I just don’t negotiate like normal people. For example…
Them: We’ll give you $10 a hour.
Me: How about 15?
Them: Well, how about 12?
Me: OK, how about 20?
See, they don’t realize that my 15 was already “discounted.” And while I don’t actually remember my Dad ever saying this, it sounds like him…I’d say: I can’t afford it. And he’d say: If it’s important enough, you can afford it.
B*A*K*E*R*S D*O*Z*E*N
(1) Born on Hallowe’en, such diverse personages as Dale Evans,
Dan Rather, John Candy, Fred McGriff, and Annabella Lwin from
Bow Bow Bow…more at today’s deepfriedhoodsiecups.wordpress.com.
(2) In the cartoons in New Yorker magazine, the Addams family characters
had no names…Charles Addams came up with them for the TV series.
(3) What’s this world coming to? The Blob had hired a personal trainer…
(4) For something really weird, see the 16th century paintings of Giuseppe Arcimboldo…
(5) …contemporary artist Till Nowak has done a similar thing with the Alien,
giving him an eggplant head…and also see his illustration “Dishes”…wicked cool…
(6) Explain to the kiddies that Hallowe’en is the Eve of All Saints’ Day…
like St. Jason, St. Freddy, St. Wolfman, St. Dracula, St. Mummy…
(7) Edgar Allen Poe wrote: I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat…
He also said: I have great faith in fools…self-confidence my friends call it.
(8) If you’re thinking of making serious fun of people, for a living or just as a hobby,
try making fun of yourself for a while…it’s good practice, and people will love it, trust me.
(9) They’re a weird couple…on Hallowe’en, Carol won’t
bob for apples, and on Christmas, Bob won’t go caroling…
(10) Like creating anagrams? Try using Scrabble tiles…it’s a breeze!
(11) I know it’s corny, but for Hallowe’en I’ll be the Master of Scaremonies…
(12) As a kid, I always like the movie “Son of Dracula,” which took place in
England, with the main character Count Alucard (read it backwards…)
13) Italian saying: One’s heart does not believe all that one’s lips utter.
POUTINE-ON-A-STICK
This map is from the book “Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It ” by Michael J. Trinklein. The Transylvania Colony was founded by Daniel Boone in 1775, with the settlement of Boonesborough. Other American Transylvanias include a town in Louisiana, a county in North Carolina, and Transylvania College in Lexington, Kentucky. It means of course simply “across the woods.”
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