tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post9096442384374114395..comments2023-11-14T20:29:04.094-08:00Comments on Pearl, Why You Little...: At The Foot of The Master, or How Much Can I Put You Down For?Pearlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-82436831986292364322012-05-01T09:50:57.354-07:002012-05-01T09:50:57.354-07:00I ALWAYS wanted to try garlic gum and x-ray specs....I ALWAYS wanted to try garlic gum and x-ray specs. Didn't you?<br /><br />You were so enterprising, and your Dad was OBVIOUSLY shrewd in the ways of the world, and a keen observer of the human condition.<br /><br />The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, especially not in a trailer park. <br /><br />(I'm really not sure what that last phrase meant...but....I thought it kind of had a ring to it....)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139599163464020063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-40381793917212898672012-04-30T08:53:34.662-07:002012-04-30T08:53:34.662-07:00"Nine sounds better"LOL Reminds me of o..."Nine sounds better"LOL Reminds me of one of my favorite Shel Silverstein lines "When I was your age I was ten." Oh for the days when kids could dream of making money by selling door to door. Thanks for the memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-13003774921980387612012-04-30T06:03:27.848-07:002012-04-30T06:03:27.848-07:00They chose different lines of work, but clearly yo...They chose different lines of work, but clearly your father and mine "went to the same school" when it comes to the work ethic thing.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-58247812462356078212012-04-30T05:35:24.973-07:002012-04-30T05:35:24.973-07:00Great advice from your dad on your selling door to...Great advice from your dad on your selling door to door, and instilling good work ethics in one so young.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813508472498593787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-1016585911481416092012-04-30T03:11:45.301-07:002012-04-30T03:11:45.301-07:00I think your Dad has a touch of the Tom Sawyers. ...I think your Dad has a touch of the Tom Sawyers. What fun!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-48443414376599177302012-04-30T01:33:22.304-07:002012-04-30T01:33:22.304-07:00My father taught me to lie about my age, and I con...My father taught me to lie about my age, and I continue to that to this day. Every year, the school would send students out with a box full of chocolates. Every year, my father would say, "Remember, you're seven." I was a very tiny girl. I got away with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-47975284090601904272012-04-29T23:28:50.139-07:002012-04-29T23:28:50.139-07:00I've never had any trouble in closing a door o...I've never had any trouble in closing a door on a salesman ... even the nine year old's! Sorry Pearl, but you wouldn't have made a sale here!<br /><br />Jehovah's Witnesses are the worst kind of door-to-door callers. I generally get rid of 'em by asking what it was that they <i>actually</i> saw then asking for proof. I may be on the Jehovah's Witnesses 'black list'!Symdaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08953255546935904450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-65996546065768071782012-04-29T20:46:04.239-07:002012-04-29T20:46:04.239-07:00Your dad is so much like my dad. Work hard. Work s...Your dad is so much like my dad. Work hard. Work smart. Keep the smile. And the song. Yep. I think they must have gone to the same school. Does that make us related? :)Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-91879293390138041192012-04-29T19:25:04.440-07:002012-04-29T19:25:04.440-07:00I offered a dollar to weed the stone patio today. ...I offered a dollar to weed the stone patio today. Maybe 25 minutes worth of work.<br /><br />The weeds are all still there.<br /><br />But, when Youngest needs to earn money for a new Skylander.... I don't ever have to lift a finger. :)Julihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10097214923216967086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-90668382075610643682012-04-29T18:47:14.720-07:002012-04-29T18:47:14.720-07:00This brings so many memories of my own childhood a...This brings so many memories of my own childhood and the big ideas for "making money". I still believe in the medicinal properties of the Hot Wet Washrag, don't you???<br />Daisy's BarbaraWatsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609173450576055443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-91287027387922440292012-04-29T17:41:09.123-07:002012-04-29T17:41:09.123-07:00Oh and please do post a photo of your Dad, I'd...Oh and please do post a photo of your Dad, I'd love to see him! (I'm backtracking and seeing what others are saying in regards to your fantastic post!)darlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04886502544010479581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-31872321872833857802012-04-29T17:38:24.069-07:002012-04-29T17:38:24.069-07:00Brilliant, absolutely brilliant for a sales job! N...Brilliant, absolutely brilliant for a sales job! No wonder I don't trust salespeople, the good ones can almost get me, that was until I learned the art of sales! ;-)<br /><br />Thanks for the chuckle to go with my procrastination cuppa coffee; these final few papers are getting extremely difficult to keep procrastinating on, so forward I must go and continue with the BS right to the bitter end. It's sort of like being a salesperson, being a student that is, the better the BS the higher the mark... as I laugh. Cheers!darlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04886502544010479581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-89986973600600065702012-04-29T17:05:28.782-07:002012-04-29T17:05:28.782-07:00Oh, what wonderful stuff. And hope you got that b...Oh, what wonderful stuff. And hope you got that bike.