I received this in an email so I can’t take credit.
I almost fell off my chair laughing so hard — Cesar Ramirez… [Read Closely]

HOW TO SELL TOOTHBRUSHES

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

productive 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 civil spirit and
I credit that approach for my obvious success.”

“Very good,” said the teacher.
Little Jenny 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, Jenny,” said the teacher..

Eventually, it was Little Greg’s turn.

The teacher held her breath …

Little Greg walked to the front of the classroom and dumped a box full of
cash on the teacher’s desk. “$2,467,” he said.

“$2,467!” cried the teacher, “What in the world were you selling?”

“Toothbrushes,” said Little Greg.

“Toothbrushes!” echoed the teacher, “How could you possibly sell enough
tooth brushes to make that much money?”

“I found the busiest corner in town,” said Little Greg, “I set up a Dip &

Chip stand and gave everybody who walked by a free sample.”

They all said the same thing, “Hey, this tastes like dog shit!”

Then I would say, “It is dog shit.  Wanna buy a toothbrush?”

“I used the governmental approach of giving you something shitty for free,
and then making you pay to get the shitty taste out of your mouth.”

– Author unknown.