When a school puts on a big party/fair for fundraising purposes, offer the following service:
You write it, we spell it. Pay a dollar per word, Ms and Ws count double, and our lovely cheerleading squad will spell your texts, one word at a time, while you either film them or take pictures or, for a small additional fee, have your picture taken with them and e-mailed to you.
(Now that almost everyone is walking around with a camera phone on them, there's a market for making interesting personalized performances that a person could not produce on their own.)
Just imagine breaking up with someone using this medium.-- jutta, Sep 25 2005 This is a bit frivolous for you, isn't it? +-- angel, Sep 25 2005 //Just imagine breaking up with someone using this medium.//
"hah, I'd like to witness that!"-- skinflaps, Sep 25 2005 Bun, for so many reasons but especially for that last line. I giggled long and hard.
I could really see this working, though. I've only ever seen 'multimedia messaging' or whatever it's called used for porn or pictures of beer. This would make a welcome change.-- moomintroll, Sep 25 2005 I'll give you a J.-- po, Sep 25 2005 Breaking up with someone in less than ten letters...
"Fin"
"Dumped"
"Donotreply"
This could simplify things.-- wagster, Sep 25 2005 Give you a U-- The Kat, Sep 25 2005 "H I M O M". It seems popular for normal signs, so why not for human signs. [+] for finding that weird spot between inspired and weird.-- hidden truths, Sep 25 2005 I would be willing to spend the full amount everyday just to have them flash especially neat signage to the surrounding streets.
May have to hire a few extras everyday, because many great phrases are more than 10 letters but less than 20 letters.-- sleeka, Sep 25 2005 WWWWWW WWWWWW WWWWW WWWWW
<changes hand>
MMMMMM MMMMMM MMMMMM MMMMMM
Thanks girls!-- ConsulFlaminicus, Sep 26 2005 Get the football squad in there. Offensive linemen for capitals.-- lurch, Sep 26 2005 Why not combine it with a car wash?
"CAR WASH -->"
You can have them do a little dance or something to keep the drivers occupied while whatever school group is scratching their car up with brittle brushes and staining it with soap spots.-- The Acrimonious Obfuscator, Sep 26 2005 Somehow I never realized you were a cheerleader...
Put it on-line and have a webcam film the jumping and jiggling, and I think you've got a winner - people would likely be as interested in watching other people's messages. Though do throw in a boys' squad too, to make the whole thing less sexist.-- DrCurry, Sep 26 2005 How did I miss this? I don't do the view thing, and just randomly browse. I think that jutta's ideas should have a different font, or size, or color in the recent listings.
That said, I can think of a million ways to use these lovelies to get my point across. Hey boss man, quick look out the window...
Y_O_U C_H_E_A_P B_A_S_T_A_R_D Y_O_U S_H_O_U_L_D H_A_V_E B_O_U_G_H_T S_O_M_E G_I_R_L S_C_O_U_T C_O_O_K_I_E_S!!!-- blissmiss, Sep 27 2005 //I think that jutta's ideas should have a different font, or size, or color //
That's easy - make it the cheerleader smell-o-rama font.-- ConsulFlaminicus, Sep 27 2005 Clichés come to mind, but I'm wondering if this has been done for a packaged music cover?-- reensure, Sep 27 2005 H E Y M I C K E Y !-- calum, Sep 27 2005 A Locomotive for the Team! M.I.T.-- Garboon, Sep 27 2005 Oops! (Massachusetts Institute of Technology .. hmmm ~ 34 letters ~ do spaces count?)-- Garboon, Sep 27 2005 What is this obsession with numbers? Why do some letters cost double? ...Aah - do the cheerleaders form the letters themselves?
To maximise the market, the spell-o-ramans will have to permit punctuation, ampersats and the like.-- Loris, Nov 28 2005 Bongwater had something similar on the cover of their album 'The Power of Pussy'.-- DrBob, Dec 22 2005 //Pay a dollar per word, Ms and Ws count double// You mean per letter, i'm guessing.-- apocalyps956, Sep 01 2006 random, halfbakery