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Word Salesman

I posted this about a year ago.  It got such a wonderful response that I thought I'd bring it back.  It's a take-off on how a typical car salesmen would break down the price of a car.   I was thinking about what I do, which is really selling my words.  So accordingly, here is the breakdown of the price for a... Word Salesman: Words ..............................................................................$14.95 Title Fee .............................................................................$1.73 Order Tax (ya gotta have the words in the right order!) ...$20.99 Translation Fee (so my thoughts are in ENGLISH) ..........$10.75 Punctuation Accessories ...................................................$7.95 Adjective Fee ....................................................................$4.95 Paragraph Charge ..............................................................$2.23 PDF Handy Carrying Case ................................................$17.95 Years of Research and Education .................................$1059.72 ———————————————————————————————————- Total cost for one communication study! ......................$1141.22 For more moderately...

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