Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for April 23, 2010

Is there any comment about this?????

It’s pure truth…..

I’m stumped, ML.

Have fun going on foot across the oceans.

Raffles that I get asked to buy into for my old school are much more pricey!

I remember selling raffle tickets as a kid –

– the one instance that always got my goat was when they had us selling “pens” for a dollar, with a free raffle ticket for a TV as an inducement.

Well, that crappy little “pen” wasn’t worth a dime, IMHO. I couldn’t sell any. Maybe it’s coz I didn’t believe in the product?

I finally reversed my sales strategy. I started selling raffle tickets for a dollar, and gave away a free pen as an inducement.

That strategy worked! (I sold one.)

Of course, there may have been legal difficulties I was unaware of, such as like Joe-Allen says about it being gambling or some such. But I didn’t care, I just wanted to off-load all those bleepin’ pens! (which my poor Dad ended up buying.)

– and we didn’t even win the stupid TV –

Well, if you can get across the Bering Strait you should be all set. Beats trying to fly through an erupting volcano’s plume, evidently.

You’d miss the southeast corner of the Mercator map, but you can always devote your next raffle to going to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand by canoe.

If I was walking around the world all expenses paid it would cost a lot more than flying, think of the hotel bills! (and the foot massages!)

But then again if you get dropped off at a pole you can do it in 10 minutes!

Tell him and the school to take a hike.

how many people in the enchanted forest have enough extra money to buy a ticket?

My name is Forrest, Forrest Gump. I am going to walk around the world.

My sister won’t allow her daughter to participate in school raffles for the same reason Mr Doty.

It’s easy to walk around the world, if you do it up and down the center aisle of a plane.

“Got a penny for a poor little Broomie, walkin’, walkin’, walkin’ to Missouri, she cant afford to flyyyy?”

Llewellenbruce ~ Maybe the prize includes one of those ‘walk on water balls’? That would be fun to cart around.

Grog ~ Take a hike! LOL!