Create-or-save -- Anyone can play

It's so easy. Steve Burri is saving lives and alleviating human suffering. Andy McCarthy is using create-or-save to get into shape without breaking a sweat. Even Al Qaeda is getting in on the trend:

Ayman Zawahiri announced today that, under the Recruitment Stimulus Initiative Insha Allah (RSIIA), the terror network has created or saved 10,000 jihadist jobs (resulting in a concurrent creation or saving of 720,000 virgins!).*

That piece of cheesecake I didn't eat every day last week? You got it -- I created-or-saved at least two pounds of weight loss. And I freed up space for more ice cream. It's a win-win.

Create-or-save is a great way to finance that special vacation or home addition. Just add up what you haven't spent on something. (The more expensive the project is you're trying to finance, the more creative you'll have to be about what you haven't indulged in. But the sky's the limit.) Then apply those savings to something else you'd like to indulge in. Resisted those designer sneakers three times? Decided against hiring the personal chef? Had second thoughts about that weekend getaway? Didn't go to Hawaii or Paris last year? (Don't forget to include what you would have spent on a Parisian shopping spree -- it really adds up fast.) You've freed up lots of hypothetical cash. And you can lose the guilt. You're not being irresponsible; you're just stimulating the economy. Create-or-save is not just fun -- it's patriotic!

Planet Moron is positively inspired by create-or-save, proving its unlimited potential. LibertyBlog masterfully tosses off 10 million c-or-s'ed jobs, just like nuthin'.

*McCarthy refers to Steve Schippert, who blogs here, but I haven't found been able to find a more specific source.

I'm sure there's more create-or-saving going on out there. Let me know and I'll update.

**Here's one from The Camp of the Saints who brilliantly uses pixie dust to minimize his cash outlay. And another from Paco who has ingeniously managed to create-or-save billions. The Skeptocrats' Deuce Geary finds that with c-or-s he's no longer limited to a mere 24 hours each day.

Don't miss Snaggletoothie's deconstruction of this pernicious nonsense.

6/11: Hot Air and Chris Muir try to pin down the "saved" job numbers. But that's above everyone's paygrade.

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Cross-posted in the Green Room.

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