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Ok, so I�m always trying to come up with cool ideas to make lots of money, let me run a few of them by you guys�

An idea I had last year was to write a book about how mainstream feminism has been captured by the cult of personality surrounding Oprah Winfrey. Not the active feminists, mind you, but your average/lazy women types who feel vaguely indignant, are mildly upset with a wide variety of world issues, and like watching bland unchallenging television (the Do-ers of the world prefer The Apprentice, but that�s another entry). Just think, women everywhere are being given instructions on what to eat, what to read, what issues to care about, by this cult guru who commands legions of hormone laden followers. I thought this was a great idea for a book, but when I told this to my girlfriend she slapped me! (Verbally, not physically, but it still hurts�) I thought about letting her write a section supporting Oprah but I think that would just ruin the whole thrust of my book�

My next idea was for a restaurant, but not just any type of restaurant, this one would serve only deep-fried Hot Pockets.

People love Hot Pockets, you know, they�ve got cheese and a flaky crust and some kind of, um, interesting fillings in them. And deep frying always makes things sell better, if not always taste better. Ok, so people don�t always like Hot Pockets but I think if they�re deep fried it�s like a novelty and they�ve got to try at least one, just to see if they�re any good like that, and for the health conscious, we could offer deep fried Lean Pockets, which are lower in fat.

What do you think?

And just yesterday, ENTIRELY non-coincidentally, I was thinking about starting a cemetery that offered luxury extra-sized grave sites. Like, your headstone would be a full 20 feet away from any other, to allow for maximum grieving by your loved ones. Who wants to be crammed into a narrow regular plot when you could have luxury wide spaces, maybe your own trees�

Anyways, I know someone is going to make these ideas happen�

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2004-04-12 9:36 AM Incredible Business Opportunities! Or Indigestion-Lobby Lawsuits� Previous Entry :: Next Entry Mood: Entrepreneurial Read/Post Comments (1) Share on Facebook	Ok, so I�m always trying to come up with cool ideas to make lots of money, let me run a few of them by you guys� An idea I had last year was to write a book about how mainstream feminism has been captured by the cult of personality surrounding Oprah Winfrey. Not the active feminists, mind you, but your average/lazy women types who feel vaguely indignant, are mildly upset with a wide variety of world issues, and like watching bland unchallenging television (the Do-ers of the world prefer The Apprentice, but that�s another entry). Just think, women everywhere are being given instructions on what to eat, what to read, what issues to care about, by this cult guru who commands legions of hormone laden followers. I thought this was a great idea for a book, but when I told this to my girlfriend she slapped me! (Verbally, not physically, but it still hurts�) I thought about letting her write a section supporting Oprah but I think that would just ruin the whole thrust of my book� My next idea was for a restaurant, but not just any type of restaurant, this one would serve only deep-fried Hot Pockets. People love Hot Pockets, you know, they�ve got cheese and a flaky crust and some kind of, um, interesting fillings in them. And deep frying always makes things sell better, if not always taste better. Ok, so people don�t always like Hot Pockets but I think if they�re deep fried it�s like a novelty and they�ve got to try at least one, just to see if they�re any good like that, and for the health conscious, we could offer deep fried Lean Pockets, which are lower in fat. What do you think? And just yesterday, ENTIRELY non-coincidentally, I was thinking about starting a cemetery that offered luxury extra-sized grave sites. Like, your headstone would be a full 20 feet away from any other, to allow for maximum grieving by your loved ones. Who wants to be crammed into a narrow regular plot when you could have luxury wide spaces, maybe your own trees� Anyways, I know someone is going to make these ideas happen� Read/Post Comments (1) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top
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