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Fun Time News
Insurance is fun! Newsletter
December 2010
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We here at Funster HQ decided to devote this month's newsletter to the spirit of the Christmas season. So enjoy the articles, click the links, and peruse the goodies.
Merry Christmas to all, and a Prosperous Insurance New Year!
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| Quotes of the Month
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"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more."
- The Grinch
"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
- Ebeneezer Scrooge
"Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people once a year."
- Victor Borge
"Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven." - W. C. Fields
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Joke Time
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It was just before Christmas and the judge was in a happy mood. He asked the prisoner who stood before him, "What are you charged with?"
The prisoner replied, "Doing my Christmas shopping too early."
"That's no crime", said the Judge. "Just how early were you doing this shopping?"
"Before the shop opened", answered the prisoner.
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As a little girl climbed onto Santa's lap, Santa asked the usual, "And what would you like for Christmas?"
The child stared at him open mouthed and horrified for a minute, then gasped: "Didn't you get my E-mail?"
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Dingbats and Dillweeds: Because Everyone Loves an Idiot!
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You're a mean one, Officer Grinch!
Santa's naughty list just got a bit longer after an overzealous parking agent slapped him with a summons.
Kriss Kringle - aka Chip Cafiero - vows to fight the city for handing him a $115 double-parking ticket while he was delivering toys to kids in Brooklyn.
. "I saw this [traffic agent] jump out of her car and I said to one of my elves, 'She's going to give me a ticket,'" said Cafiero, who annually dons a long, white beard and red suit to bring Christmas cheer and gifts. "The kids started crying: 'That's Santa's car! That's Santa's car!' But this grinch just went ahead and fined me anyways.
St. Nick said the traffic agent will discover a losing ticket under her tree on Christmas morning. "I told her she was on my naughty list - but I had a kid on my lap or else Santa would have really let her have it," he said.
Source: NY Daily News
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"Finding a Diamond Among the Coal!" Department
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We've all seen them. Our irises are still blinded, our heads still spinning - from a year ago!
Yes, it's those folks who spare no expense - and clearly have direct connections to local nuclear facilities - who turn a simple seasonal light display into a landing beacon for major airports. Lampooned by movies, ridiculed as monuments to overachievers, and derided as fire hazards, we still can't resist piling into our cars, often with a handy map supplied by the local papers, to tour these temples to Tesla.
Well, friends, save your gas and deep six the maps - here is site with dozens of, if not the "best" then surely the "brightest", light displays of recent years. Pop the corn, pour the eggnog, don your shades and click that link!
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Video Of the Month: One dream car for all women, one nightmare for insurance companies everywhere
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Don't blink or this one will fly right by you - and I'm still not sure if it will require an auto policy or an inland marine floater.
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Tales of Insurance Christmas: A Sugar-plummed Plethora
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Product Deal of the Month: Here Come the Holidays!
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It's that time of the year, Ebeneezer!  Don't dot another "i", Bob Cratchit, until you peruse the plethora of potential present possibilities at the IIF Store! Where else can you get that perfect insurance gift with that perfect insurance message such as "Bind me, Baby!" or "Kiss me, I'm All Risk!" or a personal favorite "Forget my exclusions, let's talk about your limitations!"
Too many great gift options to decide? Not willing to guess wrong on that clothing size? Practice true risk management with an IIF gift certificate! Perhaps that insurance person on your list enjoys reading? Then he or she will love a copy of the appropriately titled book from Chris Amrhein: "Yes, Virginia, There is Insurance!" But you better hurry! You and we both know what will happen if that perfect IIF gift isn't under the tree on time. Click that link now! |
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Picture of the Month: A Kid's Dream but an Underwriter's Nightmare!
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Aircraft? Mobile Equipment? Non-motorized land conveyance? Public or livery? Or just a recreational vehicle designed for off-road use? Inquiring minds may wish to pursue further research at the source:
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