The 6 Least Impressive Ways Anyone Ever Got Rich (you will love this article)

[DainBramaged]

(older but huge fun)





http://www.cracked.com/article_19640_the-6-least-impressive-ways-anyone-ever-got-rich.html?wa_user1=3&wa_user2=Weird+World&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended

[clarice]

1. Good post, but I'll bet more people get rich by using good ol elbow grease nt.

[Wilms]

2. And I'll bet even more get rich throwing elbows. n/t

[clarice]

3. Why do you say that? nt

[Egalitarian Thug]

4. Nobody gets rich using elbow grease. You get rich buying other people's elbow grease on the cheap.nt

[clarice]

5. I guess I like to look at the bright side....

I'm sure there are plenty of people who have worked for what they have.

[Egalitarian Thug]

6. Sure there are, they're just not rich. n/t

[clarice]

7. How can you be sure of that ?, just wondering. nt

[Egalitarian Thug]

9. Because elbow grease carries the implication that an individual is doing all the work

and one person simply cannot do that much work. Of course, we have no precise definition of rich, nor elbow grease for that matter.

For example, a mechanic can become rich but not by simply being a mechanic (unless you know of a mechanic that can charge $1,000 an hour and stay busy at that rate for several years). He can open his own garage and hire other mechanics and then open another garage and so on, but then we're back to buying another person's elbow grease cheap and reselling it for more.

$50 an hour, full time generates a gross income of a little over $100,000 a year, not bad but far from rich, and $50 an hour is about the top of the elbow grease wage range.

Perhaps you would be a little more forthcoming with what you have in mind?

[clarice]

10. I guess I didn't have...

anything "specif" in mind. You'll have to excuse me, I'm an eternal optimist, and I believe that people can become successful with hard work and honesty.

[Egalitarian Thug]

11. I thought we were talking about rich. I have no idea what optimism has to do with this conversation.

I feel like we're just speaking different languages.

Peace.

[clarice]

12. Perhaps so. have a great weekend. nt

[dipsydoodle]

13. Ben & Jerry did

and doubtless others too.

[Burma Jones]

8. I know the Pizza.com guy

He did not get all of the money, not even half.