Comments on: P.T. Barnum’s "Art of Money-Getting" http://boingboing.net/2011/10/25/p-t-barnums-art-of-money-getting.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 08:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Romeo Vitelli http://boingboing.net/2011/10/25/p-t-barnums-art-of-money-getting.html#comment-1252783 Romeo Vitelli Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125868#comment-1252783 Barnum was also not above stealing money-making ideas from his competitors.  Whenever he spotted a money-making act by another carnival, he promptly tracked down an identical act to one-up the competition.  That's why he hired Jo Jo, the Dog-Faced Boy to upstage Krao, the Monkey Girl. http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2009/10/the-missing-link.html Barnum was also not above stealing money-making ideas from his competitors.  Whenever he spotted a money-making act by another carnival, he promptly tracked down an identical act to one-up the competition.  That’s why he hired Jo Jo, the Dog-Faced Boy to upstage Krao, the Monkey Girl.

http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2009/10/the-missing-link.html

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2011/10/25/p-t-barnums-art-of-money-getting.html#comment-1252614 jimh Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125868#comment-1252614 1) Write a How-To book with an irresistible title 2) Profit! 1) Write a How-To book with an irresistible title
2) Profit!

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/10/25/p-t-barnums-art-of-money-getting.html#comment-1252571 Guest Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125868#comment-1252571 I’m bored with the valleys and bored with the peaks / So I bought a ticket to the freaks / I saw a chicken with two heads / Saw something else that was headless / Then p.t. said see the egress/ ’cause you move when the salesman speaks/ I superabound / But I still got nothing to do I’m bored with the valleys and bored with the peaks / So I bought a ticket to the freaks / I saw a chicken with two heads / Saw something else that was headless / Then p.t. said see the egress/ ’cause you move when the salesman speaks/ I superabound / But I still got nothing to do

]]> By: marilove http://boingboing.net/2011/10/25/p-t-barnums-art-of-money-getting.html#comment-1252511 marilove Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125868#comment-1252511 Oh, I am so reading this!  I'm actually related to P.T. Barnum! Oh, I am so reading this!  I’m actually related to P.T. Barnum!

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/25/p-t-barnums-art-of-money-getting.html#comment-1252508 Cowicide Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125868#comment-1252508 There's a wise person born every minute. There’s a wise person born every minute.

]]> By: scifijazznik http://boingboing.net/2011/10/25/p-t-barnums-art-of-money-getting.html#comment-1252369 scifijazznik Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=125868#comment-1252369 The title sounds like something that would have come out on Cash Money records in the late '90s.  I had no idea P.T. stood for Pimp Tyme... The title sounds like something that would have come out on Cash Money records in the late ’90s.  I had no idea P.T. stood for Pimp Tyme…

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