We all need comic relief from time to time. Certain businesses in the American business landscape have been there to keep us chuckling. I could go on for days and days on this topic, but I’ll resist. Instead of listing ALL of the silly businesses I’ll select my favorite 4.
- Luxury/Bottled Water – About 70 percent of the planet is covered in water making it the world’s most plentiful resource. Despite that fact several bottled water companies are making a killing putting water in bottles.
- Pet Rock – We can thank advertising executive Gary Dahl for this gem. Dahl wanted a pet that he didn’t have to feed, walk, or worry about in any form or fashion. Gary glued a pair of eyes on a few rocks and made himself a millionaire.
- Dog goggles – There isn’t much to say about this except they are shades for dogs. The owner is also a millionaire.
- Million Dollar Home Page – Alex Tew’s idea of creating a web page and charging 1 dollar per pixel seems insane. I’m sure you get the drift by now. Alex has sold those 1 million pixels and he’s rolling in cash. For a real eye sore visit the Million Dollar Home Page.
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Dog goggles remind me of this picture…
http://18.media.tumblr.com/qyuzOO6cGi3yko9×7xZ3u0qTo1_400.jpg
A rock? Come on. A rock. You’ve got to be kidding me. If this is the type of ingenuity it takes to become a millionaire, I should have been rich a long time ago.
@BigAl:
LOL
I’m going to have to disagree with both of you. Bottled water is by FAR the silliest thing I’ve ever seen take off. Lets take the world’s most plentiful resource, put it in a bottle, and sell it for $3.00.
People BUY the stuff in droves.
@Marcus:
You can also walk without shoes but you buy those anyway. A bus rides past your house everyday, but you bought a 100K Nissan. Mcdonalds has dollar menu salad, but you like Doc Greens for some reason also. Things that make you go Hmmmmm….
@Derrick:
Your comparisons dont make sense. Everything you mentioned is a manufactured item. Roughly 70% of the earth’s surface is covered in water.
Why would it ever cost $5?
@Marcus:
While l agree, bottled water is making a killing, you have to look at places like China where the water supply is tainted and filled with lead. Hell I even got a notice about high lead content in my drinking water. Also please stop mentioning 70% of the earth being covered with water…how many people actually get their water from the ocean? I do believe bottled water is needed in some places and probably in these places a filter wouldn’t help. But as for you and I we probably will survive from the tap.
@Emcee:
Sir I’m not talking about places with tainted water supplies. I’ll send a notice to your local municipality and tell them to get their act together.
I think I’m going to start selling air in a cup with no top.
@Marcus:
I guess people also shouldn’t buy oxygen tanks, huh? Do you not have “AIR” conditioning? Last I checked, air was kinda floating around the earth in abundance. If water is plentious and free for all and companies shouldn’t charge for it, why do people pay for filters and fancy pitchers and such? I mean if you want God’s free water, walk on down to the Gulf and drop your jaw in the ocean and slurp it up.
Back to this rock pet. Come one, its a rock. It’s not good for your body. It doesn’t extend the longevity of your car. It doesn’t get you from Point A to point B. It’s a rock. Something everyone on this earth, rich or poor can attain if they just walk outside and bend over and look around. A rock.
@Derrick:
I don’t have to wak down ot the gulf when I can turn on the faucet. You must have purchased one of those pet rocks in a past life. You sure are fired up about it.
Does this bring back any memories for you?
http://kevinliebl.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/petrock.jpg
I’m going to have to agree with Derrick. A rock? You might as well pick up some dirt from
outside, put it in a cup and call it your pet.
@Marcus:
I just can’t believe that a pet rock doesn’t seem more idiotic than bottled water to you. Ok. Somebody figured out before you that you can take water, add flavor and sell it. That, I understand. Someone also figured out that instead of the big industrial filter for the bottled water, just sell individual filters to lowly Americans. But I guess that makes it better since they aren’t buying bottled water, they’re making their own. But a rock, come on, a rock.
@Derrick:
You’re getting pretty personal in your responses cowboy. Here’s an e-hug for you. I didn’t vote for the rock because it was a flash in the pan. Bottled water is a billion dollar industry that continues to grow.
Don’t hate the playa
@Marcus:
Bottled Water is good for you since people just die.
@Derrick:
I’d prefer to die with free water.
@Marcus:
Well don’t buy it. Buy the Pet Rock so you can have a companion during your final days.