Funny Business: Accountant Says Diversify
I asked a farmer how his crop was doing. He said, “Better than my marriage, but worse than my neighbour’s.”
A city guy asks a Kindersley farmer, “What do you do for fun out here?” The farmer thinks for a minute. “We watch the grain prices drop. It’s like Vegas but with worse odds and you can’t leave.”
My accountant said I should diversify. So now I own three papers that lose money instead of one.
Running a small-town paper is easy. You just write down everything that happens, print 4,000 copies, and wait for someone to call and tell you that you got it wrong.
I told my husband I needed a new camera for the business. Eight thousand dollars. He asked if it took better pictures. I said no, but it takes the exact same pictures significantly faster.
They say print is dying. I bought five newspapers. Either I know something nobody else does, or I’m the last one to get the memo.
I asked my husband to help with the business. He said sure. Now he drives. I do everything else. We call it a partnership.
Someone asked me what the circulation of my paper is. I said 4,000. They said, “Is that good?” I said, “Ask me again after the tradeshow.”