$500 Gift Certificate Contest For “Most Friendly Twitter” From Cartoonist Rick London

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TOP GOOGLE OFFBEAT CARTOONIST AND  E-GIFT SHOP OWNER OF LONDONS TIMES CARTOONS & GIFTS  OFFERING $500 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO LUCKY TWITTER WHO CAN PUT HIM AT THE VERY TOP (OF TWITTER)  (If he doesn’t go to “The Twitter Top” he’s still giving a $250 gift certificate to the one who retweets him most)

Dateline: Hot Springs,Ar. March 11, 2009:   Cartoonist E-entreneur Rick London announced today his firm, Rick London Group, LLC., is offering a $500 gift certificate to his award-wining top-ranked offbeat cartoon funny gift stores, if Twitters will put him at the top of Twitter. Making it “to the top” simply means having the most followers. (His user name is “ricklondon”) on Twitter.

London is the founder of Google’s #1 ranked offbeat cartoon, Londons Times.

London’s six award-winning Internet stores feature over 165,000 gift items such as coffee mugs, T-shirts, gourmet coffee gift baskets (his own line of farm-fresh coffee beans with cartoon mugs and coasters, teddy bears, maternity wear, magnets, buttons, jogging suits, caps, aprons, hoodies, shoes, wall and desk clocks, and much more more.

London is also the designer of (Shoes That Amuse) women’s casual sneakers with famous love quotations and graphics of the famous person who penned them, featured recently in USA Today and AP Wire which will also be included in the contest. London adds, “But not to worry, even if I don’t make it to the top, (Obama is there now), so we are also giving a $100 certificate for the most ‘retweets’.

So I really don’t have to be at the top for other Twitters to win. Simply following me and retweeting, and one can still win a $250 gift certificate, easily, without even a drawing. Second most retweets #50 gift certificate.

We simply count the retweets of each Twitter member at the end of the contest. A re-tweet is when another blogger at Twitter copies and pastes your tweet with an “RT” in front of it which stands for “retweet”,  giving the original blogger credit for the post, and, sharing it with , often a whole separate network of followers.

London will allow 120 days for the contest to end, and a name to be drawn at random on his birthday which is July 16th, when the winner will be announced, and paid on August 1 via Paypal or check (winners choice). London plans to print his page of followers, cut the names into squares, place them in a box, and draw one.

London adds, “In addition, we plan to issue a press release, if the winner wishes, including his/her name and web address to the wire services for yet more value to the prizes. Londons says, “There also will be a second prize winner, of a $250 gift certificate. In addition, a $50 second prize for the second most “retweets”.

The gift certificates will be good at all of London’s stores. He founded Londons Times on March 22, 1997, and it has grown to be one of the most visible sites on the Internet, and Google’s #1 ranked offbeat cartoon and gifts since 2005.

He will also add an extra $25 bonus gift certificate if the winner has visited his main superstore site and signs up for his monthly newsletter. His stores include Rick London Special Editions Top-selling funny gifts Rick

LondonWear rare line of funny rock star memorabilia and other novelty gifts

Rick London Collection Huge variety of best-selling funny gift ideas

Londons Times Superstore Londons largest funny gift store and exclusively sells world’s only gourmet coffee cartoon gift basket (Londons Own Line).

Rick London Organics (organic cotton tees) bearing his top-selling cartoon images. Shoes That Amuse (World’s Only Famous Love Quotation Shoes) These are not cartoon products but women’s casual shoes he designs. For more information: contact: info@londonstimes.us

A Londons Times Cartoon

A Londons Times Cartoon

Should We Laugh At Lawyers?

As a cartoonist, I find myself in the precarious position of writing about law. Though I do take the law seriously, I find humor in it as well. And I believe I have carte blanche to do so.

I come from a family of attorneys. One of my direct maternal ancestors was Supreme Court Judge Benjamin Cardozo. That name might not mean much to many, but it does within the legal community. His word, still, a century or so later, remains the final word on Constitutional Law.

I have dated attorneys. Some are very astute, and some not so good. I have watched them in the courtroom. Sometimes it is dramatic, sometimes a bit drab. But I continue to have an affinity for the law, given that it is in my blood, I guess. Of course my mother insisted upon either law or medical school for me, so like the good rebellious baby-boomer of the 60’s, I became a cartoonist. At least I could make people laugh purposely. People laugh at lawyers, and often the attorney in question does not appreciate it. But how can we help it? I know, I know. They are just doing their job, and we laugh at them, until we need them. Then they are our confidants.

