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Last week I posted a Friday Funny called Cow Salesman where we found out what would happen if cow salesmen were like car salesmen.  I got an 'off blog' comment that we all should price our products this way.  So I thought I'd play with the numbers and here's what I came up with: 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 ...But for more moderately priced (LOL) Speech Communication studies, visit Art of...

Ever wonder what it would look like if farmers were like car salesmen?  Here's a glimpse from the folks at Good Clean Funnies List.net: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A farmer had been taken advantage of several times by the local car dealer. One day, the car dealer informed the farmer that he was coming over to purchase a cow. The farmer priced his cow as follows: # Basic cow........................... $499.95 # Shipping and handling................. 35.75 # Extra stomach......................... 79.25 # Two-tone exterior.................... 142.10 # Produce storage compartment.......... 126.50 # Heavy-duty straw chopper............. 189.60 # Four-spigot/high-output drain system. 149.20 # Automatic fly swatter................. 88.50 # Genuine cowhide upholstery........... 179.90 # Deluxe dual horns..................... 59.25 # Automatic fertilizer attachment...... 339.40 # 4 x 4 traction...