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Anonymous asked in Entertainment & MusicPolls & Surveys · 1 decade ago

What are some good ways to save/earn money in these tough economic times?

My wife and I are struggling financially, and I am at my wit's end as to a solution. My wife is very edgy, as she has found herself stress-eating; she had never weighed a pound over 317 since high school, but this week discovered she is up to 319, and so is very afraid that she is getting fat. I want to keep my Dimples(my pet name for her) happy, but this economy isn't helping.

My chronic Tourette's Syndrome has really put a damper on my career as a mime, and I am uncertain what direction I should take in life. I have thought of becoming a wealthy CEO of a major corporation, but my hours of scouring through the classifieds haven't found any openings for this; it gets pretty discouraging.

My wife helps when and where she can, modeling for art classes at the Braille Institute, but they haven't been calling her lately; I guess the bad economy has affected them too. She tried to see if she could find work as an exotic dancer, but the place she went to was very mysterious, saying structural codes wouldn't allow her to work there, whatever that means. I hate to see my baby so down. :(

It has gotten to the point where we are having difficulty paying our bills. We have, in the past, paid most of our bills in hickory nuts, but it seems to be that every day fewer and fewer places accept these as payment. What good is having a hickory tree if you can't pay your bills with it? At least we a sure source for giving birthday and holiday gifts, though.

We save money as best we can, but even that is getting more difficult; did you know that those drive-around carts they have at WalMart for the disabled and elderly aren't supposed to leave the store? We just wanted to take one for the day so we could drive out and visit Dimples' parents, but they chased us out of the store into the parking lot, and made us bring it back. They claim that Dimples did damage to the body frame of it and have charged us for repairs; I sent in a bag of hickory nuts for payment,but we got a letter in the mail saying payment had not been received, and threatening legal action, so I don't know what is up. Maybe some greedy person who works at the store made off with the hickory nuts, so we didn't get credit for them. Just to be safe, I sent another bag.

Well, I really don't know what more I can do; any advice or suggestions?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    LMFAO!!!!!

    You're life sucks a**!!

    Did any of you idiots even read this?? LMFAO

  • 1 decade ago

    wow, what a pathetic tale! have you tried converting your bedroom into a high-class brothel? family owned and operated business can do really well in an economy like this. all you need is some velvet and a classy chandelier, but i'm thinking your bedroom won't need too much work for the conversion. if you deal in cash only, you can also avoid the hassle of reporting your income to the government.

    if walmart proves too financially conservative to accept hickory nuts, you can offer the manager a free bordello pass. also ask if he'd allow you to post a flyer in the vestibule. lots of potential bordello users hang out in walmart vestibules. i know i used to before i stopped shopping there.

    you should stick with the miming, and work the tourettes into it to make it look like you're doing it deliberately to stretch your artistic boundaries. like, work up a scatalogical routine if you have a propensity to shout $h!t, or a mime sex scene if fvck is your compulsive word of choice. the pretentious arts crowd will be all over you.

    you can save money by collecting deflated helium bolloons to use as condoms and using margarine instead of KY in your home business. also, if your neighbors have hickory trees, you might consider chopping them down to raise the value of your hickory nuts.

    don't lose hope, mr. johann, and remember, as long as you have dimples's love, you're the richest man on earth.

  • 1 decade ago

    i am sorry to hear about dimples and your trouble. i think you should think bigger, like let dimples eat all she wants, you know there is good fat, like eats some hickory nuts , look in the phone book for doctors who do lip inplants dimples can donate some fat for there lips. i also saw where they can make soap from fat.. have dimples go to the walmart store and get some wow chips there made with olean make ya sh!t like a goose, stain the stuff the oil flots to the top.. they have a good recipe if you rent the movie fight club.. also if you still have both your kidneys you only need one , da! sell one ..there are lots of stuff we don't need 2 of .. think outside the box! anyway good luck

  • 1 decade ago

    She weighs 319....boo DIMPLES is already FAT....

    Dimples huh....lmao

    You know its BAD when the BLIND don't even want to use you as a MODEL... WTF....lmao

    Then you try to steal a CART from WALMART... lol

    Why dont you and DIMPLES take up collecting things for money such as PAPER, CANS, things like that... Because I am sure if she is eating like that then you guys have PLENTY of garbage that CAN Be recycled.... And just let DIMPLES know she is going to have to slow down on the supper chops.. We cant afford to be feeding her like that anymore the economy is too bad.....

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  • 1 decade ago

    Only buy ''generic'' food products, such as mustard, ketchup, toaster tarts, etc.

    Save aluminum cans, and take them to a recycling place where they pay per/pound

    shovel snow / then mow lawns/ advertise as a " handy man '' in the local trade paper

    apply for heating assistance for some free heating oil/ gas/ coal

    Keep havin' the good folks taste yer nuts

  • 1 decade ago

    Cook at Home (lose Weight, it's cheaper to maintain a smaller frame);

    Walk as much as You can;

    Buy a few of those Blue Paint tarps at a Dollar Store, just in case You end up sleeping in Cardboard Boxes....!!

  • Jan
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    During the tough times where in your most strongest and weakest point in solving a life problem will be placed in testing. so better handle it with positive determination to fight it and throw it away to overcome the life obstacle. and the best result is get to learn from it so the next time you will not have much difficulty in solving it because it imparted you for a life time experienced.

  • 1 decade ago

    I save change. I use an old umbrella tube and when it is filled, I use those money coin changing machines at my bank. I use mixed change so you could save close to $50.00 - $90.00. That is if this is a serious question.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    shop at cheaper stores to start off with. dollar stores have almost the same thing as a grocery store but at a cheaper price. thats a place u can start.

  • !
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Here is a suggestion as to how to not be so poor!

    Stop trolling on Yahoo Answers, binge chowing and get jobs!

  • grrl
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    You could get a 2nd job in the time it took to write that question.

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