Proof Positive that Some People Really DO Have More Dollars than Working Brain Cells
Here’s a nice paperclip – well, actually a money clip that’s styled to look like a paper clip.
It was originally sold for $185 at Barney’s in NYC. But they apparently have it on sale now – current price is “only” $150! No word on whether shipping and handling is extra.
If you think I’m joking . . . read this – then read this.
Yep – that’s $150 for a paperclip, albeit a large one (about 2 1/2 in long by a bit over 3/4 in wide) in sterling silver. But hey – it’s a genuine Prada!
Sheesh.
If you actually bought one of those, I’d like to talk to you. I have this bridge in NYC for sale, and I can make you a helluva deal . . . .
Category: "Teh Stoopid", WTF?, YGBSM!!
You know those commercials that will allow you to name a star after someone? Well, Hack had an idea to set up a website that will allow you to name a grain of sand after someone. Too late. Someone beat me to it. At least I still have my position as a board member of a proud woman owned business that sells software to the federal government.
http://www.halfbakery.com/lr/idea/Name-A-Grain
Stephan Pastis had “naming a grain of sand” as a theme in some of his Pearls Before Swine comic strips. He was doing the same thing, poking fun at people who wanted to pay to name a star. In one of his trips, a couple of the characters had a little friction going on as they wanted to name the same grain of sand.
Jonn could make a fortune with a ‘Name a Poser’ program. I’m thinking he could take bids. Some posers would be worth much more than others. The regular old run-of-the-mill posers might be expected to be bid to, oh, $X, the real slugs would bring multiples of that amount. Jonn would make a mint.
Yeah, but Hondo, it IS Sterling Silver! /sarc
Add to this clip this $1100.00 shopping bag and a person would really be stylin’ when shopping.
(Check out the dude’s threads carrying the shopping bag……..baaaaarf)
http://en.colette.fr/sac-482545-0ai1n-h-blanc-noir.html#
Free markets, supply and demand. Any item is worth exactly what someone is willing to pay for it.
I have no problem with this whatsoever, and while yes, it makes me shake my head, I do so with a smile.
Makes me smile, too. Then I remember that the fools who buy that stuff get to vote, and it’s not that funny anymore.
buzz killer
Yeah. Sometimes reality sucks, but we can’t avoid it forever. Eventually it gets our attention.
Democracy is the best system of government man’s ever come up with, but it does have its drawbacks. One of those drawbacks is that it’s entirely possible for a population that’s either sheltered from reality or ignorant to be conned into electing a fool – or an evil demagogue – if that fool or demagogue is both glib and charismatic.
IMO we haven’t yet seen either happen in this country (last Administration possibly excepted). But I fear we may one day.
One (or perhaps both) of those cases have indeed IMO happened overseas.
Pick your battles.
Not only do they get to vote but many of them work in the media and even government.
Considering how many people voted for Obama/Clinton it’s probably safe to say they work pretty much everywhere in some percentage.
Naw. It’s the high proportion who do no work but still vote who are of most concern.
And then there’s this, jeans for people who want to make it look like they actually work for a living: (I looked and they are still being sold for 300+)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/26/nordstrom-is-selling-jeans-caked-in-fake-dirt-for-hundreds-of-dollars/?utm_term=.742c15b43b33
MSG Eric, “I be rich”!!
Hell, I have more than a few caulk wiping, paint splattered, grease soaked, garden mud covered jeans that I refuse to get rid of except if some metro-sexual wants to part with some cash being held together by his sterling silver paper-clip money holder.
$425.00 a pair sound to much? Knee holes no extra charge.
No. That price is too low. If they have genuine, certified crap on them, as evidenced by a signed wallet-sized certificate, you should charge $625, minimum.
Yes. I saw in online shopping venues last night that the ‘distressed’ look (like a hobo) is returning to jeans. I have several pairs that are so distressed, they need a special counseling service to get over it. I don’t see the point in dressing like a bum, but I haven’t tossed any of them, and I may just make minor repairs, which will save some money.
