06.09.06
Wisecracks For A Wiseass: Buck-A-Joke
Hi, folks.
I swore to you a very long time ago that I would never ask for money on this site unless it was for a good cause. Well, I still stand by that promise. See? It’s right there. Comes up to about my knee.
The thing is, though, I’m flat broke. Which makes going to Otakon on August 4th, 2006 more than a little tricky. So I propose an interesting solution. I call it ‘Buck-A-Joke’. Basically, pay me a dollar and I’ll write a short joke about any topic you suggest. It’s guaranteed to be unique, guaranteed to be about whatever you suggest, and guaranteed to be funny– to my sense of humor, at least. Your mileage, as always, may vary.
Now, I’m going to be completely honest here. You may or may not think that the joke I send to you– I’m looking to do the writing nightly– is funny. That’ll disappoint me, of course, but unfortunately I’ll have to say that you get what you pay for– and to be completely honest, you’re only out what, a buck? I know, I know, it is your buck, after all, but for the cost of a gallon of gas, you can get three jokes which I certainly hope will make you laugh as you take the bus. Still, isn’t enough to know that in some small way you’re helping out a struggling writer find his way to a glorious land of milk and catgirls? Won’t you please think of the catgirls the struggling writer?
Anyway, I’m toying with the idea of doing longer setups for more money– let’s say, a Reader’s Digest-length anecdote (100-250 words) for $5. But for now, I think we’ll see how Buck-A-Joke works out. This is a limited-time offer, folks– I’m only going to keep this open until July 23rd.
It’s certainly not fair of me to suggest that you leap into this sight unseen. So, in the next post, I’m going to go ahead and take ten random Wikipedia articles and write quick jokes about them, gratis.
If you want to go ahead and take the leap, you can toss me a buck via Paypal: