This guy has the right idea. Seriously. If you’re gonna try to convince me to give you money by feeding me some B.S. excuse for your life’s problems I’d rather the B.S. make me smile. Be creative darn it! Don’t bring me down with crap stories about how your sister-in-law’s dog needed a heart transplant so you closed out your 401K and emptied your savings and now you’re out of a job so you don’t have money for gas. If you’re going through the trouble of making stuff up, make it good.
If I saw a guy on the street with a sign that said, “Ninjas killed my family — need money for kung-fu lessons” I’d pull out my wallet without hesitation. He’s moved from the “poor beggar” arena into the “poor comedian” arena and hell, that ninja story is creative and funny stuff, he just worked for my dollar.
