I wish I had an insightful and witty comment to add, but… I esp. loved the dialogue where the friend is dying and the writer is marketing to him.

It’s sad, but some people actually DO this… okay, maybe not in quite such a blatant way, but they don’t pick up on cues from others that they don’t need or want their services, and keep going with completely irrelevant plugs for themselves.

Probably the people who do it won’t notice themselves in your article, though. ;)

(But I actually found a helpful tip in there, Yo, so thanks :V )

In this case, you offer to take them to Healthy Laughter Hospital but then you slide in the incentive that you can put them in stitches for less money and that you have a PhD in Laughology. So then they choose you because you are there right now AND they understand how you benefit them. Remember, Healthy Laughter Hospital is your competitor and freelance writers must always crush their competitors by any means necessary.