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Manana syndrome identified as possible pandemic by CDC68

Manana syndrome identified as possible pandemic by CDC

I just watched "Gone With the Wind". Must be about the seventeenth time. I'm from the south and watching GWW helps remind me we should have won the war. The movie also reminded me Scarlett O'Hara and I have something in common. Remember when...

1 comment    pandemic winston churchill gone with the wind
Never wear a yellow leisure suit when making a sales call!57

Never wear a yellow leisure suit when making a sales call!

  I guess I’ll just reach in the old mailbag and answer some reader letters.  This is a big part of my column writing job, helping ailing print salespeople.      This first letter is from Covey...

4 comments    business what to wear
Slackers are killing the economy!58

Slackers are killing the economy!

       This is about work.        That’s right, work!        Don’t hang up on me!  I know you work hard.  I know you are diligent. I know you are tireless.  I’m not...

3 comments    productivity wall street journal
World's worst salesman moves to Berkley58

World's worst salesman moves to Berkley

  Dear Marvelle, You idiot! I got your message on my voice mail the first time.  You didn't need to leave six more messages.  By the way, Mister Impatience, voice mail is for names, phone numbers and...

1 comment    business money good manners
I founded the Psychic Amigo Network at $4.99 an hour you get a great psychic reading.58

I founded the Psychic Amigo Network at $4.99 an hour you get a great psychic reading.

  Well, it's day 45 of my recent unfortunate incarceration and I've already come up in the world.  I've been moved to a larger cell on the penthouse level, they have installed a bank of phones, fax and...

1 comment    psychic readings life is good
More of my great ideas57

More of my great ideas

  The average citizen never stops to think about the source of all the printed material they see and read.  I guess the people in the printing industry are too busy working hard and fail to call much...

2 comments    business marketing humor
The home of the Carolina Mudcats and my friend Barrie Davis!50

The home of the Carolina Mudcats and my friend Barrie Davis!

  There's a place that's a little bit of heaven down in North Carolina called Zebulon.  That's zip code number 27597 in your zip code directory.  Zebulon is near Raleigh but it's not too close to the...

3 comments    friendship baseball barbecue
Selling is too damn hard so get a job as a beachcomber59

Selling is too damn hard so get a job as a beachcomber

Dear Salespeople in North Americaland:      I've been wanting to write you about some of things that are on my mind.       About half of you are unsuited for print sales and it would really help...

1 comment    business selling is hard
How Angel got scammed by a real city slicker.55

How Angel got scammed by a real city slicker.

A pal o' mine, the great Angel Stump, owns Angel's Rapture Graphics.  Rapture Graphics is a $14 million sheetfed company just south of Nashville.  Angel renamed the company after he caught the Holy Spirit at...

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I invented the Madoff ponzi scheme back in 200052

I invented the Madoff ponzi scheme back in 2000

Bernie Madoff has gotten all the credit and the money for my idea. I wrote this in 2000 and he stole my idea. If you work for a printing company, an equipment manufacturer, a paper company, a supplier of...

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