The kids filed into class Monday morning. They were all very excited.
Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk on
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 Debbie 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, Debbie", 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 and I gave everybody who walked by a free sample."
They all said the same thing, "Hey, this tastes like dog poop!" Then I would
say, "It is dog poop. Wanna buy a toothbrush? I used the President Obama
method of giving you some crap, dressing it up so it looks good, telling you
it's free and then making you pay to get the bad taste out of your mouth."
Little Johnny got five stars for his assignment. Bless his heart.
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "Mike Marlow" wrote:
>
> The old toothbrush joke.
>
> Kicked the slats out of the cradle the first time I heard it.
>
Well - was it as good this time around?
--
-Mike-
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HeyBub wrote:
> Mike Marlow wrote:
>>
>> They all said the same thing, "Hey, this tastes like dog poop!" Then
>> I would say, "It is dog poop. Wanna buy a toothbrush? I used the
>> President Obama method of giving you some crap, dressing it up so it
>> looks good, telling you it's free and then making you pay to get the
>> bad taste out of your mouth."
>> Little Johnny got five stars for his assignment. Bless his heart.
>
> From a TEACHER?
>
> Must not have been in a government school.
No idea - it just appeared in my mailbox and I moved it along to here for
the fun of it.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
Mike Marlow wrote:
>
> They all said the same thing, "Hey, this tastes like dog poop!" Then
> I would say, "It is dog poop. Wanna buy a toothbrush? I used the
> President Obama method of giving you some crap, dressing it up so it
> looks good, telling you it's free and then making you pay to get the
> bad taste out of your mouth."
> Little Johnny got five stars for his assignment. Bless his heart.
From a TEACHER?
Must not have been in a government school.