Punch Dancing

The other day, Practical Joe comes home from work beyond excited.

“I have a BRILLIANT business idea,” he tells me as he bursts through the door.

“What is it?” I ask him, a little excited myself. I've always known that one of these days we'd strike it rich.

“You can’t judge it though. Just hear me out.”

I nod impatiently. He always says this and I always judge. 

“It involves punch dancing!” he says with more enthusiasm than I’ve seen from him since his edible utensil idea.

I burst out laughing.

“You’re judging! I’m not telling you now!”

I settle down. “No, I’m sorry. Please continue.”

He's still reluctant, but after a little prodding, he tells me his big idea. He says that on the way home from work, a punch dancing song came on the radio and the thought struck him: What if he created a punch dancing compilation CD under the Punch Dancing name?

“I could license all the songs and as a bonus I could throw in a punch dancing instructional DVD. Maybe even a punch dancing outfit!”

I pause for a moment, watching my dream of exorbitant riches go out the window. 

“That’s a great idea, Honey. You should really look into that,” I tell him as I make my way over to my computer. I login to Blogger, accepting the fact that there’s probably a better chance of becoming rich from this blog (which yields about 15 cents a day) than from one of PJ’s “brilliant” ideas.

"Don't blog about this or someone will steal it," PJ hollers at me as I'm typing this post.

Namaste,