The Friday Financial and Health Follies (FFHF) summarize the important (or just fun) 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!
Friday Financial Follies
Law Suit Over High Movie Snack Prices
I know. It’s about time a movie theater sued a patron for paying the ridiculously high snack prices: $8 for a coke and goobers. But no, it seems the patron is suing. How strange! The movie goer must have been coerced? Embarrassed he paid those awful prices?
Pink Slime
No, not a Valentine’s story gone wrong. Just school lunch purchases gone bad. ‘Give it to Mikey, he’ll eat anything.’ Hint: Don’t look at the pictures on this one. Might make you sick.
Marine Making Good PF Decisions
The headline is that he won 3 million bucks off a slot machine at the Bellagio Casino. My new hero, a US Marine corporal was already planning to donate bone marrow in a selfless act to help another, now says he will use his winnings to help his family. The little noted part of this story? He needed new clothes after his windfall. Where does he shop? At the Bellagio? Oh, NO. At a thrift store. Good stuff!
Lessons Learned
Teen cleans room after weeks of nagging by his mom, and what does he uncover? Dust, spider webs and a winning lotto ticket worth $82,000. I never buy lottery tickets, so it would be a real miracle if I found one at all, much less a winner. But, maybe????
Google Street Maps ‘Whizzes’ Past
So, this French fellow is in his yard, minding his own business, taking a leak. Oops, the Google street maps camera sweeps his yard. He is so pissed his pissing is published he phished up a lawsuit. Let that be a lesson to all you outside whizzers. I’m glad my home’s not visible from the street.
Coleslaw Wrestling Pumps Money into Local Economy
Of course, it’s the oil that makes the difference. Bikers week in Daytona brings in 3 million dollars to local businesses. The coleslaw wrestling event at a local bar gets a DJ play by play and is hugely popular. To me, it just needed the videos to get the full affect. Don’t want to miss this one.
Accused Extortionist Wins Mayoral Race
It’s not just that he’s facing a felony rap and is elected to office. Well, he’s also banned from City Hall. Guess they can hold meetings in jail, provided it’s not in City Hall. But wait, the new mayor is also banned from talking to city workers. Talk about difficulty communicating. Where’s Andy Griffith when you need him?
New iPad
I know you’re tired of reading/hearing about Apple. Or you’re an Apple addict and this is old news to you as you monitored the “Live Blogging” feed with the announcement of the newest iPad. With an HD video camera, more pixels than a high def TV screen, and faster than a speeding bullet on the 4G networks. Will you be a buyer or use this as an opportunity to buy an iPad 2 trade-in or at the new price?
It’s a Winding Road to a Fake Supplier
The search for the delivery chain of the fake cancer drugs continues. Before these counterfeiters were discovered, there was already an investigation into this gray area of drug deliveries that involves a zig zagging path through multiple jurisdictions. This is scary stuff.
Personal Finance And Other Great Reads:
Kay Lynn at Bucksome Boomer wrote a great, inspiring article. Go read it. You’ll be glad you did!
Money Reasons is experimenting and liking it.
Funancials is moving on up and out. good writing and fun.
Super Frugalette has a guest post examining the lifestyle changes that affect your mortgage decisions.
Eyeglasses on the cheap by Donna at Frugal Cool.
James Altucher riffs, as he always does, on the does college makes you successful debate. (if you are a blogger study his headlines, he is very good at headlines.)
Eric at DollarVersity says cash sucks. Not a bad headline.
Carnivals and Roundup Love
Working at Home Blog Carnival, 282nd Edition
Personal Finance Whiz liked my singles buying a home is nuts post.
The Carnival of Financial Planning
Carnival of Financial Camaraderie
The Life and Business Coach Carnival
Yakezie Carnival at Miss Wall Street
The (Second Ever) Lifestyle Carnival
The Wealth Builder Carnival #69
101 Centavos liked my post on getting a raise in three easy steps.
Len Penzo at his eponymously named blog, and Average Joe with his non-eponymous blog, liked my personal finance tips found in The Lady With The Dragon Tattoo. Kevin at Invest It Wisely also joined the link love party with that post.
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$75 Paypal giveaway from Super Frugalette
$50 Leap Year Giveaway at Your Finances Simplified
Have a great weekend, and thanks for reading. Go you colseslaw wrestlers, GO!
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Thx Dr. Dean!
I do enjoy the follies; good stories and good choices. Enjoy your weekend.
thanks, you too!
My favorite part of the story about the teen who found the winning lottery ticket- he plans to pay off his car note and take his mom on vacation.
Thanks for the mention!
Cole slaw wrestling? Mama always said not to play with your food.