There is heavy advertising on my local radio stations about land available for sale in North Georgia. The frantic pitchman keeps saying you can see three states from these prime parcels of land.
I Googled It. I Binged It. I DuckDuckGoed It. I even went to the Public Library and demanded that they go back into their archives and bring me out an Encyclopedia and I Encyclopediaed It. (First I had to explain to the Librarian what an Encyclopedia was.) As a result of all this Herculean Effort on my part, I can unequivocally state that...
3 States From Up High Looks Exactly Like 1 State From Up High
I wonder if this kind on Sales Foolishness really works. Do buyers really say, “I’m going to borrow a lot of money, jeopardize my children’s education and my future retirement to buy this land because I can see 3 states from it! I’ll take you up there tomorrow and you will be able to see all 3 states for yourself. It is a beautiful sight to behold. It’s a lot better than 1 state!”
I’m like that kid in The Sixth Sense. He said, “I see dead people”. In my case, I see nonsense.
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
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Lagniappe: To quote Tertullian... “Credo quia absurdum”, I believe it because it is absurd.
2 comments:
Great writing with a great quote and today absurd really is the new norm.
Hey Smartfella, you've been in that racket. Well, marketing if not real estate, and you of all people know that you got to sell the sizzle, not the steak. Can these poor folks help it if they got no sizzle to sell?
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