# Anyone ever sell Grit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-sell-grit/556579 "2010-10-09T05:20:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-sell-grit/556579/41 "2016-11-30T21:07:43Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > The Grit being published now has almost no resemblance to the Grit that was hawked in comic book ads; the original Grit was an actual newspaper that concentrated on upbeat/positive news and columns, like a neighborhood paper. When I worked at a library, a mentally challenged couple sold it in the newsprint form. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-sell-grit/556579/42 "2016-11-30T21:21:47Z")
Wow, not only a zombie but a zombie where the first three responders are all banned! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that before… ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-sell-grit/556579/43 "2016-11-30T21:26:14Z")
The first three responders are actually the same person. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-sell-grit/556579/44 "2016-11-30T21:34:10Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Yep: [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3KYUicwjmqo/UGEUPZFq1RI/AAAAAAAAfK8/WDQ9DisRb34/s1600/img120.jpg](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3KYUicwjmqo/UGEUPZFq1RI/AAAAAAAAfK8/WDQ9DisRb34/s1600/img120.jpg) Smart looking fellow. He should go far. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-sell-grit/556579/45 "2016-12-01T14:03:37Z")
I have a cousin that was always falling for get-rich-quick schemes. The “Honest, we’re not a pyramid scheme.” companies. Motivational tapes. Etc. The first thing he got into to make a ton of money (?) was selling _Grit_. It was the gateway drug for those sort of things. He’s a minister now. Not all that different if you think about it. Little work, big reward. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-sell-grit/556579/46 "2016-12-01T14:22:17Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I’d forgotten about Grit, never seen a copy. I’d like me some X ray specs and sea monkeys. LOL, funny story… I bought a complete Sea Monkey kit (aquarium included!) at a novelty store last year then for the next month proceeded to tease my brother that I got him something for Christmas that he has always wanted since we were kids. His face when he opened it up was priceless… and he agreed that he really has always wanted Sea Monkeys! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-sell-grit/556579/47 "2016-12-01T15:28:56Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > The first three responders are actually the same person. Don’t harsh my wonderment, man! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-sell-grit/556579/48 "2016-12-01T15:37:07Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > The first three responders are actually the same person. Yeah but he got banned three times. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-sell-grit/556579/49 "2016-12-02T16:45:43Z")
My aunt sold this magazine when I very young. I have no idea what its like. Always wondered… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-sell-grit/556579.md?page=2)