News media was awash yesterday with the feel-good news story about the entrepreneurial young Aussie who has created a thong that folds. As reported by The Daily Telegraph:

have you got a spare pair of thongs shit-lips?

A BAD night out on the town has inspired two mates to revolutionise the Aussie thong. Former lawyer Ben Lipschitz, 25 stumbled on the idea for a pair of fold-up thongs on a night out a year ago when his girlfriend at the time was left sore and tired after a night in stilettos… ”She was wishing out loud that she had a pair of thongs with her but said she didn’t want to be carrying a big pair around in her bag,” Mr Lipschitz said.  Surprised that nothing of the sort had been invented, Mr Lipschitz called on mate Rick Munitz, also 25, an industrial designer, to tackle the project.

But Shit-lips’ entrepreneurial flair does not stop with the humble flip-flop. Our friends at Bored of Studies once alerted subscribers to a “clerkship coaching scam” masterminded by Ben Lipschitz.

We have extracted the following edited posts from this thread.

First this:

Someone calling themselves ben has been putting up posters advertising a ‘clerkship coaching service’. this bastard is charging 60 bucks an hour to tell you things you can get from anyone who has either done a clerkship, or from here.  If you see those posters, stop your friends from getting ripped off - tear them down.

Then another poster pasted the “clerkship coaching” advertisement:

Hello

This year a Clerkship Coaching service will be offered across UNSW, Sydney University, UTS and Macquarie University. The service will help clients maximise their chance of securing an 08/09 summer clerkship. The service will offer resume review, cover letter review, mock interviewing using actual questions asked by the law firms, and will also provide take-home materials on how to prepare for the summer clerkship application process. The price is $40 for a 1 hour coaching session, and $70 for a 2 hour coaching session. I am confident law students will find the service very useful, and I would like to create awareness of Clerkship Coaching.

Thank you
Ben
— 
©lerkship ©oaching
Secure yourself a summer clerkship

Another poster then wrote:

i personally know ben (lipschitz, in case you’re wondering) and he’s a nice bloke… however, i do find this scheme a bit entrepreneurial..

Unfortunately for the entrepreneurial Ben, the label “nice bloke” was soon controverted by another poster who wrote:

Ben’s a douche.

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