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

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

marry someone rich (oh wait - you said 'no work' :))

become a land pirate!!!! YARR!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I wonder what the King of Sweden and a comfortable couch are worth? :)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

A bit more than a sovereign

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* A crown and change!

Yes, Land Pirate as a career has much to recommend it.