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The best job in the world: ball washer at Ikea

You know those playgrounds with all the plastic balls in the ballpit?

Web Watch told you about how those ballpit balls were covered with feces and germs, remember?

Well, IKEA has ballpits for their younger guests.  Guess what they do?

The Truth about IKEA: The Secret Success of the World's most Popular Furniture Brand
The Truth about IKEA: The Secret Success of the World’s most Popular Furniture Brand

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How To shopping

Most engagement rings cost less than $999

It’s been said that a wedding ring is supposed to cost two months salary.

We all know that’s a load of baloney.  It’s all marketing.

Seriously – all that “two months salary” thing is going to do is force kids to get married while they’re young and unemployed — that’s how you can keep that two months salary thing as cheap as possible.

Get Down on One Knee Without Getting Bent Over: A Modern Day Guide to Buying the Perfect Diamond Engagement Ring
Get Down on One Knee Without Getting Bent Over:
A Modern Day Guide to Buying the Perfect Diamond Engagement Ring

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Inexpensive stock photographs… but not if you use Internet Explorer

We’ve all been stuck in the same situation:

The boss comes up to us and asks for a quick presentation or website mockup. Sure, we can do that, but you’re going to need some fresh photographs and imagery for the material.  It’s going to cost you.

So where do you go when you need an image, fast?

Stock Photography: Residual Income With Your Digital Camera
Stock Photography: Residual Income With Your Digital Camera

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Be a celebrity for a day

Have you ever wanted to LIVE THE LIFE OF A CELEBRITY?

Wanted to do the things that celebrities do? Go to where celebrities go? Hang out with your favorite famous people, maybe exchange cell phone numbers?

Well, it’s all possible — for a price.

Celebrity Confessions: What Hollywood's Rich and Famous Say About Sex, Money and Success
Celebrity Confessions: What Hollywood’s Rich and Famous Say About Sex, Money and Success

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Gadgets shopping

The most ridiculous toilet ever made

They say that you get more money on home resales by investing your money in two places: the kitchen and the bathroom.

But sometimes, as you walk through people’s homes, you have to ask yourself what could have possessed someone to make the decisions they did on various home designs and features.

The Kohler Numi Toilet
The Kohler Numi Toilet

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Cereal is a man’s food – no women allowed

A good bowl of cereal and Saturday morning cartoons were a rite of passage for many growing up in the 70’s and 80’s. Today’s kids don’t know what quality kids-oriented TV programming was, since everything now has to be sanitized to ensure that nothing is directly marketed towards kids.

Remember McDonaldland and all the fun characters that Ronald McDonald used to hang out with?  Don’t see them much on TV anymore, do you?  It’s a surprise that they still show up at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, considering the promotional aspect of having a clown as your spokesman.

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Wearing high heels can save you money

Web Watch has told you about a friend of ours who cancelled a vacation in order to buy a pair of shoes.

For her, the shoe purchase was a much better use of that discretionary money than travel was.  And that’s okay – everyone has choices to make, and she was okay with this one.

But what if we were to tell you that this may have been a wise budgetary move, but not for the reasons you think?

Sam Edelman Women's Tegan Wedge Pump
Sam Edelman Women’s Tegan Wedge Pump

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Amazon’s Funniest Product Reviews

You’ve browsed through AMAZON.COM for hours on end before, right?

It’s just like going to TARGET, HOME DEPOT, or COSTCO sometimes, where you know you’re just going to run in for one item, and end up walking out with a shopping cart full of stuff you never knew you needed until you actually saw it on the shelf.

But there is one advantage that AMAZON has over a brick-and-mortar store, in that they have crowdsourced the product reviews.  Opening up the reviews to the public to REALLY tell you what the product is all about, and whether it works as designed, and more.

Comedy Writing Secrets: The Best-Selling Book on How to Think Funny, Write Funny, Act Funny, And Get Paid For It
Comedy Writing Secrets:
The Best-Selling Book on How to Think Funny, Write Funny, Act Funny, And Get Paid For It