Comments on: Three Ridiculous and Stupid Ideas that Save You Money

By: Lauren @ LifeStyler

Lauren @ LifeStyler — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:20:47 +0000

True that.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:12:50 +0000

If college students read that and sign up to donate blood at least something good came from it.

By: Lauren @ LifeStyler

Lauren @ LifeStyler — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:00:03 +0000

I wonder how many college students will read that and immediately sign up to donate blood.

I would have probably tried some idiot antic like that back in the day.

By: Daphne

Daphne — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:39:08 +0000

This made me laugh! Good work bringing cheer to so many people at a time like this.

ps: Luckily I don’t like ramen! :)

By: WordVixen

WordVixen — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:23:35 +0000

I never thought EntreCard was really worth it, until I clicked through to here from a friend’s blog.

Awesome post! So bookmarking you. :) But, dangit, now I’m hungry for Ramen.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:01:38 +0000

I’ve thought that Ramen or rice could be supplemented with a some cans of tuna (protein) and some vitamins. It could probably keep you going for a few months. If you had extra money to splurge add some dried fruit.

I’ve always thought that it would be a good idea to keep some peanuts in the car. Very portable food, lots of calories, and because they spoil make a good emergency pack.

By: James

James — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:48:59 +0000

Amusing post, I was hoping to seem some more examples of dumb ways to save money in the comments. It also got me to wondering about the cheapest way to provide basic nutrition, somethings that would keep you alive for a few months if necessary. I guess moving way out into the country, and the crazy world situation, have me developing a slightly paranoid, survivalist mentality. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. So I have a generator and kerosene heater, and I’ve laid up a few bottles of propane for the ol’ Coleman stove. Just with I could justify the expense (you’d be surprised) of adding a hand pump to my well so I can have potable water if the ‘lectric goes out for me than a few days.

By: Happy Steve

Happy Steve — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:52:40 +0000

According to Snopes ( http://www.snopes.com/college/horrors/scurvy.asp ) it’ll take about 20-40 days without Vitamin C to develop scurvy. But it takes so very little to prevent it. A mere 5-7 mg, a single tomato slice or a quarter cup of cooked potatoes, a day.

Of course, then there’s the huge amounts of sodium in the ramen.

By: MDTM

MDTM — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:02:26 +0000

ramen with eggs, nice soup for me . .

uv got a malnutritious joke here. . .

By: imelda

imelda — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:00:15 +0000

a neighbour before cooks 2 ramen for 8 people and it was their viand for the rice.

. . .a sign of poverty.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:24:46 +0000

I spent a semester in college living largely off of Ramen and having the occasional meal with nutrients every week. I had no money and was not on a meal plan. It left me with no energy and felt horrible on the days when I had nothing but Ramen.
That said, there are ways to spice it up like throwing in some frozen veggies or using an egg to make it more like an egg drop soup. Still not optimal but figuring that out helped my health a little bit back then. I would pray for frozen veggies to go on sale for a while.

By: Solomon@ThingsI'mGratefulFor

Solomon@ThingsI'mGratefulFor — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:12:47 +0000

I wonder what would happen if you ate ramen and also took a multivitamin?