YSaC, Vol. 734: Three seats to the wind …

2010 July 21

Set of three Counter Stools – $30


For sale are three, solid maple counter stools with cane seats. Stools have a antique white finish and are 41″ high by 18″ wide. Cane seat is 25″ high and stools will fit a standard 36″ high counter or raised dining table. They are about 7 years old and are in very good condition. They will make a great addition to any kitchen or dining area. Stools were originally purchased for $349 each and can be yours for $30 each or take all three for $100. Please ask any and all questions.

*raises hand*

Yes, I have some questions.

First — do whales dissolve?

Second — there’s three of those … and they’re $30 each, or … er, is this the new math, or something?

3 books for accounting – $100


I am selling 3 books for accounting. Each one 30$ My phone number is: xxxxxxxxxx

Oh. Huh. I guess it IS the new math. Or at least the new accounting. Maybe this is how the banks got so screwed up. Thanks, Jean and Kate!

300 Responses leave one →
  1. 2010 July 21
    sarajean80 permalink

    I am suddenly feeling both sad for the human race as a whole and a little better about my own not-terribly-stellar math skills.

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    • 2010 July 21
      TacoMagic permalink

      The price for each stool and book start with a 3. The price for sets of three start with a 1, which is less than 3. Therefore, you are saving money if you buy them in sets.

      Seems pretty reasonable to me.

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      • 2010 July 21
        Grampdaddy permalink

        If you buy all the books and the stools, then it adds up to 6 and 2, so you can save 4 times as much.

        I’m gonna go search for some six sided octagon tables to see how many extra sides I can pick up – the bargains are just flying today!

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      • 2010 July 21
        Artsy Computer Geek permalink

        So do I need a new Tacoulator to do this math? I tried my catulator, it made this really bad screeching noise and hid under the bed.

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        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          You have to watch out for those Tacoulators. They require a lot of coffee to run and have this small problem with random explosions when you hit the equals key.

          Otherwise they’re solid.

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        • 2010 July 21
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          What happens to those of us with “coffee issues”? Could I use “diet coke”?

          (yes everything is Coke around here as in “What do you want to drink?”I’ll have a coke.”“What kind do you want?” …. “I’ll have a Mountain Dew.”).

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        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          It’d probably run on Mountain Dew, but you may have to deal with some mild performance issues.

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        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          I hear there are leakage issues if you don’t drain them frequently.

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  2. 2010 July 21

    **Gets out Catulator.**

    ((41×18+25)3^(Cane÷Maple))÷(3(7))=(3-7e^-30(-7))-100^Catnip

    Lesse… I’m getting…

    The Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.

    That seems right to me.

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    • 2010 July 21
      TacoMagic permalink

      Meredith would be proud were she still among us.

      *Sees Meredith coming in the door*

      Don’t tell her I said that.

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    • 2010 July 21
      Mindfield permalink

      I think your calculation is a little off. You forgot to factor in the white finish, so:

      ((41×18+25)3^(Cane÷Maple)^White)÷(3(7))=(3-7e^-30(-7))-100^Catnip = Bagpipes.

      Interestingly, if you multiply that by 3(accounting) you get Horatio Caine. That must mean something.

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      • 2010 July 21
        Grampdaddy permalink

        Ooh – good job, Mindfield! I like bagpipes.

        Horatio Caine

        The Caine Mutiny

        Sugar Cane

        Hurri Cane

        (Darn kids on the lawn)

        Where’s my Cane?

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    • 2010 July 21
      Grampdaddy permalink

      Astro, you need to factor in the accounting books raised to the 4th power of catnip. Divide that by the squeaky mousey and then the answer is–

      Liverwurst and pickled herring sammiches…..

      (attempts to mush catulator with accounting book, catulator hides under couch, hissing.)

      Adores: 4
      • 2010 July 21
        Artsy Computer Geek permalink

        Grampdaddy, you must have the same version catulator that I do. I wonder how we can upgrade to the version Astro and Mindfield have …. goes searching for the milk …. barrows Grampdaddys cane … where’s those darn kids put the milk this time …

        Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21
          CapnMac permalink

          My catulator has decided the rug under the coffee table is cooler than the wood floor, and has curled up there, with a Bed, Bath & Beyond catalog for a pillow.

          It was clearly too much effort to half roll over and have that one back leg stuck in the air, so it’s propped against a table leg.

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        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          I. Understood. All. Of. That. Post. Capn.

          Yippee! There will be skating in hell tonight!

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        • 2010 July 21

          OMG…mudsy!! You are right! Holy crap, Capn! We’ve found a common language and it’s name is “cat”…Now, kindly go back and re-post all your wisdom in cat, kthxbai

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        • 2010 July 21
          CapnMac permalink

          Head-butt, rub, rub. Spring away! Race back, ankle swat!
          Walk past then plop on floor, “Rrrr’a’rr’ah?!”
          Roll over, wash foot. Wash other foot.
          Stand up.
          “MROW!” “M’lo’o’oOHoouuu’ Ah?”

          Flop on floor.
          “rrrrh`!”

          (From just a few minutes ago–an entire paean on this clear crime against Felinity which is insisting that 2235 Is Not 2300, and time for Supper!–ooh, that toe needs washing.)

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    • 2010 July 21
      mudslicker permalink

      Astro, you forgot to factor in the ant on the Möbius strip.

      That can really throw off the liverwurst bottom line.

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      • 2010 July 21
        Lola permalink

        You use liverwurst? Mine works best on whitefish salad.

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        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          whitefish—only if I’m going to use the Catalina dressing.

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        • 2010 July 21
          Lola permalink

          I discovered the whitefish tip during Lent one year. (My catulator is a roamin’ Catolic. And kind of a medieval one – he’s big on indulgences, too.)

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        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          Roamin’ catolic.

          !elebenty +++ meows!!

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        • 2010 July 21
          Lola permalink

          He’s pretty strict – when not performing cat-lic(k) abl(so)utions, he also likes to go in the kitchen when I’m away and engage in Counter Reformation.

          Adores: 6
        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          I’m always yelling at mine to get off the counter reformation.

          She looks at me like, “Oh yeah, who’s gonna make me. You and what army?”

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    • 2010 July 21
      Yancy permalink

      Astro,
      Your Marvin the Martian reference earns you a couple doors. To where do you want them sent?

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    • 2010 July 21
      Irregular Fractal permalink

      Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!

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    • 2010 July 22
      tigprincess permalink

      All hail Agstronash Emiritus Professor of CatMath at YSaC university. We are not worthy.

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  3. 2010 July 21
    Lou Stool permalink

    First time commenting, so please be nice. 🙂 I think it may be a good idea for Sparky the accountant to hang onto these books.

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    • 2010 July 21
      TacoMagic permalink

      I’ll be nice on one condition:

      Are you $30? ’cause I need a new stool.

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      • 2010 July 21

        With a name like TacoMagic, I would think you would already have Lou Stool. Try some Fiber One, should firm things up a bit 🙂

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      • 2010 July 21
        Lou Stool permalink

        Coincidentally, yes I am. I’m also 41″ high and 18″ wide. I fit well under a raised dining table as well. My wife, daughter and I are available for your services for the low low price of $100.

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        • 2010 July 21

          I think you’ll fit in here just fine.

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        • 2010 July 21
          Grampdaddy permalink

          Ah – Lou – just a suggestion… Do NOT offer your wife and daughter to Taco, under any circumstances. It will not go well. Trust me, it will not go well.

