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Wednesday, January 14, 2004 Trump This    Sorry for the hiatus, we've been busy. Now with Master back in school I've had some time for leisure. We don't watch much TV around here except the news now and then, and maybe a football game or two, but tonight I thought I'd do a little surfing.     I came across one of the new reality shows on NBC, The Apprentice -- Donald Trump in search of a president to run one of his companies. There were 16 contestants left; the last one to avoid getting fired gets the job I guess. Anyway, the first job he assigned to test their competence at making money was to split the men and women into two teams (8 each), give each team $250 seed money and have them sell lemonade in New York city. Each team self-appointed their leader.    I couldn't believe how uninventive the women were. I kept thinking, "Assets ladies, assets." I mean for goodness sake there wasn't a one of them that couldn't model lingerie for Victoria Secrets. Why these women didn't all dress up as catholic high school girls and put on 4" red pumps with white lace socks, their hair in ponytails, and strut down NY sidewalks with a refillable 5 gallon jug of lemonade in a little red wagon is beyond me. If you want to sell as a team you have to dress like a team, no? I'm telling you, with that kind of mobile storefront they would have sold more lemonade in one hour than all the children in Lake Wobegone in an entire summer. Sheesh. Instead they wasted time arguing for several hours over how to get started, and ended up with no real plan whatsoever, so that all they did was stand around waving glasses of lemonade and begging passersby to buy it. How pathetic. Were it not for even more bumbling on the part of the men's team the women wouldn't have won; they ended up quadrupling their initial $250. Pfft, big deal, I say they could have made enough money to buy Trump Tower had they used their collective assets more productively. After all, I thought this was supposed to be a reality TV show. 8:03:01 PM    Comments disabled © Copyright 2009 Rufus. Nonsense, distribute widely and freely! Last update: 7/1/2009; 9:21:37 AM.			Readers Amused       Home About Me Airedale Philosophy How this all got started       FAQ What's an Upright? Upright: noun : a by and large bipedal companion, also referred to as a human being. What's a Cheechako? Cheechako: noun : a person new to Alaska who has come with the intention to live here. Who's Master? Master: pronoun : just the finest upright on the face of the earth, that's who! To read him is to love him. What's Dogdom? Dogdom: noun : Life's venue from a dog's point of view. What's a Sourdough? Sourdough: noun : A long time Alaskan who has an automatic suspicion of cheechakos. What does Outside mean? Outside: noun : A provincial reference to somplace other than Alaska; usually the lower 48. What's Breakup? Breakup: noun : A uniquely Alaskan season between winter and spring when the snow and ice begins to melt for good. Where is SquareBanks? SquareBanks: slang : A self-evident euphemism for a place widely known as Fairbanks, AK. Where can I read the Houston Trip? Houston Trip: vignette : Here What digital camera do you use? Camera: hardware : Canon Powershot A80 (4.0 MP) Who's Mom? Mom: Hottie : Have A Look What's a Squeakamunka? Squeakamunka: noun : your ordinary gray squirrel which can be seen everywhere in our Cleveland neighborhood! « Alaska Blogs »  Stories Fiction Boy Wonder Bat Girl Objects in Mirror Are Larger Than They Appear Used To Be Fish Skin Deep Essay Life Is Good Desert Nostalgia A Voice of Reason Fictional Four Realms of Darkness Poetry Lucky Chain  The Cycling Pages 1999 Canadian Tour 2000 Tour of Alaska "Yooper" : 2001 Tour of WI/Michigan UP 2001 Spine of Italy Tour 2002 Tour of New England 2004 Tour of New Zealand (coming soon!) 2005 Tour Of Nova Scotia Conways Game of Life (needs java plugin) Sometimes Interesting Billy Greg (Hiatus) Virginia Postrel Wendy McElroy Samizdata Atlantic Monthly Reason No Treason Slashdot Derke Lowe Heather Champ (Photo blog) T.C. Boyle Liquid Generation Improved Clinch Exquisite Corpse, A. Codrescu Fred On Everything Assymetrical Information The Daily Ablution (Hibernation) Lileks Frank Kelly (Hiatus) Up In Alaska