoppers can't understand is, if they're going to cut prices 170 percent, why not just make it an even 200 percent off?
- Folks, something weird us going on when stores cut prices 300 percent and still charge too much.
ABC bid farewell to Monday Night Football Monday night. Dandy Don and Hank Jr. were supposed to sing "The Party's Over," but neither one could stay awake.
- For his 35 years of service, sportscaster Keith Jackson was presented a gold Laz-Y-Boy recliner.
Thirty naked Germans jumped into a Berlin lake for good health on Christmas Day. Let's hope they have good health, since obviously their mental health is already shot.
- Can't you see Jesus looking down at these guys? "Hey, Dad, 30 German guys are celebrating my birthday by running around naked in a Santa Claus hat."
- And God says, "Tell 'em to go jump in the lake!"
Terrific Tuesday
Tuesday is Watch the Children Day, and learn again how to enjoy life.
Louis Pasteur was born on December 27 in 1822. Pasteur's hobby was microbes and germs and little things like that. He discovered bacteria and rabies and vaccinations and lots of other good stuff. In his spare time, by discovering how to keep food from spoiling, he also invented leftovers.
Guitarist Scotty Moore was born on December 27 in 1931. He played for both the younger skinnier Elvis and the older fatter Elvis. You might say he stuck with Elvis through thin and thick.
On December 27 in 1900 prohibitionist Carry Nation demolished a hotel bar in Kansas City while screaming "Peace on earth, goodwill to men!" Ironically, even though Carry was single and quite attractive, nobody offered to buy her a drink.
- Carry was a teetotaler, thank goodness. You can imagine what kind of damage she could have done with a couple of drinks under her girdle.
Love & Learn
Downsize, De-Clutter Your Life - There are times in life when you need to get rid of things. Things that clutter your life. Things that no longer have value to you and your family.
Thoughts While Plucking My Ears
Women go to after-Christmas sales to get their shopping done early for next year. Men go to get gifts for the people they forgot.
The after-Christmas miracle is when the Christmas lights fit back into the same box you got them out of.
The wonderful week between Christmas and New Year's is for returning gifts, watching football, and thinking up New Year's resolutions to break on January 2nd.
Longjohns for today's blog are provided by Fruit-of-the-Goose. That's right, blizzard fans, goose-down longjohns keep you twice as warm as the regular kind. And after a while you get used to the tickling.
posted by Joe Hickman at 12:38 PM
1 Comments:
Mathematically, a 170 percent off sale means that consumers won't actually be buying them... they will actually be paid 70% of the original price to take them away!
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