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        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          Bwehehe.

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    • 2010 July 21
      Grampdaddy permalink

      Welcome, Lou Stool. Pull up a commode and have a rest. Or take a load off. Or….

      Hey, how about some help here Taco?

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      • 2010 July 21
        Lou Stool permalink

        I like your suggestions. Although the first is great, I prefer #2. 🙂

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        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          We like to see some movement around here… er…

          I’m sure you’ll make a big splash with the locals… er…

          SJ, halp!

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        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          Gee, I’d love to help, but I’m blocked right now.

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        • 2010 July 21
          Irregular Fractal permalink

          Well, this thread’s going to die a real quick death.

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        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          Yeah, especially since we’re completely surrounded by stoo-

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  4. 2010 July 21
    mudslicker permalink

    The return of cat math. Feels like home.

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  5. 2010 July 21
    MandaB permalink

    Accounting books for sale – $30 each or 3/$100. My professors don’t think I have what it takes to be an accountant. I don’t know why.

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    • 2010 July 21
      Grampdaddy permalink

      Ought to complete the course, though – could work for the government (either national or state).

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      • 2010 July 21
        Lola permalink

        That was my thinking – either government, or “too big to fail” bank. (Catmath would explain a lot about mortgage-backed securities, I think.)

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        • 2010 July 21
          CapnMac permalink

          [financial corey] not securities backed by mortgages, but packages of “no one wants to keep them” mortgage notes dolled (possessed doll) up into “commodities.”

          Was a flagrant abuse of GAAP. Start-up lender needed capitol to begin lending against. Sharp (as in patent snake oil trader) operator took the least best mortgages (but not the escrow accounts) and “sold” them to the start-up. Start-up then sent to (then) Treasury, to give full faith, etc. and loaned against the “capitol.” Then, when the notes started being more loss than gain, they were packaged up and put out like a commodity, usually with a mark-up.

          That last bit is very egregious. Goes like this, I need capitol, I can buy all these 50¢ notes for 75¢, then use them like they are worth $1. Then, when some percentage comes in at 33-44¢ I’ll flog them off for $1.10-1.50–doubled my money (had to the chicks are not for free).

          Next, some deeper pockets types then got the rules bent to really collect these uncollectables, and then treat them like commodities and sell them “short.” As with most people in commodities, they are rich beyond need for income; does not bother them to trade in other people’s misery. Short-selling marginal mortgage notes is betting on the failure and foreclosure of those notes. Which ought to be a crime in my book. It’s trading in other people’s misery, and for profit–far, far too close to profiting in people as chattel.

          Oh, the escrow account part, above? The escrow portion goes into your bank. Looks just like income. It’s 12 payments and only the one withdrawal per year. This can make a bank’s books look good. When you sell the rest of the note, that note-holder is stuck with the collection costs, too.

          [/corey]

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        • 2010 July 21
          Moira permalink

          A door for your very coherent explanation of this travesty.

          It absolutely ASTOUNDS me that otherwise rational people claim that we don’t need government regulation to keep collapses from happening. The belief that the “free market system” will fix everything is either predicated on the assumption that people will take long-term and hidden costs into consideration when making pricing and purchasing decisions (which is patently not true) or it accepts large-scale collapses and the resultant suffering as not being undesirable outcomes.

          Now, I do have to admit to generally taking the line that nature perseveres, life (and probably the human race) will continue and everything else is cyclic so suck it up…
          But even with that general outlook, I would still much prefer that we try to rein in the greed and stupidity that anyone with half a brain should be able to tell will cause widespread personal chaos.

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        • 2010 July 21
          Lola permalink

          At a previous job, we handled material with very brief descriptions of some of the client activity. After I left there, the terms “collateralized debt” and similar began appearing in the news. I realized that the work that had gone on was very likely related to this type of activity.

          It still makes me feel a little ill. Being even the tiniest cog in that is not something I would have chosen, had I known. The good news is that I am gone and wouldn’t go back at gunpoint.

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        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          The worst part about the whole fiasco is that a group of friends and I (as well as many other collegiate groups) predicted the collapse back in 2003 when we noticed some inconsistencies in the housing market.

          The big tip off was that the housing market assessment numers were growing 200% faster than cost of living (IE housing prices were growing way faster than they should be compared to economic gains). Since this didn’t make sense to us we decided to look at mortgages. Once we started digging we discovered much of what Capn just described.

          It was made worse by the method which the states use to determine housing prices: They look at the history of what a similar house sells for, and extrapolate the selling price using a linear line plot. They DON’T (at least in Wisconsin) look at how much you actually pay for the house, nor do they adjust for current trends (You know, doing scary math stuff like using economic models, or polynomial line fits). Seriously. That’s why even after the housing market collapsed, houses were still appraising for 10-15% above what they were actually worth and actually selling for.

          Heck, my house still appraises for 10% more than I could ever sell it for. This is great for the state because they tax the appraisal number rather that what it’s actually worth on the market. It’s like taxing somebody’s income based on what the government feels they should be making, rather than what they actually make.

          Note: Most of these groups I mentioned, mine included, wrote to our senators pleading with them to do something before it all blew up. It was heartening to see that they listened to us and took action*, preventing an economic collapse.

          *This may not be true.

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        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          I should mention that the reason appraisal prices were growing so fast wasn’t actually because houses were selling for more. Rather it was because the debt was being traded around as per Capn’s explanation. It basically fooled the appraisal market into thinking that the mortgages were actually worth the appraisal value rather than the appraisal reflecting actual house sale value.

          It was pretty easy to spot when you compared the appraisal lists for Wisconsin and California to the actual house sale prices over a period of 2 years. It sends up a pretty large red flag when those two numbers are hugely different (it was way worse in California).

          My group got started on the little project by some guys (geeks) we talked to online from the UCLA who’d noticed the discrepancy in LA housing prices and wanted us to check Milwaukee. I think I remember that somebody at the UCLA turned it into a Master’s project.

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        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          *trips over pile of [housing corey]s and [/housing corey]s*

          Now where did those come from? Did they fall out of a post somewhere?

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        • 2010 July 21
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          Taco They DON’T (at least in Wisconsin) look at how much you actually pay for the house, nor do they adjust for current trends (You know, doing scary math stuff like using economic models, or polynomial line fits).

          I hate to state the obvious ….. look at the math skills most of the CL posters have (1 + 1 = 3 in cases of very large instances of 1). I think spelling “economic model” let along actually understanding a using one is way beyond most peoples skills set.

          Gets down off from soapbox and turns the floor back over to Taco & Captn …. looks for catulator under bed and wonders if we should start using these in elementary school.

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        • 2010 July 22
          CapnMac permalink

          Well, there is something to be said for the idea of teaching out youngest to properly interact with catulators and dogulusae, perhaps some of our smaller creatures would treated better in later life.

          [more RE corey] When the federal government instructed local lenders to find ways to demonstrate they were not “red lining” ever, not once at all, never no how, no crossed fingers or king’s X ever (no matter how economically unfit the mortgagees might be) they created a number of new financing products. Which only got worse when Freddy and Fanny started allowing finance companies (like GMAC, as Countrywide, behind a Chinese wall at first) to enter into the mortgage biz. Thus was born the stacked buy, or as better known, the 80/20.

