Eric's Excellent Adventure...

Eric and Fiona are indeed paying homage to her homeland, Scotland, and doing a bit of tippling with her relatives. And they are, in his master's own words, all snug and cozy in a chalet at Craigendarroch. What is not generally known is that Eric is also using this trip as a springboard to several meetings with high ranking government officials and captains of industry throughout the Euro states. His mission is simple: generate interest among that august group for major investment in our new joint venture. Yep, Eric and Winston are on our way to multi-billionaire status, all thanks to a recent blog of Eric's and the comment I left on said blog.

I recently discovered that there is a small but growing market for earwax. The current market price is over $200/kilo and rising. A new startup company is building a processing plant over in Arkansas using the latest technology. This will be the first plant of its kind in the US, and the largest outside of Korea, where the original refining process was developed. The speculative market has raw earwax pegged at over $400/kilo by Fall, 2008, when the Arkansas plant will reach full production capacity.

What does all that have to do with Eric matching shots of schnapps with a bunch of Euro-heads, you ask? Well, his story of sound deadening earplugs of the military/industrial variety got me thinking. And working. And thinking. And trying. And back to the drawing board, until voila, I had a working design. You see, the only thing that has held the earwax market to such a low profile is the lack of an efficient and effective harvesting mechanism. Using Eric's description, and having a pair myself, I have devised a new tool (patent pending) that will become as ubiquitous as hair combs and tooth brushes in bathrooms around the globe. The harvesting kits will be sold worldwide in stores and on the internet. A kit will include a collection container which is pre-addressed and postage paid, bringing millions of tons of earwax into our collection centers strategically located around the globe.

The marketing plan and financial projections I presented to Eric were strong enough that he has abandoned his lifelong dream of opening a chain of SWG Tanning Salon and Small Animal Crematorium locations. He fully expects to return from his European vacation with signed contracts in hand and vouchers for the funds deposited for us in Swiss Bank accounts by our new European partners. And why am I telling you all this?

Glad you asked, friends and rubber-neckers... Eric and I feel very strongly about all of you, our blog friends. Neither of us live on the greedy side of the street and we would like to share the wealth. And believe me, there will be enough to go around for all of us. So if you would like to get in on our private offering before we go public and an IPO is approved by the SEC, just send a cashier's check for $1,000 made payable to Eric & Winston International Earwax Consortium. You will receive a stock certificate for 100 shares. Sorry, until we get through this initial private offering, we are unable to accept your order for multiple blocks, but if you are interested in more, just drop us a note and we'll see what we can do.

Eric and Fiona will return in a few days. Let's welcome them home with a big pile of those $1,000 checks...