Stupidest man alive?

Jericho · Post by **Jericho** » Mon, 23. Apr 07, 20:01

Is this guy the stupidest man on the face of the planet?
News story

The_Abyss · Post by **The_Abyss** » Mon, 23. Apr 07, 20:12

Certainly a future Darwin Award candidate.

Java Jawa · Post by **Java Jawa** » Mon, 23. Apr 07, 20:13

Not only does he not understand the basics of economics, but he does not understand the basics of addition and multiplication.

Only in America . . .

LeeE · Post by **LeeE** » Mon, 23. Apr 07, 20:22

National spokesman for the dealership chain was quoted as saying "We are just glad that the idiot didn’t have time to run with his 'test drive 5 cars, get one free loyalty stamp card' campaign.

haha, should've got their name in there...that line alone would have bought them a few customers

Tracker001 · Post by **Tracker001** » Mon, 23. Apr 07, 21:28

He sure knows how to make the customer happy.

There is a tax deduction for promotional activities.
Be interesting to run the numbers.

But I'm afraid he didn't do what is requierd.

If you give clients generic calendars, that’s considered a gift. You can only deduct $25 per year per recipient. But if you imprint those calendars with your business name, they’re considered advertising. Now the full cost of producing and distributing the calendars is tax deductible. The same goes for other items, such as pens, sunshades for vehicles, clothing and other promotional giveaways

Now if "Porsche" is the actual owner of the dealership ? They may be able to retrieve a large portion of the monies. As the Porsche name is on the vehical in a perminate way.

An argument for the lawers.

-TD-13- · Post by **-TD-13-** » Mon, 23. Apr 07, 22:03

Jericho wrote:Is this guy the stupidest man on the face of the planet?
News story

Sorry to say, but this story is an Urban Legend

http://www.snopes.com/business/deals/porsche.asp

You could say, he was the stupidest man never to exist though... maybe.

LeeE · Post by **LeeE** » Mon, 23. Apr 07, 22:35

heh, they ruin all our fun

MGA · Post by **MGA** » Mon, 23. Apr 07, 23:24

LeeE wrote:heh, they ruin all our fun

Pity, though I thought something was up. Isn't co.nz a New Zeland page?

-TD-13- · Post by **-TD-13-** » Mon, 23. Apr 07, 23:41

MGA wrote:
LeeE wrote:heh, they ruin all our fun
Pity, though I thought something was up. Isn't co.nz a New Zeland page?

Yes. Stuffed.co.nz is a new Zealand Humor site so most of the stuff on there is just for kicks and not actual news. Not to be confused with Stuff.co.nz which is an actual New Zealand news site.

Jericho · Post by **Jericho** » Tue, 24. Apr 07, 12:14

-TD-13- wrote:
Jericho wrote:Is this guy the stupidest man on the face of the planet?
News story
Sorry to say, but this story is an Urban Legend

http://www.snopes.com/business/deals/porsche.asp

You could say, he was the stupidest man never to exist though... maybe.

Darn, the one time I didn't check snopes. Thought it sounded too good to be true.

davebispham · Post by **davebispham** » Thu, 26. Apr 07, 07:29

cant say i blame anyone for believing this story... the guy was american after all

pjknibbs · Post by **pjknibbs** » Thu, 26. Apr 07, 07:42

Please take insulting generalisations to some other forum--thanks.

Belgarath · Post by **Belgarath** » Thu, 26. Apr 07, 07:58

Any excuse to bash the U.S.. The hate that exudes from Europe and the British Isles is incredible. I always thought I'd like to visit, but now, I don't think so. I'm afraid I'd get clubbed to death if anyone found out I was an American.

Post by **CBJ** » Thu, 26. Apr 07, 08:32

Just as the stereotype of Americans being stupid is inaccurate, so is the stereotype of Europeans universally "hating" Americans. The original story could have been set in any country without it affecting the humour, and only one person in this thread (OK, two including yourself) have chosen to pick up on the fact that it happened to be set in the US.

Belgarath · Post by **Belgarath** » Thu, 26. Apr 07, 08:44

Java Jawa wrote:Only in America . . .

davebispham wrote:cant say i blame anyone for believing this story... the guy was american after all

Only two?

I'm sure there will be more. There always are.

Post by **CBJ** » Thu, 26. Apr 07, 08:48

My apologies, I missed the other one. The fact remains that the location wasn't central to the article. Those who were insulting and generalising about it were warned.

humility925 · Post by **humility925** » Thu, 26. Apr 07, 15:43

I dont think he is stupid, i think he trying to srcew company up and mess them up realy good, to make them look like a fool and bad. Maybe other company hired him to srew them up. On other hand, I dont know.

Post by **CBJ** » Thu, 26. Apr 07, 16:00

As has already been pointed out, it was a spoof article. It didn't really happen.

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