          This was very clever in some ways. It’s a standard, no PMI, 80% mortgage note for a house. Nothing new there, old-fashioned, almost. The trick part was the 20% “second mortgage” on the exact same property. Thus, you could own a house with nothing more than a decent credit score and a few signatures and closing costs (less with some chutzpah and gall).

          Ok, for true first-time buyers, this is probably better than the undisclosed promissory note from some relative for the down-payment.

          When used by some parents to have their college-frosh chilluns to buy rental properties, each using that first time buyers’ benefits, then it edges over towards sleazy a bit. When those houses are 3 & 4 bedroom houses and the other tenants were charged the going rent rate (4/3, 4/2 rents for around $1000 in my town) that getting a bit more icky. Sleaze factor increases when both notes are VARs with 4 year fixed periods, and the 20% note is interest-only–your kid graduates, and you dump the house on some other schmo. Kid does not graduate, you have the house you set up for the other kid. Or some such.

          Now, about the same time as all this happened, every third show on the DIY and Home channels was on how easy it was to make ludicrous profit flipping houses–shoot, coat of pain and some questionable DIY and done in a half hour, how hard can that be?

          Now, this is where some discrimination, against those with fundamental misunderstandings of math, would have paid in spades. Instead, the flippers went into the lowest-priced properties, did a tv-makeover, and put upscale price tags on the property. The flippers loved interest-only VAR 80/20 notes. Then lenders liked that the flippers usually had some previous house note for “history.” Local RE loved flippers as they would go into the poorest neighborhoods (and generate ever more sales commissions). What’s not to love?

          Except, after a while, the flippers were buying previously flipped properties. Well, gee, after a while, new cabinets and a new coat of paint are not worth an additional $50-55K on the sale price 4 weeks later.

          Oh, and eventually, those VARs caught up, too. So, the bank’s books are not showing actual profit, just paper profit. The last flipper was discovering that, yes, those are still fundamental flaws in the house and will prevent a real sale. Oh, and that house still will not rent, even to people in the neighborhood (as they still remember why it did not rent last year). So, the beater shack that sold for $50K, then flipped for $75k to then be flipped again at $95K was still a maybe-$45K and new paint and major problems shack.

          Smarter lenders were selling those 80/20 notes in bulk bundles to people far far away (so the addresses would make them shake their heads). Even when the rules tightened to 80/10/10 notes, that last 10% was “leveraged’ meaning it was another flipped house, duplex or apartment.

          When the bottom fell out of that market, it was about the same time as the subdivision financing market changed (yet another, different, diatribe). Flippers basically could walk away. Even if a given lender could backtrack a flagrant scofflaw, usually their own house was not collateral for any notes. Who then to get the money from? Freddy, Fannie? Nope, we have no guarantees for you, we merely finance “opportunity” not “failure.” FDIC? Well, yes, for some of it.

          Now, if the the mortgage market had been allowed to convulse, it probably would have sorted out most of this. Ok, with some awful, heart-rending, tear-jerking TV to lash politicos with; nut the bad bankers, the bad lenders, and the bad note-takers would have been the big losers. But wait, some hugely-rich people were still invested in economic entities which had to fail, or the richie was going to not reap a huge profit.

          And such richies are thick as thieves with politicos (or are of the political class themselves). So, let’s make this a big political deal. Which also drug the process out a bit to increase the “short” in the market. This created an evil mix. Real people hurt by the financial crush of the failures. The shorted commodities meant they were toxic to even the “good” notes capitalizing banks. Government was agitated, and Something Must Be Done–being government, it had to be simple fast, and not very well thought out.

          So, we devalued the entire banking system. As if the system was the problem. Used to be, you lent a mortgage on the theory that the property was worth more than the note. For years and years, this was so true, you could lend $4 for every $1 you had in mortgages. Enough money you could let people start lines of credit against their own equity (stupid and CL-sparkylike, but so is playing roulette for profit). But, Something Had To Be Done, and it Cannot Be Us in Gub’mint Did it!
          So, clamp the banks. You can only lend $1.50 per $1 mortgage note, which is now reduced to $1.26 per $1 and may be reduced again.

          In a word, this is Bad.

          How bad is in how a DINK couple with $125-225K combined income and high 700 credit scores and 20% down probably cannot get a mortgage right now. (This is also why the current mortgage rates are so low; might as well offer $100/# for passenger pigeon down.) Home Improvement note? Nope.
          Side effect of foot-on-lending-neck, suppose one of your ‘good’ notes goes ‘bad’? Your bank has between $1.25 & $1.50 loaned out on that mortgage dollar. Foreclosure market is so bad, that mortgage dollar is lucky to come back as 25¢, which is not helping “hold up” the $2.25 in capital the bank is basing its worth upon. So, it’s almost better to “pretend” the mortgage is paid for. To the point that there is a mantra in banking going around: Pretend; Extend, & Don’t Lend.

          Now, that’s really tough sledding if a person wants to expand their business. Or start a new one, or otherwise engage folks in the planning and design services. It’s horribly regressive, too. Which has a redoubling effect. Especially since the public sector only has money collected from taxes and fees paid by the private sector.

          This is not “good” by any stretch of definition. It used to be my profession, selling design and planning services. May not be again in my lifetime.
          [/corey]

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    • 2010 July 21
      TacoMagic permalink

      I don’t know Manda, I think if I were his professor I’d pass his stools.

      What?

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      • 2010 July 21
        MandaB permalink

        I believe after he worked it out with a pencil during the last exam, they were concerned that things would not be okay in the end.

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        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          Maybe I should try a pencil next time, I usually use a pen to work things out but that often leads to accidents.

          What?

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        • 2010 July 21
          LimeLolly permalink

          That’s…… just disturbing.

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  6. 2010 July 21
    TacoMagic permalink

    3 accounting books
    3 stools; maple and wicker
    30; 100?

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    • 2010 July 21
      Grampdaddy permalink

      Wich Whicker?

      or

      Which Wicker?

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      • 2010 July 21
        TacoMagic permalink

        Whoops; wicker.

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        • 2010 July 21
          Grampdaddy permalink

          Woops Whicker?

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        • 2010 July 21
          LimeLolly permalink

          Quit playing with your wickers, boys!

          Or at least go to your room and close the door… yeesh.

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        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          No way, we saw what happened to HHNF and GrahamT! You’ll not kill us off that easy!

          Plus, Gramps hogs the bed.

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        • 2010 July 21
          Grampdaddy permalink

          I get to be on the top (bunk)!

          Woops Whicker, Woops Whicker, Woops Whicker, Woops Whicker, Woops Whicker…

          That gets really funny the more you say it. *shuffles away, giggling*

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        • 2010 July 21
          LimeLolly permalink

          Who says I’m trying to kill you off?

          I think the time has come Taco, to have ‘The Talk’. See, it’s polite and respectful to keep your wickers and your knickers and the wands and the orbs covered until you meet that special someone.
          Most people get embarrassed when you’re waving that stuff around, so if you must play with it… do it in the privacy of your own room so you don’t poke someone’s eye out. The insurance won’t cover accidents like that.

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        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          Thank you, thank you, thank you Gramps for adding the word “bunk”.

          I would have had nightmares otherwise.

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        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          Yeah, that one word made it all sunshine and kitten whiskers.

          I’m gonna go fire up the Brain Bleach Jacuzzi.