To be fair, most lawyers of whom I have met and/or associated, truly take their jobs and cases seriously. Sure, like everyone else in business, money is a motivator, but not always the primary motivator. Many, yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus, (or clause in this case), many have a very altruistic side, and take the law and their clients very seriously and want to help.

As the old joke goes, “It is the 98% of dishonest lawyers who give the other 2% a bad name”. It’s a great joke, but really far from reality. Many lawyers are just doing their job, just like you and me.

Sometimes hiring a lawyer can be expensive, and several Internet-savvy lawyers have launched websites in which the common layman can read, study, and learn about law and legal forms, and actually pay and download template forms from the sites at a fraction of the cost of hiring a law firm.
Some of these sites include Findlaw.com, Legalzoom.com, and the up-and-coming Lawkipedia.org, which has not yet been launched but is in the plans for this year. It will probably be the most exciting and different of all the other legal websites, just from what I understand regarding the planning.

Still, the saying goes, “The person who represents himself legally has hired a fool for a lawyer. And that is true. Especially regarding courtrooms and criminal law.

But many business conflicts do not have to turn into courtroom law. Mediation has become very popular and there are ways to work out such conflicts, often, and bring the parties even closer, once they realize they have similar goals, simply different ideas as to how to reach those goals. That is okay. It is often done by more professional persons, who is not out to “trash” a partner or remove him/her from the scene. I have seen it work many times.

Because law is of interest to me, I make sure to do a great many law related cartoons, and produce funny lawyer gifts. Even though many of them poke fun at lawyers, I find the majority have a great sense of humor, and more often than not, when the orders come in for our gifts and collectibles featuring lawyer cartoons, the names have a “comma and Esquire” at the end, in other words, our biggest customers who love to make fun of themselves, are, indeed attorneys.

New Cartoon Maternity Wear Predicts Baby’s Profession

Cartoonist e-tailer Rick London, founder of Londons Times Cartoons has done it again. This time with a new Internet store www.mirthgirthbirth.com which he says not only brings laughter but predicts the baby’s professional future (of course a little bit with the parent’s help). The store sells high quality full length maternity tees, toddler/infant wear and teddy bear gifts, all bearing a profession-related Londons Times Cartoons in such categories as future lawyer, future psychiatrist, future scientist, future, veterinarian, and others, each with a hilarious cartoon depicting that profession. London’s award-winning designs have lured over 9 million visitors to his main cartoon website since 2005 and he launched the venture in 1997. This makes Londons Times Cartoons one of the most visited humor sites on the Internet.

London says, “I have to admit it. I’m a baby-boomer. My peers are all having kids or even grandkids, and they are more prone to laughter than the generation before us. Why not combine the two, maternity and laughter, and make it something fun rather than a ‘labor’ (no pun intended).”

Relentless Cartoonist/Etailer Rick London Adds Funny Lawyer Gifts

It is said that persistence is more important than genius. Cartoonist e-tailer Rick London, founder of Londons Times Cartoons and more recently The Rick London Collection www.ricklondoncollection.com, says that describes him perfectly. He says he is persistent, no even “relentless” in his pursuit to build the best web stores on the Internet. He asks his customers and potential customers what they want. London says for some odd reasons he has a lot of attorneys as customers and they want funny lawyer gifts and collectibles but not our lawyer tee shirts, mousepads, aprons and the like. They like our beer steins, framed tiles, even teddy bears and unique gifts and collectibles. London has added about 300 new lawyer products bearing two of his best-selling lawyer cartoon image products.

London says, “In fact, the whole idea of opening The Rick London Collection was to feature our best selling products from all our other stores.”

The store has started its after-Christmas sale with all items in the store market down up to 75%. The sale lasts until Jan 10, 2008 at 12 midnight EST.”

London adds, “When dealing with attorneys, of which I grew up with many, I am very good about precision, and dates and times are included. Tort for tat!”

Bar School Exam Speciality Offbeat Gifts Remain Top Sellers

Award-winning  cartoonist e-tailer Rick London (www.ricklondonwear.com)  says “Not surprisingly, ‘Salad Bar Exam” remains at the top of his 8500+ cartoons and merchandise and gifts such as t-shirts, mousepads, aprons, tote bags, sweats, and more are ’selling like hotcakes’. “

London says, “It appears most of the items are being sold to giftgivers, and the recipients are either those in law school, taking the bar, or just finished it, though we’ve had a lot of attorneys purchase them as well. In addition, a great many people who are not attorneys but just enjoy salads and veggies seem to buy the items in droves”.

For a direct link to Salad Bar Exam cartoon merchandise:

http://www.printfection.com/londonstimestees/Salad-Bar-Exam/_s_86264