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How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! (karma: 13)  en>fr fr>en
By Sinar Comments: 605, member since Fri Mar 28, 2003
On Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:21 PM
Made sticky by LMAO (78343) on 2010-11-30 22:25:25 Has to go up top for a while. Great post!

LITTLE JOHNNY IS BACK!

HOW TO SELL TOOTHBRUSHES

The kids filed back into class Monday morning. They were very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk on productive salesmanship.

Little Sally led off: "I sold girl scout cookies and I made $30," she said proudly, "My sales approach was to appeal to the customer's civil spirit and I credit that approach for my obvious success."

"Very good," said the teacher.

Little Jenny was next:

"I sold magazines," she said, "I made $45 and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current events."

"Very good, Jenny," said the teacher..

Eventually, it was Little Johnny's turn.

The teacher held her breath ....

Little Johnny walked to the front of the classroom and dumped a box full of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,467," he said.

"$2,467!" cried the teacher, "What in the world were you selling?"

"Toothbrushes," said Little Johnny.

"Toothbrushes!" echoed the teacher, "How could you possibly sell enough tooth brushes to make that much money?"

"I found the busiest corner in town," said Little Johnny, "I set up a Dip & Chip stand and gave everybody who walked by a free sample."

They all said the same thing, "Hey, this tastes like dog poop!"

Then I would say, "It is dog poop. Wanna buy a toothbrush?"

"I used the government's strategy of giving you something shitty for free, and then making you pay to get that taste out of your mouth."

13 Replies to How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody!

re: How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! en>fr fr>en
By JeanValettemember has saluted, click to view salute photos Comments: 48916, member since Sat Mar 15, 2003
On Mon Jan 17, 2011 03:10 PM



Sinar wrote:

LITTLE JOHNNY IS BACK!

HOW TO SELL TOOTHBRUSHES

The kids filed back into class Monday morning. They were very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk on productive salesmanship.

Little Sally led off: "I sold girl scout cookies and I made $30," she said proudly, "My sales approach was to appeal to the customer's civil spirit and I credit that approach for my obvious success."

"Very good," said the teacher.

Little Jenny was next:

"I sold magazines," she said, "I made $45 and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current events."

"Very good, Jenny," said the teacher..

Eventually, it was Little Johnny's turn.

The teacher held her breath ....

Little Johnny walked to the front of the classroom and dumped a box full of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,467," he said.

"$2,467!" cried the teacher, "What in the world were you selling?"

"Toothbrushes," said Little Johnny.

"Toothbrushes!" echoed the teacher, "How could you possibly sell enough tooth brushes to make that much money?"

"I found the busiest corner in town," said Little Johnny, "I set up a Dip & Chip stand and gave everybody who walked by a free sample."

They all said the same thing, "Hey, this tastes like dog poop!"

Then I would say, "It is dog poop. Wanna buy a toothbrush?"

"I used the government's strategy of giving you something shitty for free, and then making you pay to get that taste out of your mouth."
re: How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! (karma: 1)  en>fr fr>en
By Lord_Haw_Haw Comments: 10063, member since Sun Mar 07, 2010
On Mon May 09, 2011 09:57 PM
why is this stickied?
re: How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! en>fr fr>en
By sunflower Comments: 593, member since Tue Jan 11, 2005
On Mon May 09, 2011 10:44 PM
Karma. An old classic never goes out of style.
re: How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! en>fr fr>en
By Lord_Haw_Haw Comments: 10063, member since Sun Mar 07, 2010
On Wed May 11, 2011 09:07 AM
sunflower wrote:

Karma. An old classic never goes out of style.


this is classic?
re: How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! en>fr fr>en
By Lord_Haw_Haw Comments: 10063, member since Sun Mar 07, 2010
On Sun May 29, 2011 06:52 AM
why is this stickied?
re: How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! en>fr fr>en
By Sinar Comments: 605, member since Fri Mar 28, 2003
On Sun May 29, 2011 03:16 PM
I think they forgot about it.
re: How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! en>fr fr>en
By Lord_Haw_Haw Comments: 10063, member since Sun Mar 07, 2010
On Sun May 29, 2011 05:50 PM
Sinar wrote:

I think they forgot about it.


OK fair enough:D
re: How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! en>fr fr>en
By HiJolly Comments: 54, member since Wed Jul 26, 2006
On Wed Jan 11, 2012 09:18 PM
It's probably time to make this thread 'unsticky'.
re: How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! (karma: 1)  en>fr fr>en
By balor_evil_eye Comments: 1164, member since Sun Feb 20, 2011
On Wed Jan 11, 2012 09:21 PM
HiJolly wrote:

It's probably time to make this thread 'unsticky'.



Dont let roger touch it then
re: How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! en>fr fr>en
By OldLyme Comments: 36513, member since Fri Jun 04, 2004
On Mon Apr 09, 2012 09:28 PM
re: How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! en>fr fr>en
By naturalizedtexanmember has saluted, click to view salute photos Comments: 6234, member since Tue Mar 27, 2007
On Mon Apr 09, 2012 09:37 PM
re: How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! (karma: 1)  en>fr fr>en
By Johnny_Ola Comments: 8734, member since Sat Apr 28, 2007
On Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:34 AM
Speaking of oldies but goodies...

re: How To Sell Toothbrushes. An oldy but goody! (karma: 1)  en>fr fr>en
By WilyB Comments: 28353, member since Sat Apr 26, 2003
On Wed Apr 18, 2012 03:47 PM
Speaking of oldies but goodies...

It's called a toothbrush because it was invented in South Carolina. Otherwise, it would have been called a teethbrush.

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