Valentines Day Money Ideas?

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by Steve MacLellan

Might be an opportunity to make some extra cash. Prank call old girlfriends. Something like one of these calls: http://www.prankowl.com/

Thanks Steve,

Wow, what a crazy site...!

It reminds me of a crazy business I wrote about once before...

Sending dead flowers!

Here's the original post... with info I got out of a 1987 newspaper...

http://www.sowpub.com/forum/showthread.php?p=30078

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14 February 1987
St. Petersburg Times

Flowers with a twist

NEW YORK - It's the thought that counts, and sending an ex-lover a box of dead flowers for Valentine's Day says it all.

Manhattan entrepreneurs Bill Verderosa and Mark McConnell on Friday credited a lot of trampled feelings for a recent boom in their unusual business, Drop Dead Flowers.

Operators of the 6-month-old venture deliver a black lacquered box of very dead flowers, replete with dirt, taken from the dumpsters of local cemeteries, and wrap it all in a purple bow - all for $37.50.
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I did some more "sleuthing"... Here is a website which is doing this weird business today...

http://thepayback.com/getrevenge.html

Of course, forgiveness is better than revenge. But sometimes... you just can't help but follow your baser instincts! After all, you can always ask for forgiveness later, right, after you've had your fun?

Best wishes,

Dien

P.S. I can imagine this business would be very popular among jilted Klingons...