Artifacts are a major portion of an Indian reservation's economy.
Annually, thousands of tourists visit reservations and most will not leave
without purchasing at least one memento of the traditional Indian culture.
One enterprising Indian was able to outsell his competitors in the sale
of wooden dolls by selling them at only a fraction of the cost others
had to charge.
Upon examining his dolls, they found that where hard wood was
traditionally used, this Indian would use cheap pine on which he glued
thin pieces of fine mahogany, thus being able to produce the dolls at only
a fraction of the cost.
While he claimed his dolls were still authentic, his competitors
complained that they were only cheap Sioux veneers.
"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:49:46 -0500, -MIKE- <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>You mislabeled the subject line with "humor."
>>
>>:-p
>
> But he was right about the On Topic part, though..
>
>
There ya go. Maybe somebody could create a tongue in cheek guide to "ON
TOPIC".
On Aug 10, 4:11=A0pm, "Artemus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Artifacts are a major portion of an Indian reservation's economy.
> Annually, thousands of tourists visit reservations and most will not leav=
e
> without purchasing at least one memento of the traditional Indian culture=
.
>
> One enterprising Indian was able to outsell his competitors in the sale
> of wooden dolls by selling them at only a fraction of the cost others
> had to charge.
>
> Upon examining his dolls, they found that where hard wood was
> traditionally used, this Indian would use cheap pine on which he glued
> thin pieces of fine mahogany, thus being able to produce the dolls at onl=
y
> a fraction of the cost.
>
> While he claimed his dolls were still authentic, his competitors
> complained that they were only cheap Sioux veneers.
A solid 7 on the Groan Scale...IOW, pretty good!
Artemus wrote:
> Artifacts are a major portion of an Indian reservation's economy.
> Annually, thousands of tourists visit reservations and most will not leave
> without purchasing at least one memento of the traditional Indian culture.
>
> One enterprising Indian was able to outsell his competitors in the sale
> of wooden dolls by selling them at only a fraction of the cost others
> had to charge.
>
> Upon examining his dolls, they found that where hard wood was
> traditionally used, this Indian would use cheap pine on which he glued
> thin pieces of fine mahogany, thus being able to produce the dolls at only
> a fraction of the cost.
>
> While he claimed his dolls were still authentic, his competitors
> complained that they were only cheap Sioux veneers.
>
You mislabeled the subject line with "humor."
:-p
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Artemus wrote:
> Artifacts are a major portion of an Indian reservation's economy.
> Annually, thousands of tourists visit reservations and most will not leave
> without purchasing at least one memento of the traditional Indian culture.
>
> One enterprising Indian was able to outsell his competitors in the sale
> of wooden dolls by selling them at only a fraction of the cost others
> had to charge.
>
> Upon examining his dolls, they found that where hard wood was
> traditionally used, this Indian would use cheap pine on which he glued
> thin pieces of fine mahogany, thus being able to produce the dolls at only
> a fraction of the cost.
>
> While he claimed his dolls were still authentic, his competitors
> complained that they were only cheap Sioux veneers.
>
>
>
And I'll bet you are proud of that one. You should be ashamed. Lessee
here, cut, paste, ayup. :-)
Mr. Serious,
jo4hn
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:49:46 -0500, -MIKE- <[email protected]> wrote:
>You mislabeled the subject line with "humor."
>
>:-p
But he was right about the On Topic part, though..
mac
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