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Lynn Mason's avatar

This post is NOTHING short of brilliant! Reading this to my husband on the way to Galveston for a getaway week. We laughed the whole time. And remember, nothing from nothing leaves nothing! (Billy Preston)

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Dan Touchon's avatar

My nothing allows my shower head to pass through my bathroom wall!

Thanks for nothing!

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Cecil Touchon's avatar

You are welcome for nothing! Hey, I have been using ChatGPT to blow the story up into a novel. Worked on it all day. It is actually pretty good. We’ll have to move on to custom toothpicks.

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Dan Touchon's avatar

Ha,ha, I want a cut of that nothingness!!

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Marie Soffe's avatar

Sometimes I wonder about you Cecil…😂…must be all that cutting out that you do!

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Cecil Touchon's avatar

Yes Marie I am a wonder. Well, since I am in the studio all day by myself stuff just comes to mind. Maybe I shouldn’t be too close to the keyboard! Then I would forget most stuff and spare everybody the noise.

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Marie Soffe's avatar

It’s good noise though! 😁

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Mim's avatar

This is such fun to read. It reminded me of reading Percival Everett’s book Dr. No. It was about nothing. And it made me think about nothing for a long time. In fact, I couldn’t stop thinking about nothing. This is true.

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Cecil Touchon's avatar

I guess you kept thinking about nothing until there was nothing to think about.

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Christine Kerr's avatar

I appreciate your holistic POV. And there's no calories!

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Sylvia Riveland's avatar

Thank you for making me laugh today; I needed that!

This entire post in genius, from the motto (“If ‘Less is More’, then “Nothing is Everything” — so bloody funny!) to the disclaimers to the testimonials. This is yet another creative jewel in your crown!

Since no one else has managed to commodify Nothing so brilliantly, I say go for it, Cecil! You could earn trillion$, and maybe even a coveted place on the guest list at Jeff Bezos’ next wedding. Just don’t forget us peons who knew you before you were the King of Nothing. 😉

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Cecil Touchon's avatar

Thanks Sylvia! Actually, That is developing into at least a novella at this point. It is pretty funny and then goes on to the aftermath once he sells the company for a crazy about of money after 5 years and starts the Cornucopia House. More on that later.

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Lynn Mason's avatar

Brilliant response!

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Christine Kerr's avatar

HaHaHaHa!

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