Saturday, December 15, 2007

Uber-Wealthy Word Economy


Arianna Huffington and others have aptly remarked on the fact that our growing cadre of billionaires face rising challenges when it comes to gifts. Well, let's clarify that. There's no end to the possibilities of their giving (and I seriously and sincerely laud the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation).

What to get you favorite billionaire?

Hmmm. As noted in The Wall Street Journal: A Triton submarine? Jewels? flashy cars?

How about a commissioned biography for $30,000?

Presumably, said bio would praise its subject lavishly.

There's a more economical yet spiritually enhancing (as well as more capitalistic, for me at least) alternative:

I hereby present this special billionaire's offer:

Haiku for You.

A bargain at $1,700 apiece.

A hundred bucks per syllable.

(But think of all the free enlightement!)

3 comments:

Instigator said...

Could you tell somthing about your work as a spindoctor? seems really interesting work to me.

Pawlie Kokonuts said...

Instigator,
Welcome back, after a year's hiatus, more or less. Spindoctoring? Mostly marketing for a small company, on the day job.

Katherine said...

Pawlie, you nut, thanks for visiting my blog. I've been a fan of this blog for sometime now. It came to me via Ms. Glamourpuss.

I'd love to exchange links. Though I was sure I'd already listed you in my blogroll. A minor oversight. Simple to correct.

Cheers from Berlin

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