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WELCOME TO FUNNY MONEY
This light-hearted lens is devoted to all manner of mirthful moneybags and moola matters.
Does money grow on trees? Does it really talk? Does money multiply under a mattress? Does it become profitable if placed in a piggy-bank?
If you don't know the answer to these simple questions, perhaps you need a primer on play money!
PICK YOUR PECULIAR PIGGY-BANK!
Groovy Greenbacks Bank
The Ordinary Oink Bank
When Pigs Fly Bank
Pinkotamus Please!
Painted Piggy Bank
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ECONOMISTS!
"If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion. -- George Bernard Shaw, 20th century British author, playwright and satirist"If the nation's economists were laid end to end, they would point in all directions." -- Arthur H. Motley, 20th century business exeacutive and publisher
"The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters." --Jean-Paul Kauffmann, French author and journalist
"I once met an economist who believed that everything was fungible for money, so I suggested he enclose himself in a large bell-jar with as much money as he wanted and see how long he lasted." -- Amory Lovins, American environmentalist, Chairman and Chief Scientist at the Rocky Mountain Institute
A MIRTHFUL MONEY MELODY
BEARISH - song parody from versusplus.com about THE ECONOMY
A musical parody of the Terry Kirkman song "Cherish," about the turmoil in the financial markets and the prospects of a recession. For "BEARISH" and many more great political musical parodies, visit VERSUS -- where politics and culture do their time in rhyme -- at http://versusplus.com. And listen to the new VERSUS Democratic primary parody on NPR! At http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89760918&sc=emaf.
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MIRTH AND MONEY GO HAND IN HAND
Who says money doesn't make the world go round?Here are a few wacky words of wisdom when it comes to knowing the value of money, and how to save it for a rainy day, or spend it like there's no tomorrow:
"I am determined that my children should have no financial security. It ruins people not having to earn money." -- Nigella Lawson, British food writer and broadcast personality
"Always borrow from a pessimist, he doesn't expeact to be paid back." -- Author Unknown
"Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells." -- John Paul Getty, 20th century American philanthropist
"When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion." -- Voltaire, 18th century French essayist, philosopher and satirical writer.
"Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy you the kind of misery you prefer." -- Author Unknown
"It frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy." -- Groucho Marx, 20th century American entertainer and humorist
"I am having an out of money experience." -- Author Unknown
"If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning. -- Aristotle Onassis, 20th century Greek shipping magnate
In the old days a man who saved money was a miser; nowadays he's a wonder." -- Author Unknown
"Money doesn't talk, it swears." -- Bob Dylan, American singer and composer, from "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"
"France is a country where the money falls apart in your hands and you can't tear the toilet paper." -- Billy Wilder, American film director
"I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something." -- Jackie Mason, U.S. comedian
THE MONEY SHOTS COLLECTION
Right on the money with these majestic "Mug Shots"!
A Pug-Nosed Peso naturally!
H.R.H. Queen of Quaffers!
Egads it's the Queen of Quirky!
Survival of the Fittest Currency!
Macho Moustache Moola!
SUB-PRIME SNICKERS
The Long Johns - The Last Laugh - George Parr - Subprime
Broadcast on 14/10/2007. John Fortune & John Bird on the South Bank show.
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CREDIT CARD COMEDY
International Symbol for Marriage
You want to charge that box of chocolates?
Saint Suck-It-Up and Spend-It
Sure you want to hog the credit?
Who says money can't buy happiness?
Sew me the money!
The Curse of the Credit Card!
The Cats Pajamas Credit Card!
Et tu, Brute Card!
The Frequent Flightless Card
FUNNY MONEY BOOKS & BUMPF
Funny Money Folds for Kids
For those who have enough money to fold it into really neat things!
Amazon Price: $8.95 (as of 05/16/2008)
World of Money Presents Funny Business: A Bazillion Cool Business Ideas for Kids!
For budding bill collectors!
Amazon Price: (as of 05/16/2008)
Funny Money: From Billionaires to Bankrupts
Will answer that age-old question, "Do people really laugh themselves all the way to the bank?"
Amazon Price: $20.00 (as of 05/16/2008)
Talking Funny for Money : An Introduction to the Cartoon/Character/Looping Area of Voice-Overs
If money could talk it, it might tell you to quit complaining and learn how to talk funny for money honey!
Amazon Price: $16.98 (as of 05/16/2008)
A TITILLATING TASTE OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH
Its Credit and its Crunchy
Bird and Fortune on the Credit Crunch.
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MONEYBAG MISCELLANY
- ALL YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT WADS OF WAMPUM
- All you ever wanted to know about wampum but were too afraid to ask in this period of political-correctness and plunging home values.
- DJ CASH MONEY
- If you had a name that didn't fit your ripsnorting rap personality, wouldn't you want to change it?
- EDDIE MONEY
- His best album wasn't the "Sound of Music"...it was "Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money" you silly fool!!!
- MONEY SUPPLY
- Does the money supply ever dry up? Why is it so difficult to launder it without getting any wrinkles?
- MAD MONEY
- Who said a few mavens of mirth don't know where to put their money where their mouthes are?
- FIDDLE-FADDLE FOLDING FUN!
- Try folding some money the easy way...by using Origami!
- A FULL LINE OF FUNNY MONEY JARS!
- Want something a little bit more hip than a "piggy bank" to save for a rainy day...try these very funny money jars!
- SLING YOUR SLANG WITH MONEY!
- All you ever wanted to know about English money...the good, the bad, and the slightly dilapitated.
A DELIGHTFUL DEPRESSING DITTY
DEPRESSING - song parody from versusplus.com on THE ECONOMY
A musical parody of the Paul Simon song "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)," about financial market turbulence and its ripple effects: from Fed Chairman Bernanke to Wall Street to Main Street. For "DEPRESSING" and many more great political musical parodies, visit VERSUS -- where politics and culture do their time in rhyme -- at http://versusplus.com. And listen to the new VERSUS Democratic primary parody on NPR! At http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89760918&sc=emaf.
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BATTY BOOKMARKS FOR THOSE WITHOUT BREAD, BRASS, OR BEER TOKENS!
GREEN-BACK GRIPES AND GROOVY GREETINGS
For those who adore pinching pennies, love playing with money, or who can't wait to collect $200 as they pass "Go", do leave your credit-worthy comments please.
