"Is the Internet the World's Largest Midway?"

Why do I call the Internet the "World's Largest Midway"? I
spent 16 years in the carnival business and I was pretty
successful at it. If you've ever been to the fair, you might
relate to some of my reasons.

Did you ever notice how they set up the good stuff, the real
nifty rides, way down at the end of a long line of "joints"
full of hawkers and talkers.

Yep, that's what they call those tents and trailers where
you can "WIN" the world's largest teddy bear, "joints". If
you don't want to walk by these guys to get to the good
stuff, you have to go the long way around.

If you do walk by, the "jointees" or "agents", as some call
'em, are gonna be screaming at you "HEY, BUDDY" "HEY, YOU
WITH THE GOOD LOOK'N MAMA!" "HEY!" to get you to come play
their "game".

And, if you succumb to their calls you will find that you
can "win" a prize for merely 3 or 4 times what it would cost
you to buy it.

On the Internet there are lots of good rides, sites you can
go to fairly easy and have a good time.

Every day, though, I get screaming emails letting me know "I
WON" the chance to join another MLM or "program" where I can
WIN the world's largest teddy bear, i.e. get rich beyond my
wildest dreams.

And these "agents" are even slicker than my carnival
buddies, some of 'em even have my phone number and can hawk
right in my living room!

What you may not know, however, is that, on the midway,
there are some legitimate games where you can actually win
something worth much more than you invested.

Yep, you might win a forty dollar prize for your dollar
game. And, yes, you do have to pay to play.

The Internet is the same way, there are legitimate offers
out here where you can actually make a buck. But, like the
carnival, you have to be around a while to check out the
game.

You don't necessarily want to walk up to the carny screaming
the loudest. Same way on the Net. Yep, just like the
carnival, "YOU GOTTA PLAY TO WIN!" and, yes, you do have to
pay to play.

There are at least 20 other parallels between the carnival
and the Internet. But that's what MY ezine is about.