Hahahaha. They were very popular here in the south back in the day. (90s)
They seemed to be especially popular among salespeople. I was doing sales for a company back in the late 90s, and they had the full collection in the sales office break room. I may be mis-remembering, but I'm pretty sure the sales manager would read a story from the book during each sales meeting as an illustration for a point he was trying to make - and if it wasn't used sometime during the meeting, he'd read one at the end of the meeting to make up for it. I don't think I've ever known a sales manager with any real substance, they've all been so superficial. Spinning the bulltish may help you get
girls sales, but it seemed so fake to me (mods - happy to [Inks] that word, but it was
used recently in Parliament and was not considered unparliamentary, so I suspect it passes the standard to be used here).
