An easy $149,000

[springyzone]

I don't know if any of you saw an online article yesterday. (I don't have the link) 

I nearly choked on my cup of tea.

Some agency in US I think it was, offered $149,000 to anyone willing to go one year without their smart phone. No messages, calls, no looking up social media or addresses, no browsing the internet on it etc

They had about 100,000 applicants and chose one woman who is now in about month 8.

At first I thought-yes, it would be a bit hard not to use the internet, but you know what, for $149k in one year, I'd do it.

Here's the real kicker though. It only applies to a smart phone!

The person was actually given a flip phone so they could still make calls or receive messages.

They are still allowed to access the internet etc on a laptop or normal computer, just not on a smartphone.

I would romp it in as I only got a smart phone recently anyway and prefer a computer or laptop or ipad.

Is modern life so hard that people actually could not exist without their smart phone?

[domino-710]

And speaking of $149.000 - this arrived in the mail yesterday.

I'm willing to sell it for considerably less. lol

[tasfleur]

I bid $1.50 for it because of the dental work required!

                            

[ecar3483]

Is it made from cement - durable enough to withstand the outdoors, and probably more importantly, do the eyes light up? ha ha...

🙂

[domino-710]

LOL - so far you have the highest bid - but do keep in mind ' postage ' - to the island.

Do you know what it's purpose is. ????????

[domino-710]

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@ecar3483 wrote:

Is it made from cement - durable enough to withstand the outdoors, and probably more importantly, do the eyes light up? ha ha...

🙂

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No - Yes - No. lol

[tasfleur]

Of course I do.  It's an advertisement for toothpaste whitener ... 

It says "Free postage to all Islands" .....  

[snow*jewel]

Does it ward off bad spirits? 

[domino-710]

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@snow*jewel wrote:

Does it ward off bad spirits? 

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No - it obviously is a bad spirit. 

[domino-710]

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@tasfleur wrote:

Of course I do.  It's an advertisement for toothpaste whitener ... 

It says "Free postage to all Islands" .....  

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And advertisement - hello - what would - Bob ( won't show his face - the dentist ad ) have to say about this - Baboon.

Oh - sorry - no free nothing.

This is one of a kind - at - so far a buck 50c.

[tasfleur]

Not fair!  Someone has created a simian hybrid baboon/chimpanzee.  I'm reducing my bid to $1 .. (still with free shipping).