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        • 2010 July 21
          CapnMac permalink

          Stop, I need to wash that awful nick Cage movie out of my head again . . . Ni! Ni! Ni!

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  7. 2010 July 21

    Ummm…Sparky? If you paid $349 each for those stools you overpaid by about $300 a piece or $1,000 total.

    Hey…I think those new accounting books I bought are really working don’t you?

    I’m going to work for Bear Stearns, or maybe the Lehman Brothers soon. Depends on which one has the better non-fat muffin bar.

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    • 2010 July 21

      Choose the one that sets out useless stock certificates in place of napkins, leaves a smaller carbon foot print.

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    • 2010 July 21
      Lola permalink

      I think both have useless stock certs, now that they’ve collapsed and been taken over. Depends on whether you want Brit or American bosses (note: the Brits might also have scones at the muffin bar – just saying). Or, for another way to look at it (since Bear’s former building is on Madison), do you want to work for Sterling Cooper, or the imperial overlords?

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      • 2010 July 21

        Lola, don’t go making me cranky about the fact that I have to study during the Mad Men season premiere.

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  8. 2010 July 21

    Dissolve in what, exactly? In water? No. In acid? Probably. In milk? I think we’re gonna need a bigger cereal bowl.

    I once watched a short documentary where they sunk a whale carcass. It fed hordes of hungry lampreys for months. Lampreys are creepy.

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    • 2010 July 21
      sarajean80 permalink

      I saw a video clip of a group of highway workers (in New Jersey I think) blowing a beached whale carcass up with dynamite. It vanished in a great big red cloud and then it (shockingly) started raining chunks of whale on the group of idiots curious bystanders standing nearby.

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      • 2010 July 21

        Oh no… not again!

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        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.

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      • 2010 July 21
        Litarider permalink

        I love that video. Next time they’ll give the whale a decent Christian burial. Which in the dead whale world would probably be feeding lamprey eels.

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      • 2010 July 21
        Grampdaddy permalink

        Kinda like a Tacosplode, only redder?

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      • 2010 July 21
        mudslicker permalink

        Oh no…not that it wouldn’t be easy, but you’re not going to pin that one on New Jersey.

        That “Situation” happened in Oregon in 1970. Another proud notch on the Oregonian’s belts.

        Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          I thought that might not be right, but I was too lazy to Google it.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          Your avatar punctuates that statement rather affirmatively.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          That’s Firefly, she’s usually very twitchy and hyper but I managed to catch her napping one day.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          She’s got the perfect: “Oh, hi there. Now go away,” look.

          My old cat, Jill, was a master of that look. Especially when I caught her passed out in the bathroom sink.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          Because I have to know.

          Did you also have a cat named Jack?

          Or one called Ian? (and together they yelled at morbidly obese people and made them exercise until they puked)

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          Nope. Just Jill (Her full name was actually Jill-Bill).

          We got her when I was 4 or 5. In school we were doing this letter book that featured Jill and Bill interacting with various objects for each letter of the alphabet. She came into the clinic as a stray and my father fell in love with her due to her affectionate temperament.

          She was assigned as my cat and I was allowed to name her. Seeing as I was 5, I immediately picked the name “Bill” from the class book. I was informed that the cat was female, so I fell back on Jill, the other name. She ended up taking on the name “Jill-Bill” because of this duality.

          She was a really good cat too. Her other name was “The Huntress” because there was really nothing she wouldn’t try to bring down and eat. Pretty good for a cat who we had to declaw due to her love of hunting my dad’s feet. I watched her catch a sparrow in mid flight… that was pretty cool.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          I guess when you’re 4 or 5, logic is on the back burner when it comes to kids naming things.

          “I think I will name this stick, Stinky.”

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          Here’s a rundown of some of our cat’s names for you enjoyment:

          Mark, Jill, Max, Max II, Max III, Max IV, Max V, Maxine, Sprinkle, Cougar, Shortie, BBC, Bertha, Zeldie, Sam, Belle, Brown Cat, Bernie, Melody, George (Pronounce Hoargay), Scaredy Cat, Ming, Myrtle, and a bunch more too many to remember.

          Seriously, we had a LOT of cats. Our older clientèle would will them to my parents so they ended up with several that way. We’d also inherit the cats from clients who had to go into assisted living and wanted my father to have them (He couldn’t say no to his clients). We’d also get cats who were special needs and didn’t last more than a few years. We’d just keep them comfortable like a hospice for cats. That and the large number of Coyotes in the area meant we had a lot of kitty turn over.

          Jill was one of the ones who hung in there the longest. She was really healthy and knew how to outsmart the Coyotes if she got out at night. I think she lived to be about 18 before her liver failed.

          It’s kind of sad to have to deal with such a high kitty turnover, but as a child it teaches you to deal with death in a more mature way I think.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 July 21
          Lola permalink

          [desnark commence] Taco, this is a lovely, if bittersweet, posting. [recommence snark]

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          So did the “special needs” cats have to be fitted with little helmets so they didn’t hurt themselves when they banged their heads?

          And I’ve heard that kitty turnovers are dee-licious when warm from the oven and served with a scoop of ice cream on the side.

          Okay…I’ve determined that today is black humor Wednesday and my snark won’t shut off. Forget what I said. I’ll just ditto Lola. I really do like cats.

          cats = chicken

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 July 21

          Taco, was Sprinkle sprinkled? (I couldn’t resist, although I agree with Lola’s desnark)

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          Sprinkle was a name my sister gave him. Not sure where it came from.

          He was a big, scarred alley tomcat who’s ears were shredded to the point of being nearly removed in what was probably dozens of territory fights.

          He came into the clinic pissed at the world and hating everything. 3 cans of cat-food later he was the nicest cat anyone had ever met. He spent the next 12 years sleeping on my mother’s lap. I think he understood exactly how good he had it.

          The funny thing about him was that nobody in the “cat room” ever ate out of HIS bowl*. I think he laid down the law his first night there. Either that or it was understood that you don’t mess with the cat who doesnt have ears. Not even Queen Jill ate out of his bowl.

          *Well, Cougar did, but they had a somewhat homo-erotic relationship for two cats who’d been neutered. They’d sit on the couch and clean each other; we would tell them to get a room.

          Adores: 7
        • 2010 July 21
          Moira permalink

          There are apparently several whale explosions on record but the 1970 incident is most famous.
          http://www.theexplodingwhale.com/map/

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          Moira permalink

          Taco, I LOVE your walk down kitty-memory lane. Thank you.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          From corey to sentimentality in less than 24 hours…man, I love this place!

          Our current cat is Bugsy, so named for the pink pads on his feet that reminded hubby of Bugs Bunny.

          He’s also known as Fat Cat – he weighs about 30 lbs. – and Osama bin Bugsy for his ability to terrorize small children, other cats, and un-shod feet.

          Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 21
      CapnMac permalink

      Lampreys are creepy

      So are snake-head eels, too.

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 21
        mudslicker permalink

        One-eyed snakes can make great pets!

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21
          Grampdaddy permalink

          OK Mudsy – I am taking back the “The line was crossed – 3 Taco postings prior” that you said much earlier.”

          YOU are hereby notified that you, Mudsy, has crossed the line today, and may already have tomorrow covered.

          Why would you think it acceptable to pick on a semi-blind snake? That’s just wrong!

          Adores: 5
  9. 2010 July 21
    Lethe permalink

    I will buy one accounting book from Sparky B, and sell it to Sparky A for $349. I just have to do that… um, carry the 7… 30 more times, and I will have $100,000!

