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:"Like five years ago."
 
:"Like five years ago."
 
Proof you had it:
 
Proof you had it:
:"I told my friend Mike -- you can ask him! I was all "you know what would make a great business idea?" and he..."
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:"I told my friend Mike -- you can ask him! I was all "you know what would make a great business idea?" and he was all..."
 
Their profit so far:
 
Their profit so far:
 
:$20,000,000
 
:$20,000,000

Revision as of 17:01, 18 December 2012

Business Idea
We didn't believe you at first, but we asked like three people who were at that party. They not only corroborated your story, but even said you totally mentioned wanting to start a company someday. Sorry! If this isn't enough money, let us know.
Title text: We didn't believe you at first, but we asked like three people who were at that party. They not only corroborated your story, but even said you totally mentioned wanting to start a company someday. Sorry! If this isn't enough money, let us know.

Explanation

Many people have shared Cueball's experience of seeing someone else make profit from an idea that they themselves had. The comic plays with the thought of what would happen if intellectual property thinking was taken to an extreme, and if companies (people) were more keen on "setting things right" than money.

Transcript

[Cueball is sitting at his desk, pointing at his laptop.]
Cueball: Dude! I had this idea like five years ago, and some company just got rich doing it! -- I want my cut.

[Cueball starts typing.]
Person off-screen: That's not how it works.
Cueball: Sure it is. I'm applying for my share now.
Person: Wait, what?

[A browser window with the title 'Department of Ideas'. It has a series of text boxes:]
Date you had the idea:

"Like five years ago."

Proof you had it:

"I told my friend Mike -- you can ask him! I was all "you know what would make a great business idea?" and he was all..."

Their profit so far:

$20,000,000

Share you deserve (be fair!):

((drop-down))
25%
*30%*
35%

Mailing address:

"137 Ash Tree Ln"

[Cueball still at the laptop, above him is a SUBMIT button, and it shows a pointing hand cursor.]
CLICK

(Last panel set slightly lower than the rest.)
[Cueball is in front of an open box, with cash in his hand. A FedEx delivery guy is on the other side of the box with his little electronic signing thing.]

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Discussion

The delivery address is to Ash Tree Lane. As shown in 472, Randall knows how to mess with people who've read House of Leaves. Subtle references are probably worse (better?) than the blatant, full-fat parody of 472. 80.42.206.232 23:46, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

As I read it, the idea is to have a website where people who claim to have thought of something first would be able to submit 'claims' (for whatever they are worth, if anything). Cueball would get rich monetizing this sure-to-be-a-hit website. Mountain Hikes (talk) 09:09, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

I had this idea for a website just like that! Has anybody made it yet so I can mooch off them? Profits will be big. Klyxm (talk) 03:42, 5 March 2018 (UTC)