This is a great article about those fraudelent emails we’ve all gotten asking for account information so that someone can transfer us millions of dollars. All we need to do is send some money to them to cover the cost of transferring the money and we’ll be rich. Yeah right. There is a whole organization out there called 419eater.com. The numbers 419 are used to represent
You Know You Shouldn’t Buy A House When….
You look in the couch cushion for a down payment Anything at your workplace is deep fried You know any bill collector on a first name basis Your car payment is more than 30% of your take home pay You are on a payment plan at the local payday loan office Your credit card minimum payment is more than 15% of your take home pay
Sheryl Crow Using More Than One Square
Well, I suppose it had to be too good to be true. I posted my “Top 13 Money Saving Ideas Of All Time” and one of those tips was to only use two squares of toilet paper. Then, only days later, Sheryl Crow comes out and says that you should only use one square of toilet paper. (Talk about extreme). Well, apparently Sheryl was just
Lightening the Mood With Some Great Finance Articles (Humor)
Ken Lay’s children inherit 4000 pensions: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/56645 America Online To Build Three Million Home Pages For The Homeless: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29147 Geico To Save 15% Or More By Discontinuing Advertising: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33027 Illegal Immigrants Returning To Mexico For American Jobs: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/47978 And a visit to the Onion is never complete without some Knowledge from Hebert Kornfeld, the baddest azz Accountz Receivable Playa in the world: (If bad words
Glen!! You IDIOT!! Buy One Get One Free?
You gotta read this article: http://www.stuffed.co.nz/index.php?option=com_cont… Apparently Glen has never been all that good at math. He set up a promotion at the grand opening of a California Porsche store where if you bought one new Porsche, you got the second one free. Why doesn’t this stuff ever happen to me? I could have gone for an extra $120,000. I especially like Glen’s financing plan
When Spoiled Rich Girls Don’t Get the Right Color Car……
UPDATE: Well, as a reader points out, it turns out this isn’t legit. Darn. I had hoped that this was real. There is nothing more entertaining than a whiney rich girl not getting her way. Okay, yes. I’m pathetic. :)
Hundredaires in the Making
I love stumbling on to a good blog. I especially like blogs that put a sense of humor on an otherwise fairly mundane subject matter. Over at Adventure Money, Steve has put together a great blog post that spoofs the “Millionaires in the Making” series over at CNNMoney. I love the Millionaires series so I particularly enjoyed Steve’s spoof. Go check it out. I think
Financial Spoof Ads
I confess that I have shamelessly grabbed these links from a Fatwallet forum, but they are funny enough, that I wanted to put them all together. Just a little humor to make going back to work today a little bit better: SNL Financial Advice SNL Don’t buy things you cannot afford Financial Services company getting online a little late They are pretty humorous. I especially
Wiping your **** and Saving Money Too
As it turns out, we are all frugal when it comes to the kind of toilet paper we buy? Don’t believe me? Then check out this article. Apparently the ultra rich buy special toilet paper. I have got to take the time to become ultra rich. Ultra rich toilet paper link As if that article wasn’t entertaining enough for you, I thought the first comment
Stole Money to Play the Lottery – What Was She Thinking?
Okay, This one is a bit odd. I think it highlights the fact that slow and steady saving, or in this case, slow and steady stealing, can really add up. This woman stole over $2.3 million dollars to play the lottery. I can only assume that she was hoping to hit a million dollar jackpot with all of this stolen money. Had she just stolen