Get Rich Quick

[cjsmith]

[From a Y!IM conversation, reposted with permission]

cjsmith: What else can we make lists of?
joedecker: hmm
joedecker: ways to easily become fantastically wealthy with no work
cjsmith: 1. inherit from millionaire
joedecker: 2. lottery
cjsmith: 3. discover you are the long-lost heir to some kingdom
joedecker: 4. have a bank fall into your back yard
joedecker: 5. invent a world-class fart-noise-generator
cjsmith: 5a. and don't build a prototype or anything, just have someone offer you a bajillion for it sight unseen
joedecker: right!
joedecker: put it on ebay
joedecker: put "playstation 3" in the item title
cjsmith: 6. get people into a bidding war over who can give you the most money
cjsmith: 7. tell a friend to sell his old socks on eBay and give you half the proceeds
cjsmith: OK, number 7 needs lots of friends or one with lots of socks.
cjsmith: 8. trip and fall into a gold mine
joedecker: 9. "up from the ground came a-bubblin' crude"
cjsmith: 10. dream, verbatim, the next Harry Potter (ie the next smash hit)
cjsmith: 10a. and dictate it to someone who's willing to do the work of writing it and submitting it
joedecker: 11. have your urine tested and find out it's a new world-class antiviral drug

I'm surprised we came up with as many as we did. Frankly, I think #4 is a masterpiece.

Any additions? :-)

Comments

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

Create something from a strange source (for example, cow fetuses), put it into gel capsules, and market it by saying that the facists in the FDA don't want you to know about this cure for [something awful that you can get from believing SCIENCE! on the web].

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

You win.

I quote joedecker again, from an entirely different conversation. "Scientists will tell you this can't possibly work. But decide for yourself!"

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

Yay, I win! Now I shall go home and await my multimillion dollar check.

You did say that there'd be a check, right?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

As soon as you do it, yeah, there's a check! :-) Me, I'm still waiting for that bank.

out of scope

[cos]

That's a great one, but it requires that you do some work before you make the money.

killing the dreams of a failed marketing drone

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

*looks at you through narrowed eyes*

You're an engineer, aren't you?

Re: killing the dreams of a failed marketing drone

[cos]

I'm a geek, but I don't know if I'm an engineer... maybe? :)