    I’m sharing the Lethe secret to wealth with YSAC for only $30 ($100 if you read it three times). You can send it to my Palpal account.

    Adores: 11
  10. 2010 July 21

    This is NOT the accountant I want to be figuring out my taxes.

    Me: *handing over income/expense information* From the looks of these, I figure I have a refund coming.

    Accountant Sparkcase: Ah, ok. Well, let’s just see what you’ve done here. Hmm. Umhmm. *high speed catulator work* Oh yes, I will need to apply the new IRS Rule of 3 here. *refers to accounting books* *more rapid catulator work* Ok, here you go. You owe $3,492.67.

    Me: WHAT!!!!

    Accountant Sparkcase: And my bill is $500. You can make that in three installment payments of $150 each, if you prefer.

    Adores: 5
  11. 2010 July 21
    sarajean80 permalink

    Gee, that really sounds like a bargain, but I’d better check the math.
    *counts on fingers*
    Damn, I can’t go higher than ten. Wait, I know!
    *sits down and removes shoes
    That only makes twelve. Hmmm… Oh, I see what I did wrong.
    *removes socks*
    Dangit, that only gets me to twenty! I guess I’ll just have to trust Sparky to be honest and truthful in his ad.

    Adores: 11
    • 2010 July 21
      Lou Stool permalink

      SaraJean, maybe you need these books. 10 fingers+ 2 feet+10 toes= 22. How in the world did you get 20?

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 21
        sarajean80 permalink

        Who says I have ten toes?

        Adores: 7
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          We’re not counting your collection, SJ.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          Hey, I need those for math! I’m not dividing my own toes, that would hurt.

          Plus it’s fun to try out new nail polish shades on them.

          Adores: 10
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          The mental image of you painting the nails of severed toes is squigging me out a bit; and you know how hard that is to do. Also, in my mental scape, you’re singing to them.

          Bravo, Sister.

          Adores: 6
        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          Am I singing “This Little Piggy“?

          ‘Cause that would be really accurate weird.

          Adores: 12
        • 2010 July 21

          Did you sing it like so?

          This little piggy went for rental,
          this little piggy stayed home.
          This little piggy was roast a beef pork,
          this little piggy was not.
          And this little piggy tap-danced while knitting all the way home.

          Adores: 12
        • 2010 July 21
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          SaraJean – I can see it now. On the front of a couple of bookshelf shelves — two rows of neatly lined up assorted sized toes, nicely preserved and all painted with a different color of polish.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          ACG: Dexter Ice Truck Killer flashback

          Adores: 2
  12. 2010 July 21
    Windrose permalink

    I’m in the title? I don’t think I can get a punch for that. Anyway, got all the stools I can use. Not having a dog, though, I could scatter these around the yard.

    Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 21
      LimeLolly permalink

      That’s one way to make the grass grow…. add stools.

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 21
        B....... permalink

        Nothing grows where the chicken goes……….

        Adores: 0
  13. 2010 July 21
    Is.An.Avatar permalink

    I can’t get by the original price of $349 each – O RLY!

    Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 21
      TacoMagic permalink

      It just goes to show, if you use powerful language against idiots, you can make them buy anything for any price.

      Now, I know you’re thinking to yourself, “Solid Maple and wicker!? Wow, how could they ever afford to make these stools out of Solid Maple and wicker and still offer us a price below $1000 each?”

      Well, I have news for you all. You’ll not pay $1000, not even $750, not EVEN $500! $400? Nope! Not even 350! Today we offer you these gorgeous Solid Maple and wicker stools for just 3 easy payments of $149.99.

      Yes you heard me right, 3 low, easy payments of $149.99.

      Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 21
      CapnMac permalink

      New furniture prices can be outrageous. And, for some reason “bar” and “counter” stools seem to occupy the top 80% of the price range.
      Which may reflect the small number purchased (which drives the price up, which reduces the number purchased, and so, $30 books are 3 for $100 is perfectly logical . . . )

      Scary part to me is that $30 is a pretty fair price for used counter/bar stools; most of the sparkies would be looking for $150 each, or 3 for $500.

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 21
        mudslicker permalink

        Okay. WHERE is CapnMac and what have you done with him?

        😉

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 22
          CapnMac permalink

          He can’t even get work selling furniture (despite close to thirty years’ experience specifying furniture for architectural clients large and small) .
          And is also beat up by the possibility of having to find a new profession entire after three decades, and having been at far too many already.
          Or maybe that there’s about 275-550 jobs advertised in my county and about 7-8000 unemployed people needing work.
          Or some such.

          Adores: 0
  14. 2010 July 21
    mudslicker permalink

    Please ask any and all questions.

    Is there a god?

    Will Sarah Palin ever go away?

    Why is the “k” silent in “knight”and “knife”?

    Is Fox News really fair and balanced?

    Should I go with my birth date or my old high school locker combination to pick my Powerball numbers?

    Does Obama really fit the description traits of a Leo or is he more like a Gemini?

    Does Mel Gibson really know what women want?

    When are the Beatles going to get back together?

    Adores: 16
    • 2010 July 21

      Why did Hedwig have to die?

      What exactly is the function of a rubber duck?

      Why is George Lopez’s head so big?

      Would you rather have your armed gnawed off by Mexican Entrees or Rabid Weasels?

      Adores: 10
      • 2010 July 21
        TacoMagic permalink

        Why do you call it taking a stool when you’re actually leaving one.

        Er… Gotta Go.

        Adores: 5
        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          I simply call it “dropping the kids off at the pool”

          kids = chicken

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        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          Whew, Mudsy, you only rent kids, I’m telling you.

          *Runs to the bathroom*

          Adores: 5
      • 2010 July 21
        mudslicker permalink

        That’s the way to take that ball and run with it Astro!

        🙂

        Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 21

        What is a fluglebinder and what is it used for?

        Why should we care where Waldo is?

        Why do people, usually not fellow Texans, ask every summer how we cope with living here “in that gawd-awful heat”? Hint: We stay inside in the a/c Sparky.

        Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          What is your name?

          What is your quest?

          What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 July 21

          Ahh, a man’s favorite bird.

          What?

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21
          kelli permalink

          Is that an African or a European swallow?

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Who cares?

          What?

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          kelli permalink

          Is it a sin if you’re keeping Kosher and you eat collard greens that you did not know (prior to the eating) where prepared with a ham bone?

          Is it Kosher to kiss a cop?

          Why do birds suddently appear?

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21

          Taco..you said swallow!

          :snicker..snort:

          Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 21
      sarajean80 permalink

      How high is up before it becomes down?

      What would happen if you took the red pill and the blue pill together?

      Who let those damn dogs out and how can I make them pay?

      Adores: 9
      • 2010 July 21

        “Who let those damn dogs out and how can I make them pay?”

        I think it was the Bumpuses.

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          In that case I owe someone a roasted turkey in an extremely umcomfortable place*.

          *The backseat of a Volkswagen, what did you think I meant?

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 21
        CapnMac permalink

        What is a Rose by any other name?

        Is it better to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous Sparky math,
        or to lay the counter/bar stools down, ne’er to rise again?

        To carry the breech or wall it up with our stool, dead?

        Will this Spot, this Damm’d Spot e’er wash out?

        Is that the East, or some trumped up Italian strumpet (no doubt a twilite fan)of 15?

