The Friday Financial and Health Follies (FFHF) summarize the important financial and health issues of the week.
- Share the humor of the funny
- Make fun of the stupid.
- Highlight and explain new financial and health news-so you don’t miss it!
Welcome to another edition of Friday Financial Follies, a full folio of fascinating facts and favorites for your reading pleasure/pain!
I’ve survived another holiday season. Hope you have gotten back to a productive life after too much food, fun, and fellowship with your kin….
Let’s get started on
The Friday Financial And Health Follies!
Cancer affects thought?
Chavez thinks the USA is causing cancer in South American leaders….
Stress relief by fighting?
Organized pillow fights in China to help with work and school stress. That may be safer than taking Xanax with a shot….
Pillow fight!
More money than sense?
A Chinese man buys a virtual sword for 16 grand to give him an edge in a computer game…. Of course the joke will be on me when he doubles his money selling it on eBay…
Pushing up what???
In the Netherlands men can get a job as a push-up bra model. True equality huh? ( ad campaign succeeds, we are talking about it!)
Don’t spill the coffee!
A couple arrested for going through McDonald’s drive-through with no clothes…I wonder if it was for the new coffee, or the McRib? I’m kinda surprised the server noticed…
Memorials to dead cows?
Animal rights group wants memorial to dead highway cows in Illinois. What about the squirrels and the possums- who cares about them?
Double your trouble!
Twin births increase in the US according to the CDC!
Personal Finance Reads:
Magic 8 Ball!
The Magic 8 Ball’s predictions for 2012 from LenPenzo.com. Featuring a couple of great questions from yours truly.
Sam is Mad!
Financial Samurai is pissed off….at himself!
Disney Dizziness or is it Disney Bizzness?
Free Financial Advisor- Joe has a few mickey mouse money tips. Yes they are really mickey mouse, no joke.
FMF’s top ten.
Free Money Finance lists his ten favorite posts of the year. I think I’ll steal that idea soon, thanks FMF!
Spending Questions:
Two questions to ask before you buy is at Squirrelers.
Nudge, nudge get’s me slapped!
JT at Money Mamba wants to know if it’s a nudge or a shove? I had to read it twice to figure out what the hell he was talking about….I guess I need to get out more.
Budget Vegas
BTFS has Vegas on the cheap! 7 & 11 baby!
Flies where?
Wealth Infomatics writes about flies and urinals, yep, that’s not a misprint…(can you have a misprint in a blog post?)
Carnivals and stuff:
Festival of Frugality at Funny About Money.
Carnival of Financial Planning at The Skilled Investor.
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