The Best Sales Line Ever
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Um, neat.
fullproof?
Your spelling isn't fool proof either.
Ok Ben.
I'll take two.
First off, "fullproof"? Next, when did this story happen? The greatest sales line in the world isn't much use when you're selling calendars nearly 5 months into the year.
cats suck
for all intensive purposes, i believe fullproof is correct.
GO Ralph Nader!
GO Ralph Nader!
GO Ralph Nader!
Oh boy, I hope my last comment didn't go through now that I read the rest of them........
I think someone's telling you that you need a feline in your life, Ben.
GO Ralph Nader!
Those kittens are adorable at any speed.
All this talk of fool (full) proof got me thinking of that alcohol I used to drink in college that had a ridiculous proof (it was everclear - 190). Couldn't remember the name.
No I'm not an alcoholic.
@homerjay: I made that mistake in 5th grade...in 6th grade I "second that emotion" ended all attempts at me being witty. It's been dry humor since that point.
What an effin' liberty!
I wonder if Nader is going to fight for our identity privacy, so it doesn't get stolen. I know the other candidates aren't.
Nader...ugh. Unfortunately, people are voting for him. Just save time and vote for McCain.
I know people who voted for him in the 2000 election because they "couldn't see much difference between Bush and Gore." ORLY? Gore - Nobel Peace Prize. Bush - over $1,000,000,000,000 budget in '08 for war. I hope its clear now.
@homerjay:
I think that was a joke.
@ Ben
Wow, you've just given me the greatest idea ever for hitting on women. "Hey, what's up? My name is TJ." "Get away from me you freak!" "Wait, you forgot your kitten calendar!"
whip cream anyone?
@ludwigk:
Granted, he isn't going to win, but are you really advocating "a vote for Nader is a vote for $REPUBLICAN" even in states like Utah, New York, and California where the race isn't anything close to competitive.
It pays to remember that the Presidential election isn't one election but 51 elections with different weights assigned to different states.
I don't get it.
@snazz: I know I certainly can't. I practically squealed aloud at my desk when I saw the kitties holding paws.
Boo! Booooooo!
I dont get it...someone please explain this to me?
@stinerman: Meanwhile during the primary the media headlines keep assigning entire states to the candidates when that's not how primary votes are actually apportioned.
I also do not get what point Ben is trying to make. Maybe they are both kind of fuzzy? I don't know.
"intensive purposes"... gotta love it
@joemono: @btdown: Before we get started, you realize jokes aren't funny after they've been explained, right?
This sales line was an example of a non-sequitur, which is, a comment that doesn't follow from its premise, viz.:
Step 1: Who are you voting for?
Step 2: [any answer]
Step 3: You need kitten calendarz!
In most humor, there is some sort of logical relationship between the setup and the punchline. But in the non-sequitur, the humor is in the fact that the punchline doesn't relate to the joke at all. This joke gains additional traction from the prevalence of cat-related memes on the internet, and from the irresistible adorableness of kittens.
@ChuckECheese: Thanks. Someone had to do it. The joke gets further traction because we once sent a guy undercover to work at a DS-MAX/innovage-type sales office.
It would have made his day if you told him you were voting for kittens
If it's a non-sequitur, then why did Ben call it "political comedy"? What's so political about kittens?
The best thing about the hands-holding kittens?
They're both boys!
i tried to get my cats to pose like that. one of them bit me.
: (
Of course, there's always that image: "It's dangerous out there! Take this!" and it's a kitten.
Kittens are cute and all, and the sales pitch not bad, but I still wouldnt buy a calendar. If they were ornate box turtles... then maybe I'd buy one. Even though the only calander I have any real use for is the the one on my cellphone.
Ben, what a lovely story.
And you tell it so well!
It's too bad that there weren't 3 kittens one black one white and one dead.
I can has "none of the above"?