From: Danny Sichel Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [rec.arts.sf.composition] Re: Just curious... Date: 27 Dec 1999 11:40:17 +0100 Subject: Re: Just curious... From: lynnjorge@aol.com (Christopher Jorgensen) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.composition In article <38093658.9066CFD8@erols.com>, John wrote: >So now you know. If you want a real chance of breaking into the >publishing industry, you have to [CLASSIFIED] your [CLASSIFIED] to the >[CLASSIFIED]. Speaking of.... I was in a bar one time and over heard a man say, "I'd sell my soul for another drink." Just like that. A cliche falls from his mouth. So, me seeing an entrepreneurial opportunity, seize the moment, and figuring it's a buyers' market, I pony up the cash for the man's next round...after getting him to sign over all rights to his soul in perpetuity. I'm not sure how legally binding a bar napkin is, but I figure in situations like this it's the sentiment that counts, not the enforcement. And regardles, for $2.50 the look on the man's face as he realized here was someone willing to take him up on his offer was worth the price of admission. I told this story to another friend, who replied, "Hell, I'd sell mine for a cheese burger." And I was off. This one cost me all of $.17 at a McDonalds. I put them on my refrigerator, but unlike childrens' art, souls just do not make for pleasing viewing. All the same, displaying them got me my third, and this one cheapest of all, as it was given to me for nothing. This person saw I was a collector of what he had no value for (being an atheist), so once again someone signs on the line. At this time I removed them from the 'fridge and placed them on the wall above my computer, right along side my rejection from OMNI magazine and a half dozen other just like it. I figure, if there is a devil, and selling one's soul is required for something I want, then hey, I've got at least four to bargain with. So I'm in. Any editors out there want three souls in exchange for a three book contract? I'm selling.