Generally, I’m of the belief that all families should get family portraits taken. Mainly so I can quickly gauge whether it’s a family I really want to get involved with.  Seriously, if you’ve just hooked up with someone new, try and get a look at the family portraits hanging up in their parents hallway as soon as you can. Trust me, they will tell you everything you need to know about your new partner. The earlier you see the portrait the easier it is to extract yourself from the relationship.

I like how this guys pitch is both warm and threatening. It’s written using some sort of marketing tourettes syndrome technique which is the exact same technique the Jehovahs Witnesses use when they turn up on your doorstep. “Would you like to be saved from burning endlessly in eternal damnation?” (warm friendly smile) “The first step is to buy this free magazine for $2″ (warm friendly smile)

I think the tattooist was on the phone to his mum when he was doing this.

Hopefully he’s in the U.S talking to Clinton about ending the fashion-embargo that has held Libya in it’s grip since 1984.

Look at the state of Gaddafi’s uniform!  The finishing and attention to detail is atrocious. His medal-patch looks like it was bought from a $2 shop and I have no idea why he has pinned a family photo bordered with red electrical tape to his chest. I’ve seen better tailored uniforms on trick or treat kids. Are there no mirrors in Libya?  No one is buying the ‘all-natural’ black hair either.

Grrrr….

A few years ago ‘advertising media’ was the default get rich scheme.  Some guy would see a space that didn’t have advertising on it, like the sides of churches, hubcaps, footpaths, dental surgery lights etc… and go “Hey, I should sell advertising on that and make a million dollars!”.  None of these schemes would work because no one is really interested in reading advertising written on the side of the coffin at the funeral they just went too, and even less people are interested in paying to use the space. This didn’t however seem to deter people from investing everything they had in the “brilliant new media opportunity” they just thought up.

What did stop them was the iPod.

Now the default money making scheme is “Hey! I’m going to make a million dollars by making something that an iPod can plug into!”

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