When your page loaded up, I didn’t see the name of your blog. However, as I scrolled up, I was chuckling and smiling, after having read your post, and the comments that followed! It was then, that I saw the name of your blog. Thank you for bringing a smile to my face today. I will visit again.
It turns out that snake oil contains an omega-3 unsaturated fatty acid that is good for people’s health. So, snake oil salesmen were far more honest than some of the crooks today that they are compared to. http://www.sanityandsense.com, R. Van Conoley, editor
43 responses to “Modern Snake Oil ? by Carl D’Agostino”
Carl D'Agostino
June 26th, 2011 at 20:03
So glad you will be visiting. All clean, wholesome humor here.
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pbus1
June 26th, 2011 at 18:13
Hi.
When your page loaded up, I didn’t see the name of your blog. However, as I scrolled up, I was chuckling and smiling, after having read your post, and the comments that followed! It was then, that I saw the name of your blog. Thank you for bringing a smile to my face today. I will visit again.
Paulette 🙂
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blackwatertown
June 23rd, 2011 at 17:18
We’ve no snakes in Ireland, so we’ll have to squeeze a few politicians instead.
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Rick Flynn
June 23rd, 2011 at 17:38
Oh, you’ve got those there, too???? 🙂
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Carl D'Agostino
June 23rd, 2011 at 17:58
Do you get oil or slime ?
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siubhan
June 22nd, 2011 at 16:00
hehehe… Does look a bit like Moses…
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Carl D'Agostino
June 22nd, 2011 at 17:44
Yeah, but Moses parted the sea, not his hair.
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Blossom Dreams
June 22nd, 2011 at 15:56
It works, but it also enhances the growth of nostril hair, eyebrows and ear hair….bald is always better than ANY of those in excess!
Chloe xx
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Carl D'Agostino
June 22nd, 2011 at 17:46
You know you’re old when there is more hair on your ears than your scalp.
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Sana Johnson-Quijada MD
June 21st, 2011 at 19:23
Happiness ever after
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 19:38
We put angel hair on the Christmas tree
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kateshrewsday
June 21st, 2011 at 18:15
Hope at last 🙂 Although the guys at the table look less than hopeful..
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 18:46
Yeah, they’ve all been there, done that with no results.
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nrhatch
June 21st, 2011 at 14:55
Hey! That snake oil salesman looks like . . . YOU! 😀
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 17:36
I have been able to con most people into thinking I am from earth
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apieceofthepiehole
June 21st, 2011 at 14:01
Rogain should hire you as their marketing guru! That was genius!
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 14:03
He better not sneeze or the fraud will be revealed
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Tori Nelson
June 21st, 2011 at 12:31
Haha. Sent this to The Dude. He doesn’t like to admit it, but he’d trade his soul for a chance at hair.
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 13:29
At least bald men don’t have dandruff problems and don’t need dye either
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Carol Ann Hoel
June 21st, 2011 at 11:51
Look at the hair on that salesman! The stuff must be a miracle! I’ll take two!
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 13:27
Problem is you’ll need a haircut every 48 hours it works so well
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SuziCate
June 21st, 2011 at 11:08
No money back guarantee?! Or maybe two for the price of one?
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 13:26
Negotiable. They also sell hats and caps.
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Hansi
June 21st, 2011 at 10:13
Anything wherein snake oil is the main ingredient is O K with me 🙂
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 13:25
ex wives tends to be more venomous than snakes
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Rick Flynn
June 21st, 2011 at 09:27
Wait a minute! Is that Ron Popiel???
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 13:24
I dunna know who that is
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Rick Flynn
June 21st, 2011 at 16:47
Invented “Veg-O-Matic” among other things…..
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Craig N.
June 21st, 2011 at 09:01
Moses sold snake oil? Must have been for rattlesnakes he spent so much time in the desert
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 13:23
I can get you 30% discount
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adeeyoyo
June 21st, 2011 at 07:49
Don’t you believe it – I know the guy and he wears a wig!
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 07:53
Me too. Da gut thinks he’s Louis XIV
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lifeintheboomerlane
June 21st, 2011 at 07:07
You’ll make millions, Carl.
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 07:25
I have all my hair. It’s white, however.
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Maxi Malone
June 21st, 2011 at 05:48
This reminds me of a friend who was recently fooled by a TV ad.
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 07:24
Hows about those make $5,000 a day at home ads?
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sixthsymph
June 21st, 2011 at 04:08
That salesman could make quite a few wigs out of his hair instead of selling ‘snake oil’.
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 07:23
He’s working that angle too.
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Mark Petruska
June 21st, 2011 at 02:28
The guy rolling his eyes looks like he’s on the verge of wigging out.
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 07:22
Toupee. I mean touche.
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pattisj
June 21st, 2011 at 02:25
And it cures everything else that ails you, too! And if you order RIGHT NOW…
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Carl D'Agostino
June 21st, 2011 at 07:20
…you get a vegematic and new car restore polish free !
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R. Van Conoley
July 9th, 2011 at 02:41
It turns out that snake oil contains an omega-3 unsaturated fatty acid that is good for people’s health. So, snake oil salesmen were far more honest than some of the crooks today that they are compared to. http://www.sanityandsense.com, R. Van Conoley, editor
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