The toothbrush salesman

THE TOOTHBRUSH SALESMAN

The kids filed into class Monday morning. They were all excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, then give a talk on salesmanship.

Little Sally led off. "I sold Girl Scout cookies, and I made $30," she said proudly. "My sales approach was to appeal to the customer's civic spirit. And I credit that approach for my obvious success."

"Very good,"said the teacher.

Little Debbie was next. "I sold magazines," she said. "I made $45 and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current events."

"Very good, Debbie," said the teacher.

Eventually, it was little Johnny's turn. The teacher held her breath. Little Johnny walked up to the from of the classroom and dumped a box full of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,497," he said. $2,467?" echoed the teacher, "...what in the world were you selling?"

"Toothbrushes," said Little Johnny. "Toothbrushes?" echoed the teacher again, "How could you possibly sell enough toothbrushes to make that much money?"

"I found the busiest corner in town," he said. "I set up a Dip and Chip Stand and I gave everyone who walked by a free sample. They all said the same thing: 'Hey, this tastes like dog poop!' I would reply,"It is dog poop. Wanna buy a toothbrush?"

"I used the Obama method of giving you some crap, dressing it up so it looks good, telling you its free, then making you pay to get the bad taste out of your mouth."

Little Johnny got 5 stars for his assignment. Bless his little heart