A Book for People Who Want to Become Stinking Rich but Aren't Quite Sure How

by Benrik

Even in these gloomy days, all it takes to lift yourself out of wage slavery and become unhealthily rich is one bright idea.Bestselling authors and entrepreneurs Benrik are overflowing with cutting-edge schemes that they simply don't have time to develop themselves. As first seen in a weekly column in the "Independent on Sunday," some of those ideas are genius, while others seem plainly insane - but any could propel you from your current lowly status to that of a multimillionaire. * Celebrity-worn fans would pay a premium to purchase underwear actually worn by their favourite stars, however fleetingly.* A chain of beginners' Where beginners can exercise without fear of ridicule (and with fake weights).* Airport Public X-Ray Manufacture giant screen x-ray machines, so the bored queuing travellers can assist with explosives-detection.Fully illustrated! Makes the ideal credit crunch Christmas gift!

151 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2008

Reviews

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had completely forgotten that I had read this previously and my original review only gave it two stars so I guess I was not impressed first time. I imagine that on first reading I may have decided it was too self-consciously humourous and rather pointless, being nothing more than a list of ideas to make money in the modern world, most of them rather outlandish.

However on this second reading, I found myself in two minds as to how seriously it was meant to be taken. Rather worryingly, I now find some of the ideas quite feasible - a mirror linked to the internet so you can get an instant verdict on your look? Ego billboards? Virtual DJs? A few I even found myself thinking already existed in a milder form. I suppose this shows that, if nothing else, the authors are very aware of how the modern world works and the modern mind thinks.