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I thought of 10 other ideas which weren't any good and went bad. They didn't send me the bill for those, so it evens itself out.
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The speaker jokes that the ten ideas that failed still had value because nobody charged for them. Their lack of success is treated like a saving, which balances out the cost or disappointment of the idea that did go bad. The humor comes from comparing failed ideas with an unpaid bill.
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