I don’t have a six foot high pile of junk mail but even I know it’s not good for the environment. It’s sad to think of how many trees give up their lives for:
Hearing clinics
A new one’s opened in my area and were I in need of aural assistance, I’d make an appointment. Yesterday at work a girl went to the library card desk to check out some items and although I was standing a few meters away, I could hear the “music” blaring out of her earbuds. I could still hear the racket as she walked away from the desk, out the security gates and into the foyer. That kid will need Alto Hearing before I do.
Pizza deals
Domino’s Pizza has some good ones this week. Mmm, greasy cheesy bread products. If it weren’t for the fact that I spent $77 on real vegetables and other nibblies yesterday, I would have called them for supper. I ate chicken, linguini, and a nice salad instead, plus drank two glasses of wine. Is there a wine that goes with pizza? I have my doubts.
Weight loss clinics
I’ll hang onto this one and write more about it some other time. Be U again, indeed. I’ve been me all of my life. I didn’t gain 50 pounds and then turn into Rosanne Barr or something…cripes. Body issues and fat fallacies, coming soon(ish).
Charity bribes
It’s too bad people need to be enticed to donate to good causes with promises of maybe winning this house or these other houses, plus cars, cash, vacations and high tech gadgets. I’m all for giving to charities but the joy should be in the giving, the knowing you’ve helped a zoo or a children’s hospital, or raised some money for disease research. Children’s Wish offers $500,000 if you win but don’t want the house. Wouldn’t that $500,000 make a lot of kids’ wishes come true? Call me cynical, but what’s the winner going to do with all that money? Buy a bunch of crap and brag about it, likely. Or, if the family who wins takes the house, can they afford to live in it? I suspect they can’t turn around the next day and sell the thing off to the highest bidder. People just want too much damned stuff these days.
“Only the Best” coupon magazines
I already clipped the deals on bowling. I love bowling and will be in a league again this year. Always good for a party, to my way of thinking. Let’s look at the other coupons, real quick – save up to $15 on drycleaning, so long as you’re spending at least $50. Some deal. Buy ten loaves of nearly stale bread, get three free. Aside from Hutterites (who make their own bread), who needs that much? Who has the space in a freezer to put it? Craziness. Oh, here’s a good one – one free Ionic Foot Cleanse device if you buy six (and then sell them all to suckers). Why people still believe that works is beyond me. This is what it really does. The rest of the book features art and framing, car stuff, tub surrounds and carpet cleaning.
World Vision
Nothing against World Vision. They have good intentions. Alan Thicke used to be on TV every week selling children encouraging sponsorship. This flyer features Brad Johner as the token celebrity and a local reporter who hugged a three-year-old in Nicaragua: “…all I could think about was how he got such a raw deal in life.” Well, Tara Yolen, part of the raw deal comes from being born in a country predominantly Roman Catholic and everyone knows that every Pope before and including old Ben have been firmly set against condoms and birth control. Thousands and thousands of children are born into over-populated countries so impoverished they require outside aid for basic essentials. There’s nothing good about that. Madonna and Angelina need to do more than take away a kid or two. Celebrities could be helping feed the poor instead of buying cars, mansions and drugs. Wal-Mart and other corporate giants could help more, too, instead of hoarding their wealth in a few bank accounts and vaults. Giving more should make you worth more, I think. (Worth as in value to society, not dollars, obviously.)
Golfing holidays at a Fairmont Vacation Villa
3 days and 2 nights starting at $99.95. Sounds like a good deal until we read the fine print: restricted to individuals “with an annual verifiable income of $60,000 or more.” And, they require interested parties to attend a two hour informational tour. Damned elitists. I’m glad I’m near the poverty line. It keeps me sensible and cash-conscious.
That’s it for this round. That coupon book had an ad for Grainfields Family Restaurant and now I’m in the mood for pancakes…
