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The PSP is on its way, and you’ve got 6 months to save some cash to meet its estimated £200 mark. What do you do punk…what do you do!! Heres how to badger your parents into giving you the cash…
Notable for their constant whinging about your whinging (Ironic!!), and their ability to wear clothes that are so uncouth they make Christina Agularia look like a super model, although I’m not complaining if she wants to get her ti…..anyway moving on (and I meant Christinas, ahem bits, not your Mums…or your Dads for that matter…yugh). Your Mum and Dad have always been tight with cash. Heres how you try and play them for a bit of cash and get them to loosen those purse strings:
1. Approach them (don’t worry if you smell stale wee, that’s their age catching up on them…blooming incontinence) and politely ask them for a pocket money raise to help a good cause (this could lead to needing a quick reason, but don’t use “We’re trying to buy enough Cakes to get Fat Freddy up to 15 stone so he can win the inter-school sumo…it won’t wash…and neither will his jock-strap). If swindled correctly, expect an extra £1.00 per week onto your £2.50 pocket money.
TOTAL SAVED IN SIX MONTHS - £3.50 x 26 weeks = £91.00
2. Ask Dad if you can wash and shammy leather his car for a fiver every month. If he says no as he can’t afford it, tell him that firstly the £40k Merc on the drive conflicts with the fact he’s poor. Secondly the money he’s saved on not buying any new shoes for the past 3 years must be sat somewhere. And lastly if all else fails tell him you’ve found his stash of ‘mags’ that your mum told him to throw away…guaranteed to work every time!
TOTAL SAVED IN SIX MONTHS - £5 x 6 months = £30.00
3. Wait until your parents have gone out to do their food shopping and hold a garage sale on your driveway. This is an ideal opportunity to get rid of all the tat your parents have bought over the years and to test Mums Des O’Conner records as Frisbees and blame it on some local yobs creating trouble. Make sure you know when your parents are due home and leave the house with a note saying what you’ve done as they keep telling you to use your initiative. Pretend you’ve spent the money on a top of the range calculator for school, and show them your old one. Your parents have no idea what the electronic abacus is or even looks like so you’ve no worries about getting found out.
TOTAL PROFIT MADE - £50.00
4. Sell the Rabbit…Tell your little sister the dog ate it, and tell your parents it ran away when you got it out to play with it.
TOTAL PROFIT MADE - £2.00 – Lets be honest, it was a scruffy little thing and you did well to get that much.
5. Always ask Dad if he needs his trousers washed. How often do Dads put their change in their pocket. By taking his trousers to the wash basket (don’t look in case you see your elder sisters bra…..AGGGHHHH, you looked) or to the washing machine you can have a feel(!!) for any change he’s left in the pocket.
TOTAL MONEY FOUND IN SIX MONTHS - £3 x 6 months = £18.00
6. Ok Ok, now times getting shorter in order to get this cash so it looks like your going to have to ask to visit your Nan. Nope not the mean one, but the really nice one. Sigh…Yep the one with the big hairy mole that always asks for a kiss…ON THE BLOOMING LIPS I TELL YOU.
A FEW HUMBUG SWEETS LATER - £10.00
And with a lap of honour around your livingroom, you’ve done it, you’ve got the cash to get a PSP when they’re released. Lets Recap:
1. Pretending your parents are cool: £91.00
2. Pretend to wash dads car but wait until it rains and say you’ve done it: £30.00
3. Sell Mum and Dads prized possessions: £50.00
4. Sell your rabbit…no more thinking they’re raisins huh: £2.00
5. Get your hands in Dads pocket – Less of that at the back!!: £18.00
7.Go and see Granny Mole-Hairy: £10.00
Ahhh and you’re all done with £1.00 left for a bag of crisps and a can of coke **sigh of relief**
Whats that…it’s going to be £250.00 when released….Ahhh b****r!!
Notable for their constant whinging about your whinging (Ironic!!), and their ability to wear clothes that are so uncouth they make Christina Agularia look like a super model, although I’m not complaining if she wants to get her ti…..anyway moving on (and I meant Christinas, ahem bits, not your Mums…or your Dads for that matter…yugh). Your Mum and Dad have always been tight with cash. Heres how you try and play them for a bit of cash and get them to loosen those purse strings:
1. Approach them (don’t worry if you smell stale wee, that’s their age catching up on them…blooming incontinence) and politely ask them for a pocket money raise to help a good cause (this could lead to needing a quick reason, but don’t use “We’re trying to buy enough Cakes to get Fat Freddy up to 15 stone so he can win the inter-school sumo…it won’t wash…and neither will his jock-strap). If swindled correctly, expect an extra £1.00 per week onto your £2.50 pocket money.
TOTAL SAVED IN SIX MONTHS - £3.50 x 26 weeks = £91.00
2. Ask Dad if you can wash and shammy leather his car for a fiver every month. If he says no as he can’t afford it, tell him that firstly the £40k Merc on the drive conflicts with the fact he’s poor. Secondly the money he’s saved on not buying any new shoes for the past 3 years must be sat somewhere. And lastly if all else fails tell him you’ve found his stash of ‘mags’ that your mum told him to throw away…guaranteed to work every time!
