Comments on: SLDS: How to prevent it, humorously http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/20/slds-how-to-prevent-it-humorously/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts led by Dr. Marty Becker. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:27:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: EmilyS http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/20/slds-how-to-prevent-it-humorously/comment-page-1/#comment-470330 EmilyS Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:57:40 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8145#comment-470330 oh yeah, a friend. sure. uh huh. oh yeah, a friend. sure. uh huh.

]]> By: Linda Kaim http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/20/slds-how-to-prevent-it-humorously/comment-page-1/#comment-470307 Linda Kaim Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:29:16 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8145#comment-470307 Welllllll..... I had a friend, you see...... Welllllll…..

I had a friend, you see……

]]> By: Gina Spadafori http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/20/slds-how-to-prevent-it-humorously/comment-page-1/#comment-470304 Gina Spadafori Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:45:36 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8145#comment-470304 Oh c'mon. We're dying to know. :) Oh c’mon. We’re dying to know. :)

]]> By: Linda Kaim http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/20/slds-how-to-prevent-it-humorously/comment-page-1/#comment-470303 Linda Kaim Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:39:45 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8145#comment-470303 You can get your own 919 number and set it up yourself, complete with character voicemail that subscribers can access privately and remotely with special messages just for them. It can be quite lucrative, but it does require a lot of time and a vivid imagination. Please do not ask me how I know this. You can get your own 919 number and set it up yourself, complete with character voicemail that subscribers can access privately and remotely with special messages just for them.

It can be quite lucrative, but it does require a lot of time and a vivid imagination.

Please do not ask me how I know this.

]]> By: H. Houlahan http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/20/slds-how-to-prevent-it-humorously/comment-page-1/#comment-470301 H. Houlahan Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:26:09 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8145#comment-470301 Can you send me some foxtails via Skype? I think phone sex costs more than $100/hr, but I don't think it pays that well. Gotta eliminate the middleman. (Unless, you know, that's part of the "scenario" your customer is paying for ...) Can you send me some foxtails via Skype?

I think phone sex costs more than $100/hr, but I don’t think it pays that well. Gotta eliminate the middleman. (Unless, you know, that’s part of the “scenario” your customer is paying for …)

]]> By: Gina Spadafori http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/20/slds-how-to-prevent-it-humorously/comment-page-1/#comment-470300 Gina Spadafori Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:18:44 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8145#comment-470300 Phone sex pays $100 an hour? Why wasn't I told? I think you're just jealous because you don't live in California, where the foxtails are plentiful and people will actually pay for you to channel their dead pets. Although she lives in Oregon, otherwise known as the Canada of California (credit to Stephen Colbert). Sorry your neighbors have a tad more sense. Phone sex pays $100 an hour? Why wasn’t I told?

I think you’re just jealous because you don’t live in California, where the foxtails are plentiful and people will actually pay for you to channel their dead pets. Although she lives in Oregon, otherwise known as the Canada of California (credit to Stephen Colbert).

Sorry your neighbors have a tad more sense.

]]> By: H. Houlahan http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/07/20/slds-how-to-prevent-it-humorously/comment-page-1/#comment-470299 H. Houlahan Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:09:17 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=8145#comment-470299 Cute slideshow, very witty, but she still charges $100/hr to chat with your cat on Skype and then tell you that he's the reincarnation of your other cat who wasn't even dead yet when this one was born. One can learn cold-reading from books, but to really real in the suckers, it helps to have a strong persona. One could, for example, pretend to be Jamaican, which is so totally cooler than LA. I <i>totally</i> wanted Miss Cleo to be my psychic friend! This woman's humor works as her schtick. Is she giving people good advice about training, animal care etc.? Maybe. How would she know? Is it all based on a lie? Duh. "Intuitive" is great. I'm all about intuitive. In a Malcolm Gladwell / Gavin de Becker way. Getting messages from strangers' dead pets is not "intuitive." It is, though, apparently a dandy way to rake in $100/hour without having to get dressed in the morning. And unlike the phone sex girls, she doesn't even need to talk with you the whole time. Cute slideshow, very witty, but she still charges $100/hr to chat with your cat on Skype and then tell you that he’s the reincarnation of your other cat who wasn’t even dead yet when this one was born.

One can learn cold-reading from books, but to really real in the suckers, it helps to have a strong persona. One could, for example, pretend to be Jamaican, which is so totally cooler than LA. I totally wanted Miss Cleo to be my psychic friend! This woman’s humor works as her schtick.

Is she giving people good advice about training, animal care etc.? Maybe. How would she know?

Is it all based on a lie? Duh.

“Intuitive” is great. I’m all about intuitive. In a Malcolm Gladwell / Gavin de Becker way. Getting messages from strangers’ dead pets is not “intuitive.” It is, though, apparently a dandy way to rake in $100/hour without having to get dressed in the morning. And unlike the phone sex girls, she doesn’t even need to talk with you the whole time.

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