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
I question the 47 % number being bandied about that supposedly watched the Super Bowl. In my practice this week, I’ve yet to find a patient who said they watched the game. I did have one admit to watching Madonna’s halftime show. She thought it was good entertainment, but she missed “the finger” as did I.
No Super Bowl "finger" pics here, sorry!
I have to admit that I didn’t have a clue who any of the supporting cast were who sang with Madonna. Nope, I’m not much into pop culture.
Of course, considering my practice is 100% female, I know my survey about the game is not representative. My urology buds may not have found anyone who didn’t watch the game if they surveyed their male patients.
The guys wouldn’t admit they watched a chick-flick instead.
But aren’t all surveys skewed these days?
The only people willing to answer a phone survey today are the unemployed or those with an agenda. The rest of us are just too damn busy. And how accurate are the Nielson’s ratings with most households having multiple TV’s and more and more using tablets to watch movies and TV shows?
On second thought, it’s not worth giving a second thought…
Let’s get on with the Friday Financial Follies:
The French are better parents?
In the parenting world, the idea that French parents do a better job than American’s is raising eyebrows. And no, it’s not because the kids drink red wine at each meal. They seem to do a better job at teaching patience and manners (a little wine couldn’t hurt). They do this by not putting the kids on a pedestal as the center of their world. Rocket science…
Iguana: tastes like chicken?
The latest version of a new meat that “tastes like chicken”: Iguana. Puerto Rico is trying to export the non-native species to decrease it’s invasive population and bring in income. Sounds like a win/win. Yummy. Entrepreneurs-how bout an Iguana burger or lizard dog?
Flying blood clots:
Blood clots during airline flights are extremely rare-even in coach…. But if you are in the air more than four hours, are an obese male, or have circulatory problems you may want to talk to your Doc. about precautions.
Amazon: the retail store….really a store!
The company that’s accused of killing many brick and mortar stores, Amazon, is going to open it’s own brick and mortar store...Go figure.
Magazines, no not about dinosaurs, they are dinosaurs…
Magazine sales fall sharply in second half of the year. With all the iPhone and Kindle sales, not really a big surprise. My grandchildren, if I ever have any, probably won’t know what a magazine is. Can you say VHS? Well, maybe the Sport’s Illustrated swimsuit issue will save paper magazines….
Personal Finance and other Reads:
Money Green Life says you are dumb if you change your oil every 3000 miles. I’m not quite so judgmental, but he’s probably right.
Are you are a loser if you are loyal to your bank/insurance provider/favorite retail establishment/employer? Yes, says Funancials. First a dummy, now a loser! Gosh everyone is being judgmental today…
American Debt Project lists his getting out of debt blog post favorites. you would think life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness were all involved to hear him gush! And I guess that’s his point. It’s hard to pursue those while held in bondage to payors. I hope to write something that moves people that way some day!
Beauty and success are analyzed by Suba at Wealth Infomatics. And she can analyze the heck out of anything (in a good way!)
Maria at Money Principle makes her case for being the dumbest investor of all times. She doesn’t even come close, but it is fun to read her investing story, but most important is her conclusion. If we all could skip the being dumb part and go straight to what she learned it would save us a lot of trouble, pain, and money. Alas, too many of us have to learn the hard way.
The next time you see a graph or chart to illustrate a point in an article, refer back to this post to make sure the data ain’t lyin. Average Joe pulls the curtain back and shows you how they made your chicken salad from other chicken stuff…
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