From:	Mark C Farrington alareth@*********.net
Subject:	Franchises gone too far.
Date:	Fri, 27 Oct 2000 11:29:04 -0400

> Down here in Oz, a bloke called Jim started a lawn mowing franchise, with
> all the franchise's using a trailer painted green with Jim's mug
> painted on
> the side. This soon grew into a dog wash service, with a similar trailer.
>
> Today, we got a call from Jim's home security service, who quite
> hapily told
> us about other Jim's franchises.
>
> First, Jim's home loan service. They buy the house, and you pay them back
> with interest (of course). Whilst they don't have a Jim's real estate yet
> (Comming I'm told), they do have all the other esentials to
> maintaining your
> home. Jim's cleaning, Jim's carpet cleaning, Jim's parquetry (Floor board
> laying and polishing), Jim's handy man service, etc.
> With Jim's financial services helping the franchisie's with their bookwork
> no doubt.
>
> Off course, everything works off of the one phone number. (No doubt Jim's
> phone answering service).


What? No Jim's ISP and Hosting service?

Alareth