TOTAL SAVED IN SIX MONTHS - £5 x 6 months = £30.00
3. Wait until your parents have gone out to do their food shopping and hold a garage sale on your driveway. This is an ideal opportunity to get rid of all the tat your parents have bought over the years and to test Mums Des O’Conner records as Frisbees and blame it on some local yobs creating trouble. Make sure you know when your parents are due home and leave the house with a note saying what you’ve done as they keep telling you to use your initiative. Pretend you’ve spent the money on a top of the range calculator for school, and show them your old one. Your parents have no idea what the electronic abacus is or even looks like so you’ve no worries about getting found out.
TOTAL PROFIT MADE - £50.00
4. Sell the Rabbit…Tell your little sister the dog ate it, and tell your parents it ran away when you got it out to play with it.
TOTAL PROFIT MADE - £2.00 – Lets be honest, it was a scruffy little thing and you did well to get that much.
5. Always ask Dad if he needs his trousers washed. How often do Dads put their change in their pocket. By taking his trousers to the wash basket (don’t look in case you see your elder sisters bra…..AGGGHHHH, you looked) or to the washing machine you can have a feel(!!) for any change he’s left in the pocket.
TOTAL MONEY FOUND IN SIX MONTHS - £3 x 6 months = £18.00
6. Ok Ok, now times getting shorter in order to get this cash so it looks like your going to have to ask to visit your Nan. Nope not the mean one, but the really nice one. Sigh…Yep the one with the big hairy mole that always asks for a kiss…ON THE BLOOMING LIPS I TELL YOU.
A FEW HUMBUG SWEETS LATER - £10.00
And with a lap of honour around your livingroom, you’ve done it, you’ve got the cash to get a PSP when they’re released. Lets Recap:
1. Pretending your parents are cool: £91.00
2. Pretend to wash dads car but wait until it rains and say you’ve done it: £30.00
3. Sell Mum and Dads prized possessions: £50.00
4. Sell your rabbit…no more thinking they’re raisins huh: £2.00
5. Get your hands in Dads pocket – Less of that at the back!!: £18.00
7.Go and see Granny Mole-Hairy: £10.00
Ahhh and you’re all done with £1.00 left for a bag of crisps and a can of coke **sigh of relief**
Whats that…it’s going to be £250.00 when released….Ahhh b****r!!
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no i am not saving for the psp because the ds is better
Mr Lover Man wrote:
> lcarus wrote:
> Yeah, but just how much music can it store?
>
> As big-a-memory as you can afford!!
Or, more correctly, as big a memory as Sony can give you on Memorystick 2's (minus the amount of memory needed for game saves).
Same with movies...
> lcarus wrote:
> Yeah, but just how much music can it store?
>
> As big-a-memory as you can afford!!
Or, more correctly, as big a memory as Sony can give you on Memorystick 2's (minus the amount of memory needed for game saves).
Same with movies...
The PSP is the most interesting thing that's happened in gaming for years. Nintendo have had it there own way in the handheld market for far too long, they need a little competition to push them along. Nintendo stifled technological progress as there was nothing to force them into it, and now they'll be forced to show their hand. The GBA was held back for at least 2 years as Nintendo had a license to print money with their Pokemon franchise on the GB and there was no need to progress. When the GBA was released it was under spec-ed, there’ll be none of that with the follow up.
The PSP is a fantastic bit of kit, the first time in a very, very long time that you can look at a new machine and see it as real progress. The PS2, Gamecube and Xbox were all technologically underwhelming; the PSP's screen alone has more woah factor than all three combined.
And why portable gaming? Because some people have stuff to do, and portable gaming is a nice way of fitting some fun-time in.
The PSP is a fantastic bit of kit, the first time in a very, very long time that you can look at a new machine and see it as real progress. The PS2, Gamecube and Xbox were all technologically underwhelming; the PSP's screen alone has more woah factor than all three combined.
And why portable gaming? Because some people have stuff to do, and portable gaming is a nice way of fitting some fun-time in.
UrkiE-UK wrote:
> But people want hand-helds for portability.
>
> That is their main (and only) appeal.
>
> Didn't think I'd need to point that out.
Still don't find them very interesting.
> But people want hand-helds for portability.
>
> That is their main (and only) appeal.
>
> Didn't think I'd need to point that out.
Still don't find them very interesting.
But people want hand-helds for portability.
That is their main (and only) appeal.
Didn't think I'd need to point that out.
That is their main (and only) appeal.
Didn't think I'd need to point that out.
Buy a console instead of dull, over priced handhelds.
Nah...I think I'm gonna stick with the DS. PSP doesn't interest me at all.
Mr Lover Man wrote:
> and tell your parents it ran away when you got it out to play with it.
If only HHAT had thought of that when....y'know...
"It ran away as I was attempting to urinate, so I tried to CATCH it with me hand"
> and tell your parents it ran away when you got it out to play with it.
If only HHAT had thought of that when....y'know...
"It ran away as I was attempting to urinate, so I tried to CATCH it with me hand"
I'd wait a while myself to see the overall PSP situation before I plunge to get one. Nintendo DS however sounds a little more interesting.
Add this, if you go out every weekend, ask for £10 or something, say its for transport, food etc. and save up 20 weekends :D
doesnt always work :(
doesnt always work :(
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