1001 Ways to Make Money If You Dare (40 page)
244 RUN THE SCOREBOARD.
You're keeping track of the score anyway — and the fouls, errors, and time. Why not get a side job running the show? Go to your local high school and offer your services. You better be accurate though. There's likely enough creatine in some of those kids that an error on your part could lead to a foul ball in your face.
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245 HOLD A BEARD-OFF.
Think you can grow the sickest stache? Get a group of buddies together and bet on who can grow the longest, bushiest, gnarliest beard. Set an end date and let the growing begin. You can bet on yourself or on your hairiest friends. But remember, just because someone has a full mop on top doesn't mean he can grow anything a fifteen-year-old boy couldn't.
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246 SCARE UP SOME SCRATCH BY SCARING FOR OTHERS.
When people have been wronged, they often wish they could take revenge on friend and foe alike with a good fright — something that could cause a little leak in the offending person's pants. That's where you come in. You've seen enough horror movies that you could scare the crap out of Wes Craven himself. Charge to set up scares — just be certain you can deliver and won't embarrass your subscriber even more.
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247 PUNK FOR PAY.
Ashton Kutcher may be a bit of a jackass, but his show Punked was a pop culture phenomenon. Most of us would love to pull a prank on someone in our life but fear the consequences. Since your buddy doesn't have the balls to e-mail the photo of his boss passed out at the Christmas party to the entire company, offer to do it for him — for a fee. After all, what's it to you?
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Charge Lazy People
Remember in Chapter 2 when we told you to get off your ass? Well, let's hope everyone hasn't bought this book and taken our advice. (Actually, we hope everyone has, but for your sake we won't keep our fingers crossed.) That's because you can cash in on others' choices to hire out. You wouldn't believe what some people pay for — go out and make some loot from your lazy friends.
248 MAKE WAKE UP CALLS.
Why would people ever pay you to call them when they could just buy an alarm clock? Because they're idiots. So capitalize on their idiocy by offering your services as a wake-up caller. Just think of how fun it will be to create your own signature wake-up greeting. You're being paid to irritate people — what's more fun than that?
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