        Should we see oursae’ls as ithers sae us; ot tis nobler to hide i’our eun delusions?

        Adores: 5
        • 2010 July 21

          Quickly runs above post by Capn through catranslator…

          …okay, I’m getting…

          :ruffles cat’s fur, deftly avoids swipe:

          Yeah…got nothin…maybe it only works for you…sigh…

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          Looks like the Cap’n is writing a new version of Romeo and Juliet Sparky and Juliet.

          Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 21
      Lola permalink

      Who or what do we have to sacrifice – and where, and how – to ensure the continued charmed existence of YSAC?

      That’s my question … but I’m not holding my breath for Sparky to answer, much less correctly. I think the question I’d initially direct to them would be “Just how @#$%&*+ stupid are you?”

      Adores: 5
      • 2010 July 21
        Artsy Computer Geek permalink

        Lola — it seems like they answer the second question on a daily basis here on YSaC (and yes it is a little scary).

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          Lola permalink

          I know – sometimes, I’m pretty sure I don’t really want the answer.

          Adores: 0
  15. 2010 July 21
    Indigo permalink

    Sparky the Accountant actually passed the courses!
    She just tweeted that she’s been hired by “a major financial institution” to design the newest derivatives being offered in the market this fall.
    Sure to profit with skills like that!

    Adores: 3
    • 2010 July 21
      LimeLolly permalink

      *makes note to call my financial manager and cash in all investments*

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 21
        sarajean80 permalink

        I’ve got all my vast wealth in a very secure place.

        *takes plastic container from under the bed*

        See, when you burp all the air out, the lid stays on really tight. Nice and secure.

        Adores: 9
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          My mom used to say that there was no good use for old mayonnaise jars. I learned that you can fit $3000 in 20s into one and it’s really easy to bury in the back yard.

          Hey… where’s Gramps going with that shovel anyway?

          Adores: 5
        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          [banking corey] Way back when I first started working where I do now, a woman brought in a ziplock bag full of money bits that were all moldy and partially rotted. Her father had buried several thousand dollars in the back yard in a jar, she had finally found it but the jar had cracked and water had seeped into it at some point. It was nasty, vile-smelling stuff and I pitied the poor rep who helped her reassemble as much of it as they could so she could deposit it. I think they managed to save about eighty percent of it.[/banking corey]

          Be smart; use tupperware and store it inside!

          Adores: 6
        • 2010 July 21

          CoreybankingSJ…and where did you say it was stored? Hmm? Oh, just wondering, that’s all…

          You see, storing under the floor can make for some very awkward moments after you’ve, ahem, moved on….

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          It’s in the box marked “Venomous Explosives”. Go ahead, take a peek.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21

          :opens box, removes money, closes box:

          Thanks SJ! ‘Ritas on me tonight!

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          How many ‘ritas can you get for $3.12?

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21

          27, SJ, if you play yer cards right…

          Adores: 3
  16. 2010 July 21
    Litarider permalink

    These are highly desirable stools. If you want all three, you must be willing to pay the price. It isn’t right to be piggy about this. The seller knows that the concentration of these stools in anybody else’s hand could lead to dire consequences.

    Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 21
      sarajean80 permalink

      Maybe Sparky is hoping the government will purchase them for the Strategic Stool Reserves.

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 21
        Lola permalink

        “Stool reserves”? Doesn’t government naturally produce far more BS than the populace can handle?*

        *I think I just discovered a new definition for “government waste.”

        Adores: 4
      • 2010 July 21
        mudslicker permalink

        Line crossed. Three TacoMagics ago.

        Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 21
        Litarider permalink

        That explains the $349 original price. Because when we bought a table and chairs, they gave us two free chairs because we bought four chairs. The other four chairs cost quite a bit less than $349 dollars.

        Adores: 0
  17. 2010 July 21
    Kae permalink

    Yeah, see, now…on their own individual selfiness, each of the stools or books is just a stool or a book. As a trio, they have the Power of Three and therefore become more valuable. You get three of the books in the room, and suddenly your taxes Do Themselves and throw in an extra break for being Cool! You get three of the stools into one Breakfast Nook and–*poof*–you’re in a French Café. EVERY SINGLE TIME! These powers are too great to be wasted on the unwise. Only those wise enough to be bilked out of…err…to invest the ten extra dollars are able to manage the Untamable Power of Three Stools/Books! (

    Adores: 6
  18. 2010 July 21

    *strolls in*

    YAAAAAAWN…

    Mornin’. Coffee?

    I’m in an obnoxious mini review thing that BarBri “awarded” me for paying for my class in full by the deadline. It’s seeming rather pointless so far, but I got up and came all the way out here (okay, fine, “all the way” being a 15 minute ride on the T — meaning the subway) so I may as well stay. Besides, we’ve only done evidence so far and that’s one of my better subjects, so maybe that’s why it’s seemed pointless. I’m on break, so I popped in to say hello.

    By the way, Taco? The National Conference of Bar Examiners’ building is somewhere in Wisconsin. It’s apparently an ominous black glass building. I’m not suggesting you do anything to that building. I swear.

    Oh, break time’s over. Back in an hour or so.

    Adores: 2
    • 2010 July 21
      Lola permalink

      “ominous black glass building”

      Oh, now that’s nice and comforting, isn’t it? … Yikes.

      Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 21

      For no apparent reason, immediately after reading your post, the Twilight Zone theme popped into my head. Hm.

      Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 21

      [rant] That was completely and utterly useless. For those of you who haven’t friended me on FB, I’d finally had it when it took this guy 4 tries to give us the correct definition for a joint venture (in the criminal context). I do not need to deal with some guy who can’t even manage to give us correct information when we only have a week left.

      *looks at the time frame she just typed*

      Yeah, time to do some more productive studying. [/rant]

      Adores: 1
  19. 2010 July 21
    Bianchi Sound permalink

    I think everyone has failed to notice that they are COUNTER stools. They work to defend you against regular stools, and the combined power of 3 is certainly worth the extra $10.

    Duh.

    Adores: 9
    • 2010 July 21
      TacoMagic permalink

      I see there have been more budget cuts to the U.S.’s missile defense research.

      Adores: 4
      • 2010 July 21
        Bianchi Sound permalink

        Your joking makes me think that you have never been attacked by a stoo…

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          Undead stoo are insatiably bloodthirsty!

          Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 21
      CapnMac permalink

      You may be thinking of [redacted]’s ContraStools as ordered by [redacted] as part of the [redacted] which program began under [redacted] until terminated by [redacted]. Possession and or use of contrastools may be restricted under 18 USC [redacted] unless one is [redacted], [redacted], or [redacted].

      Adores: 7
      • 2010 July 21
        mudslicker permalink

        Huh?

        Oh wait. Capn’s back!

        [refudiate] blah blah [/refudiate]

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          CapnMac permalink

          I was gone? Taken an hour to get this far down in the comments.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          You were lucidly replaced Capn by some strange doppelganger.

          Adores: 0
  20. 2010 July 21

    In response to our Llama-Nun’s (bees be upon her) insistence that my Fortune Cookie translation end up on a shirt, I present you all with this:

    http://i26.tinypic.com/21oo3z7.jpg

    It has background transparency for shirts, t-shits, mugs, etc., although that may have been lost when Tinypic converted it to a jpeg.

    Adores: 8
    • 2010 July 21
      TacoMagic permalink

      Shouldn’t you have used Comic Sans?

