And they were promised the riches of the world…
I spent most of the day today wasting space on the couch staring at the boob tube. Nothing interesting on, but I had no desire to really accomplish anything for the day. Of course that didn’t stop the 30 minute infomercials from attempting to suck the very life from my poor weary body as I slouched there on the couch. For the very low sum of $100 I could be the next Donal Trump! If it were really that easy everyone would have money and there would be no poor. What specific infomercials did I see today? Well let’s see:
- Carlton Sheets - No Money Down Real Estate
- Russ Whitney - No Money Down Real Estate
- Winning in the Cash Flow Business
- Wizetrade
- One of those Ron Popeil gadgets (not a get rich thing, but just as annoying)
- Like 30 of those www.()money.com commercials
Man what a waste of my brain power. Of course if people weren’t purchasing this drivel we wouldn’t be seeing it on TV 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Of course, I’m sure 90%+ of the people that purchase these courses never ever do anything with them. Now, if someone were to give me a few hundred bucks, but only if I bought a few of these courses, I wouldn’t say no. But I’m a silly person like that. Using someone elses money to buy the packages to test them out doesn’t sound so bad to me. Especially when you wife is chewing your ear off about buying a new car.
And not just any new car, seems she suddenly wants a sporty car. For the longest time she wanted something “safe and sensible” and now she wants sporty. Here current three top choices are the Subaru WRX STi, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, and a Ford Mustang GT (god help me). I for one would rather die than plunk my butt down in the seat of a Mustang, but if she really wants one, well I guess I’ll just have to get it for her. *sighs*
Personally I would take either the STi or the Evo, and I would mind a RX-8 either. After all, no matter what, the car would have to have four seats. Got to have room for the kiddies. Of course, I still have my luxury side that would like a BMW M3 or Lexus IS300, but both of those are decidedly out of our price range at this point. Now if price were no object, well let’s just say a Porsche Carrera GT or Ferrari 575M Maranello would be in the cards. Ok, maybe I’d settle for a Acura NSX if I was feeling poor that day (after all it’s still pretty).
Now, if any car manufacturers just happen to be reading this blog and have one of the above mentioned cars that they would be willing to donate to a poor young couple, we’d be more than happy to accept their generous offer. =D
All of the leads up to the fact that I still need to teach my wife how to drive a manual transmission. DOH!