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

[simplykimberly.livejournal.com]

I actually think this is stupid enough to work. Or rather, I think that people are stupid enough to make it work.

You sell pink and blue pills, labelled as helping to conceive girls, or boys. People are idiots about procreation (yeah, ask me how I know!)

It would say on the label that it's not guaranteed, but you could even offer a money-back guarantee if you wanted. It's going to work about 50% of the time, and who's REALLY going to collect on that sort of guarantee in the end, anyway?

The pills would have chocolate and caffeine in them, encouraging a safe and healthy addiction ;) Well, at least relatively harmless, if not healthy.

This was my ex's idea.

Oh crap ... this actually involves work. Forget it.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*snicker* Wow, what an idea!