      *Flees*

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 July 21

        [corey]No, actually, because (as far as I could tell) the fortune I replaced with mine was written in a similar font to Garamond, although it was probably actually something like Book Antiqua or Times New Roman.

        Source Pic [/corey]

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          That, sir, was a true corey.

          *awards corey credit*

          Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 21

      Can you send me a high-res version? Send to yousuckatcraigslist@gmail.com. Thanks!

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 21

        Oh. Err… I think that that’s as high res as it gets, although the PNG one won’t have any JPG artifacts put on by Tinypic converting it.

        Will this size work, or should I redo it using a larger image?

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Here is a larger, different image, that I can send you, and am also posting here for others to view.

          http://i28.tinypic.com/103tldv.jpg

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          Shouldn’t it be “You’re Lucky Numbers’?”

          What?

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 July 21

          I feel a t-shirt/mug/mousepad coming on…yippee!

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21

          That’s assuming she got the e-mail. Earlier today I attempted to set up Thunderbird to compliment Firefox, and now neither Thunderbird or IncrediMail are working, and I can’t see them working until I am able to retrieve my password. So I have no idea whether or not the e-mail ever actually sent.

          Edit: My mom got home and came to the rescue with the master password.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          Yeah!!!!!!! Mom’s to the rescue day!!!!!!

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          Astro,

          If you don’t mind, I’m thinking of pulling out the inking set and doing a line-calligraphy version of the fortune cookie. I think a thin brushed ink style for the fortune cookie might be fun to try and may be a nice alternative to the photoshopped cookie. If I like the way it turns out, I could send the picture on to you for the text.

          Let me know your thoughts.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Well, Astro, it is incredibly difficult to get a Thunderbird to compliment a Firefox….and I could say more, but must remind myself that you claim to be 15…not sayin’ you aren’t, just sayin’…

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 July 21

          Taco,

          That sounds to actually be very interesting. Go for it.

          My E-mail
          [NB: email address edited out by drmk by request]

          Oh, and, uh, nobody flood my inbox with spam, ‘kay?

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          Actually I would have posted it on my Deviantart for you to copy, but I can send an email too :P.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Astro…the rule is either/or, neither/nor. 😉

          You don’t normally need correcting, which is much more than I can say for most 15-year-olds, but I’m still being Isaac until…what, Friday?

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Taco: Oh. Yeah. I forgot about that. Sadly, it’s a bit too late for me to take my e-mail address away.

          iSack v.2.1b: Thankfully, this site prevents most of the supposed 22% of knowledge we forget over Summer Break from being knowledge of English. Actually, with all the CatMath here, and my general dislike of the subject, I’m sure it’s mostly math that’s being forgotten about.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          Astro – You might want to get one of the Supreme Overlords folks with editing powers to delete your email. It’s probably not a good idea to leave it up.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          I’m not terribly happy with it, especially the “second cookie” bit, but after 3 tries this is the best fortune cookie of the lot.

          There is some of the Eastern influence I wanted to mimic, but it’s far from stellar. It’s been 7 years since I tried line inking, so it’s probably not going to get any better without a few days practice.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Kinda looks like a belly button barbell.
          🙂

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          Belly buttons have to work hard to stay in shape.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Nuh uh, mines been the same shape for years.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Taco: Here’s what I’ve done with it:

          http://i32.tinypic.com/2dl0kyd.jpg

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 21

        Astro — I got the email. Thanks!

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          Astro – I am very disappointed. We will start Algebra II and Geometry review on Thursday. Make sure your catulator is charged up and ready to go (or would you rather start with the new, improved Tacoulator?).

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Artsy: How can I review Algebra II if I don’t take it till this coming year?

          Drmk: Can you please remove my e-mail address from my comment. Not that I think any of you would abuse it, but this is a public internet.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 22

          Done.

          Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 21
      LurkRealClose permalink

      Astro!! This.is.awesome.

      That is all.

      Adores: 0
  21. 2010 July 21
    Addicted Reader permalink

    So what I’ve learned from this is that if I hide $30 under my mattress every day for three days, I’ll have $100 at the end. I’m off to go test this now.

    Adores: 6
    • 2010 July 21
      Lola permalink

      If successful, please bring mattress and money so we can examine it to find out the “secret.” When you do, please take the food and drink we offer you because you seem really nice and making you fall asleep so we can steal it all is preferable to knocking you on the head or something and everything will go much more smoothly.

      What?

      Adores: 4
      • 2010 July 21
        Addicted Reader permalink

        Ooh, drugged by the lovely Lola, that’s worth $100. ; )

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          Drugged, by God!

          No, by Lola actually. But the effect is much the same.

          Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 21
        Bianchi Sound permalink

        Lola- Your new avatar makes the mattress comment the sexiest comment of all time. OF ALL TIME!

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21
          Lola permalink

          Why, thank you, Kanyi Sound. 8)

          Adores: 1
  22. 2010 July 21

    Party people!
    Tag team snarking in real effect
    Whoomp chair it is (one for 30 bucks)
    Whoomp chair it is (two for 60 bucks)
    Whoomp chair it is (three for 100 bucks)
    Whoomp chair it is (one for 30 bucks)
    Whoomp chair it is (two for 60 bucks)
    Whoomp chair it is (three for 100 bucks)
    Boom (whicker, whicker, whicker chairs)
    Boom (whicker, whicker, whicker chairs)
    Boom (whicker, whicker, whicker chairs)
    Boom (whicker, whicker, whicker chairs)
    Boom (whicker, whicker, whicker chairs)
    Boom (whicker, whicker, whicker chairs)

    Adores: 14
  23. 2010 July 21
    Moira permalink

    Windrose is gonna be busy tonight!
    (Does a shared punch hurt less than a solo punch, or more? Is it more like misery or joy?)

    Adores: 0
  24. 2010 July 21
    TacoMagic permalink

    YSaCies: if you tried to friend me on F/b and you were ignored or haven’t heard back from me, send another friend request.

    It was pointed out to me that people’s real-life names may be slightly different than the names used on YSaC; which might be why I don’t recognize some of the people trying to friend me.

    Go figure.

    Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 21
      mudslicker permalink

      Searching fb doesn’t bring up a TacoMagic.

      I even tried TacoMagic Smith.

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 21
        TacoMagic permalink

        Odd, I should have TacoMagic set up as my searchable nickname. I’ll have to check it once I get to a computer where I can check F/b.

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          I believe I added mudslicker as a searchable nickname to mine. That was 3 fb revamps ago…so no telling how I’ve got it set up now.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          True, there have been a few revamps since the nickname. I should doublecheck my settings (or if they even use nicknames anymore).

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          kelli permalink

          I found Taco without a problem.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          My nickname still shows up at the end of the URL if I click on my profile even though I made it a few revamps ago.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          kelli permalink

          I searched for mudslicker and it asked if I meant “mudkicker.” No catwoman 153 with or without the space.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          [redacted corey] Okay. I found Taco. *dote* [/redacted corey]

          It’s late in the day and I’m missing some stools.

          Kelli: I’m the one that comes up above mudkicker. The one from Indiana. Got my old avatar pic on fb.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Okay, try http://www.facebook.com/catwoman153 and tell me what happens…when you’re signed in to Facebook on your computer. I have some privacy settings making me slightly unsearchable, but so far no one else from here has had trouble finding me.

