Welcome to The Big Jewel, where we have nothing but the highest respect for the world's most honorable profession. You had no idea we were talking about Realtors, did you? We didn't think so. And neither did Matt Evans, whose first piece for us is hanging like a ripe banana right below this paragraph: Your Next Realtor Will Be A Chimpanzee By Matt Evans A bonobo actually -- the smartest of the chimpanzees. Here's why: 1. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), home prices and sales will continue to fall during 2007. With equity at a ten-year low, who can afford 6 percent? Home sellers seeking an inexpensive alternative would do well to hire a bonobo. After all, a Realtor's job is pretty simple: walk a client through the home, point to the blank spaces in the contract, smile really big. With a largish supply of bananas, and following basic Pavlovian principles, one could easily train a chimpanzee to do the same thing... For the full article please visit http://www.thebigjewel.com To unsubscribe from The Big Jewel's Hilarious Weekly Email please send an email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to neilpasricha@xxxxxxxxx