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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 civil 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 Dip & Chip stand, I gave everybody who walked by a free sample."
They all said the same thing, "Hey, this tastes like dog crap!"
Then I would say, "It is dog crap. Wanna buy a toothbrush? I used the President Obama method of giving you something shitty, but looks good, for free, and then making you pay to get the bad taste out of your mouth." The teacher was speechless. . . . . . . .
Little Johnny got 5 stars for his efforts, bless his heart. . .
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I used the President Obama method of giving you something shitty, but looks good, for free, and then making you pay to get the bad taste out of your mouth.
The Fuck? Do they even have any idea what this allusion is supposed to refer to?
It is dog crap. Wanna buy a toothbrush?
Ya, because any kid who did that wouldn't be beaten within an inch of his life by the first person.
The unspoken lesson here is that you can't get something for nothing. Conservatives would do well to understand this as they try to shut down all government services. Is paying for quality worse than not getting anything at all?
"It looks good...but it's shitty because billionaires spend millions to tell me so. I'd ask myself why that is but since they're billionaires, they must be smarter than me and God must love them better so tra la la! Guess I'll buy a toothbrush!"
Wow. Talk about crowbaring a political message into an otherwise funny joke.
Talk about "good family values." I get it that ReThugs wish to send some wierd message about how Obama is crappy. Ok. That's politics.
But they're also *praising & extolling* the fact that some child sold people shit disguised as food, and then made more money by selling them a toothbrush. WTF??
Really weird, but typical Republican values: lie about stuff, sell people crappy stuff, then sell them something else that they *most likely don't need,* and then fall all over themselves with praise for how "great" they are.
WWJD???
Duly noted that the kid who LIED - and made a lot of money because he LIED - is praised more than the other children who were both truthful and attempting to educate people and encourage community values & civic duty.
Yep: got that message loud & clear.
Do wingnuts even *get* what's being encouraged here?
So let's see:
Lying to make a lot of money off of rubes but not getting caught: check
Getting praised for ripping people off by lying: check
Doing the right thing but not making as much money so not so much praise or adoration: check
Yep: typical rightwing "family" values. Glad to see that, in a constantly changing world, some things remain the same.
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