Yeah, uh… I have a box full of large paper clips I’ll sell you for a mere $75.00. I’ll even sign the box, if you like. Autographs are worth something, right?
Paperclips I have, do you have a pet rock?
I have many, many rocks that followed me home. After the pet rock boom died, those homeless rocks needed shelter. I took some to the beach and kept a few for remembrances.
I owned one of those pet rocks that actually was a weather forecaster. had it outside my door and when it was wet, I knew that it was raining and when dry, it was not raining.
http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/index.html
This guy made fat stacks on what essentially started as a joke.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2010/08/david-rees-artisanal-pencil-sharpening.html
previous article about the artisan sharpened pencil
Gotta wonder how many pages in a book on “How to Sharpen Pencils.” I wonder if it’s mandatory reading for government bureaucrats.
Our current state of affairs kinda points towards the likelihood that a mandatory reading list doesn’t exist.
Guess the educational system is really in the toilet if you need to buy a book to show you how to sharpen a pencil. Anybody who does buy it probably needs to hire someone to read it to them. More money than brains folks, I’d guess. I understand Obama has one; also Lars and Bernath.
That’s marked down from what the Air Force is paying.
Which is still substantially less than the Special Operations paper clips
All of the examples in the comments here simply prove that PT Barnum’s apocryphal quote was spot-on.
And proof that there is money to be made in this country for people that endeavor to do so.
“This Way to the Egress!” isn’t too shabby, either.
Pet rocks. They mourn their Creator.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/us/gary-dahl-inventor-of-the-pet-rock-dies-at-78.html
“Dahl was born in Bottineau, North Dakota and raised in Spokane, Washington. His mother was a waitress and his father was a lumber-mill worker.”
and he made millions with an idea that he put into reality. America:Fukk Yeah!
I was interested in seeing if the Balenciaga shopping bag was available in Realtree camo, but got distracted by the NY Post story on How Glitter Boobs Became The Summer’s Hottest Festival Trend.
Did somebody say boobs?
Somebody else reads Instapundit I see.
Not such a new idea. When I was a child, a very large safety pin was THE accessory that girls like my older sister HAD to have on their pleated skirts. I recall it was placed vertically and low to weight the skirt properly. I’m sure there were high-priced versions of those things to be had in Bloomingdale’s and the other fine stores.
Sounds like All-Points Logistics may be involved in this…
All the while the False Commander “Phony” Phil Monkress gargles balls as he avoids phone calls seeking clarification of his fake Native American, Law Enforcement and Navy SEAL claims.
I was thinking a certain “woman owned” business with a former address in Bethesda probably was trying to corner the market… it was the “black swan” event that a shit-stained, spandex wearing “C-suite” type has been looking his whole life for.
I think I have that beat. If anyone is looking for a new razor, here you go: http://www.zafirro.com/zafirro-iridium.php
It does come with 20 years of complimentary blades and servicing.
wow…ambitious to say the least
Must be a slow weekend at TAH.
I’ll go back to yelling at kids to get off my lawn now.
ahmmma go chew on some tinfoil
MacGyver would be damn near unstoppable with this.
Funny.
Meh. I’ve seen worse examples https://www.amazon.com/Passion-Lubes-Natural-Water-Based-Lubricant/dp/B005MR3IVO/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1499014539&sr=8-1&keywords=personal%2Blubricant%2Bdrum&th=1
I will be coming out with my new invention shortley. It is a wheelchair done completely in camo. It is for those of us who cannot run but still wish to hide.
Hmm. Reminds me of the old Microsoft “Clippy” assistant.
I paid about $10k for a few beers in 05.
Was that via a DUI?
I guess the Barneys store was a “REAL CLIP JOINT”
I once invented a time machine that could bring me 1 hour into the future in 60 minutes. anyone want to buy it???
BHWHAHAHAHHA !!!!!!!
Beats spending millions of dollars a year to be a D-bag to your fellow Americans, because a couple billion dollars is not enough to live on.