Humor
« Previous EntriesThe ‘Tragedy’ of High Gas Prices
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008I saw this in a front page article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (emphasis mine):
“It’s just gotten out of hand,” said 53-year-old Yvonne Brune of Des Moines, Iowa, referring to the rising cost of gasoline. Because of higher gasoline prices, Ms. Brune, who works for a printing company doing marketing on weekdays and separately as [...]
Don’t Let This Be a Metaphor of Your Retirement Plan
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Source: Comics.com
Just a little humor for your Tuesday afternoon.
A side note: Herman is one of my favorite comics. It’s weird how things pop to make you think about someone. Last night I was reading through the free 30-day Herman archive and laughing and crying at the same time. Why? [...]
Humor: Some “Expert” Advice
Thursday, February 21st, 2008I received the following email from a PR person for a personal finance expert I had never heard of before. Here’s the email (I’m leaving off the “expert’s” name because I don’t want to embarrass him):
Personal finance expert A. K. suggests putting as much as you can into your retirement plan. K., who is [...]
OT: My Vote For Funniest Commercial in a Long Time
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008I saw this Old Spice commercial the other night and it cracked me up. It’s not often that a commercial makes me laugh out loud. Enjoy:
What’s Up With Those Kleenex Commercials?
Monday, December 17th, 2007Imagine the following managment meeting at Kimberly-Clark, the makers of Kleenex:
Vice President #1 - “How can we sell more Kleenex?”
All the other executives sit there in silence, scratching their heads.
Vice President #2 - [with a shrug] “If only we could get more people to cry.”
Sighs and shrugs all around the table.
Vice President #4 - “Hey! [...]
How About $5,000 Worth of Polo Shirts for Christmas?
Monday, December 3rd, 2007I saw this in a recent issue of Fortune and thought I’d share it with you. For a mere $5,000, you can buy that special man in your life this:
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It’s a leather and lucite trunk with 40 Polo shirts. I can think of better ways to spend $5,000!
Excellent Quote From “The Mole”
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007From The Mole column in the November 2007 issue of Money comes this most excellent quote regarding performance chasing:
“It’s a heck of a lot easier to construct a portfolio that has performed well than a portfolio that will perform well.”
LOL! Ah the joys of backtesting…
Scott Adams Cracks Me Up
Friday, November 2nd, 2007Last night before I went to bed, I read an editorial in the WSJ by Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoon. I didn’t realize that Scott had a blog (the Dilbert Blog). Scott’s editorial was about his blogging experience. Unfortunately the editorial isn’t availabe for free but can be read [...]
My Father-in-Law is Good For Something!
Monday, April 23rd, 2007I just received the following phone call:
JLP: “Hello”
Lady: “Hello. May I speak with Mr. P please?”
JLP: “This is Mr. P”
Lady: “Mr. P, I’m calling on behalf of the local Farmers Insurance Agency and what we’re doing is calling people to find out if we can save them money on their car insurance. [...]
IRS: We Don’t Care How You Get it. Just Be Sure and Report it!
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006I was reading through the “Other Income” section (scroll down as the page doesn’t seem to be loading correctly) in Publication 17 and found some pretty funny stuff. The section deals with all sorts of “other income” and whether or not you have to report it. Here’s some of the funny stuff I [...]
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