h a l f b a k e r yThe phrase 'crumpled heap' comes to mind.
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manufacture sentimental value and (in a sizeable plant that has conveyor belts) fasten it to near-worthless objects which will as a result be worth more to people, and fetch a substantially higher price. the healthy profit margin would probably be comparable to the luxury goods market.
ways of
obtaining SV, or infusing SV into virgin objects:
1. drip a tear onto it.
2. put it away for 50 years.
3. receive it from someone you love
4. make the object yourself, by hand if possible
5. just run it through the mail once in a handlettered envelope.
6. recycle pre-existing SV (strip the SV off of sentimentally valuable objects that have been traded in, hocked, or scavenged.)
all ways considered, #5 is most effective. the effects are admittedly limited, but not temporary. this infusion technique only works on flat things, but the process is quick, cheap, and low risk (as is the material).
Lincoln/Kennedy penny
http://www.usps.gov.../1974deci/2-120.htm
That 'g', normal....grandmother? [reensure, Feb 17 2001]
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zip, did you give me a thumbs down merely because you didnt understand? if so, why not change your vote to a positive one for the same reason? |
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(oops- unless of course that wasnt you... :)) |
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Baked. In large factories in many countries thousands of
elderly women are forced to live in cramped cages with
almost no embroidered cushions for comfort. These
"battery grandmothers" are fed only weak tea and spend
all their short lives placing objects on their cages' tiny
mantelpieces and being forced to declare the objects to
be simply the nicest object of its type they have ever
seen. Any battery grandmother who shows the slightest
sign of disapproval is given an electric shock or has their
knitting confiscated. |
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This is the true price of your factory-made sentimental
value. Help stamp out this abhorrent practice - don't buy
pre-loved items and only accept gifts from free-range
grandmothers. |
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Note: The battery-grandmother idea is missing conveyor belts. |
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Whoa! (thanks for baking me without using that embarrassing word "baked" on my page.) i cannot believe an idea this weird is actually baked. but on 3/17, all the bartenders will irrefutably profit from exactly this type of product enhancement. |
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I thought the national day of manufactured sentimentality was last week... (Feb 14) |
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Isn't this just a crafty attempt to re-invent greetings cards? |
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Ha, I took one with me on a trek across the Himalyas and met a Holy Man. I was so happy that I had one with me. We sat down and smoked three of them till we were both soaked in pineapple soup. |
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You smoked three Irish Grandmothers? |
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"When you have found six pebbles like this, wash them with soap, dry them, and you can bring them into the meditation hall and sit down near the Buddha. Show the Buddha your six pebbles. This gives me a very pleasant feeling, holding the pebble in my hand.
Look, this pebble looks like something outside of you. You picked it up in the open, but if you practice well, the pebble will become something very dear to you, and this pebble can enter deeply into your heart. And this pebble, which symbolizes Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, will be something very closely linked to you, and will always dwell in your heart with its energy of protection."
-Thich Nhat Hanh |
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