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02141883867104777688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-47953883130890490552012-04-29T15:30:11.148-07:002012-04-29T15:30:11.148-07:00I'll bet your dad trained all those little kid...I'll bet your dad trained all those little kids that come to my door selling stale m&m's and girl scout cookies. <br />I can't say no, but I cave when anyone one else say's no, which is probably why I was fired from sales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-76318405906972519462012-04-29T15:11:21.710-07:002012-04-29T15:11:21.710-07:00Ha Ha, tell 'em you're nine. Nine sounds b...Ha Ha, tell 'em you're nine. Nine sounds better. <br />I love my steady paycheck, it's the only reason I still leave the house four mornings a week.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-90374930532193792892012-04-29T15:05:18.583-07:002012-04-29T15:05:18.583-07:00Now honestly, who could say no to a 10 year old pa...Now honestly, who could say no to a 10 year old passing as a 9 year old selling candles? Your dad knew the market well.Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467164195744234746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-30331503456721805432012-04-29T14:36:47.434-07:002012-04-29T14:36:47.434-07:00Everybody could do with lesson on selling stuff. I...Everybody could do with lesson on selling stuff. I really could, I'm normally so blunt it's untrue. "No honestly, it really is crap...."Dr Max Tunguskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187343090224739966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-12842327729281214042012-04-29T14:31:51.639-07:002012-04-29T14:31:51.639-07:00I'll order two stinky candles, a box of Christ...I'll order two stinky candles, a box of Christmas cards, a set of little porcelain salt and pepper windmills, and maybe those mushrooms with the elves asleep under them--if you will promise to go away for a couple of weeks little girl.Leeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-17095286526472794172012-04-29T14:25:26.150-07:002012-04-29T14:25:26.150-07:00great people don't make themselves :-)great people don't make themselves :-)Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11562111165943505509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-60455725231814882102012-04-29T14:03:51.697-07:002012-04-29T14:03:51.697-07:00As I've said before, I like your dad. I like h...As I've said before, I like your dad. I like his routine and patter. I'd buy something from him. I know I would.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-50367277690413327492012-04-29T13:36:35.718-07:002012-04-29T13:36:35.718-07:00My dad was/is very handsome. Five-10, average bui...My dad was/is very handsome. Five-10, average build, thick black hair and blue-green eyes. I'll have to post a pic of him sometime. He's a looker. :-)Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-50936570476920307872012-04-29T12:49:47.832-07:002012-04-29T12:49:47.832-07:00Love your dad, the salesman!Love your dad, the salesman!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03803472040500529682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-18282753478234305532012-04-29T12:30:06.326-07:002012-04-29T12:30:06.326-07:00i LOVE these stories of fatherly wisdom, sugar! as...i LOVE these stories of fatherly wisdom, sugar! as someone said, i see your daddy looking like bruce dern or sam elliott - that sort of lanky, easy going, steady guy. xoxoxosavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-26071850877843363302012-04-29T10:38:25.661-07:002012-04-29T10:38:25.661-07:00So, I'm wondering if you passed along the sale...So, I'm wondering if you passed along the salesman savvy to your boy.<br />Sadly, making a living going door to door is pretty sketchy these days.Ms Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417670251423549014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060614279393262320.post-47931448728418598642012-04-29T10:37:27.574-07:002012-04-29T10:37:27.574-07:00I sucked at sales. Tried it several times but coul...I sucked at sales. Tried it several times but couldn't do it. Never could work up a patter, a spiel. Or, as a few had said... could fake that sincerity. <br /><br />I picture your dad as either tall and spindly or short and a tad overweight... either way in a seersucker suit (maybe just the jacket with dark solid color pants) and a thin tie often jonesin' for a smoke.<br /><br />Did he ever sell used cars?<br /><br />But you gotta love the guy.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.com