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 21
        Windrose permalink

        I think I need to buy a vowel. You can friend me, I have my real name in the forum so you can find me with just a little searching. 8)

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          kelli permalink

          I found Bridgete! I feel like I’m on a very bizarre treasure hunt.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          kelli permalink

          Muddy, you didn’t come up in my search, but I used the nickname as the last part of the url to find you.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          It is kind of like a treasure hunt.

          You’ve been approved. In case you didn’t notice. 🙂

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Thanks Bridget and I used the same method that I used to find Muddy to find Wind. Mine is just ainebegonia at the end of the url.

          Edit – wrong avatar because I signed into the forums, ugghhh

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21

          Here, you dropped this: *hands Kelli an E* 😉

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          Bridgete — just in case I forget on Friday — good job stepping in for Isaac, he would be so proud.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          kelli permalink

          Sorry Bridgete, my other avie can’t spell.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          It actually comes naturally to me, that’s why I wanted the job. But thanks! 🙂

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          It’s alright Kelli. My grandparents don’t even know how to spell my name.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          Moira permalink

          I’ve sent a couple friend requests out. I shall continue at some later time (like after lucnch) or you can tag me before I tag you!

          (Oh, in the interest of keeping this as a somewhat bizzare easter egg hunt, I’m not revealing my profile name here… yet.)

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 21

        If you search my nickname, I’m the top result. Feel free to message me (let me know who you are in the subject line, or I’ll assume it’s some weirdo that I don’t know and delete it), but don’t friend me.

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          But Astro…aren’t we all weirdos here? I mean it is our common bond…isn’t it?

          :crickets chirp:

          Heh…heh…okay then…

          Adores: 6
        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          Astro: There isn’t an option to just send a message. Only to friend you.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Mudsy: I shall amend that.

          Edit: It would seem that, because I’m a minor, the “everyone” setting actually means friends, firends of friends, and networks.

          CJ: That’s why I italicized don’t.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          TacoMagic permalink

          There’s a reason we call you Jail-Bait (Oh ha ha).

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21

          Holy clothespin-jeebus!! That’s you?? I’ve got tennis shoes older than you boy!

          :wanders off to find said tennis shoes:

          Adores: 6
        • 2010 July 21
          Moira permalink

          Erm… I’m feeling stooopid… FB doesn’t seem to want to let me send you a message, Astro. I did send you a friend request, though!

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Edit: It would seem that, because I’m a minor, the “everyone” setting actually means friends, firends of friends, and networks.

          …, but don’t friend me.

          Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 21

      You’ll have to friend me if you feel so inclined. My general policy with internet friends is to wait for them to make the request. This actually is my real first name, and I think I’m the only one with this spelling in Massachusetts.

      Oh, also, my nickname is catwoman153, if that helps.

      Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 21
      sarajean80 permalink

      I’ll have to check when I get home, I can’t get FB here. I haven’t been on in a while so I hope no one’s tried to friend me recently, although everyone is welcome to. I think I’m the only one with my name in my city, my info’s over in the forum thread if anyone is interested.

      Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 21
      MandaB permalink

      It is probably easier for me to find people than it is to find me, given a semi-common first name and a very common last name (Bell). However, if you get a friend suggestion or a request from someone whose name fits my nickname on here and there’s a picture of a crazy woman with 3 cute little redheads, that would be me. 🙂

      Adores: 0
  25. 2010 July 21
    Windrose permalink

    Group Punch! Group Punch! Congrats, everyone. Hope we have some extra helmets and cups. Er, I mean, Taco Thongs. Wait, no I don’t!

    Adores: 0
  26. 2010 July 21
    Irregular Fractal permalink

    I actually have the exact same stools, but Carolina blue instead of white. I bought the set of three used, with my house, for $75 (house not included). I’ve never seen such a premium for white this side of Apple…

    Adores: 2
    • 2010 July 21
      mudslicker permalink

      Apple-white is totally worth it tho.

      Adores: 2
      • 2010 July 21
        Irregular Fractal permalink

        *glances at Macbook Pro, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch, Mac mini, and 5 pairs of black turtlenecks and jeans in closet*

        I don’t know what you’re talking about.

        Adores: 6
        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          you must be stock invested….or stork infested….

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          kelli permalink

          Oh noes! IF is an Mac/Apple addict. I’m so disillusioned now.

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 July 21
          Lola permalink

          Disillusioned? Not here … I’ve loved Macs since they were all Apples, in about 1980 or so.
          *daily migrating crush resettles on IF*

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 21

        I have Apple-black…oh dear…did I commit some Apple faux pas?

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21

          I have a black iPhone, and a purple nano. Meh.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          sarajean80 permalink

          I’ve got a black iPod Touch but I keep it in a turquoise cover. I think that all I’ve got from Apple-land.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          I have a Blue iPod Nano. That’s the grand total of all the Apple software I own.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21

          Black iPhone and purple Nano for me too, Bridgete…Whew! I feel much better.

          Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21

          [meddling mother-in-law corey}When she saw my new iPhone she asked how I could justify spending that much money on a phone when I have a “house, kids, responsibilities”….my first thought…okay, my second thought was “Huh? My kids are grown, and I don’t pay their bills anymore.”

          I settled on telling her the truth.

          *I rob banks to supplement my income.

          *this may not be true

          I stayed straight-faced and she shut up. Truth be known, my “new” iPhone was an 8G refurb model I got for less than $50[end meddling mother-in-law corey]

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 21
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          This feels like the “Apple Confessional” room.

          I [fill in any name you like] also admit to having an i[fill in your toy of choice] in [fill in the color of your choice]. …Whew! I feel much better.

          CJ – Thanks for stepping up to the iPlate.

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          mudslicker permalink

          Yeah, you can all totally get Macommunion (or is that iCommunion?) on Sunday now.

          Just say 10 Hail Tacos and 25 Fractals and you’re good to go.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 July 21

          Artsy: Ooh! Mad Libs!

          I Ninja Bob also admit to having an iRutabaga in heliotrope. …Whew! I feel much better.

          Adores: 11
    • 2010 July 21
      Artsy Computer Geek permalink

      Having stools in “Carolina Blue” at our house is the same as first degree murder (maybe even worse). We are only allowed to have Woldpack Red (and no, there isn’t a person in this house that went there, only those planning to).

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 21
        Irregular Fractal permalink

        That’s the only blue one can have in this area and not be associated with that Other School Down the Road.

        I do have a special place in my heart for Wolfpack Red, given that it is the colour of my beloved RBC Centre, and because I empathize with being chronically on the short end of a regional state-school rivalry.

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          IR – you must live in the same place Astro & I live (although, Astro lives “on the wrong side of town”).

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          Irregular Fractal permalink

          No, my love for my hockey club is, sadly, from a distance.
          I find myself regrettably in the land of their 2002 Stanley Cup Finals opponents.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 22
          CapnMac permalink

          You ought visit my lil’ home town here.
          Oh, and Stillwater, OK and Ames, IA for that matter.

          Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 21

        Artsy: Oh, you’re a pack fan. *snorts*

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          Artsy Computer Geek permalink

          IR — I’m so sorry. Maybe you can move here some time in the future.

          Astro — no I’m not a Pack Fan it’s Mountaineers all the way!!!! However, for some strange reason, my children are Pack Fans. I’m hoping that, my son at least, will get over it in the next couple of years.

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 22
        CapnMac permalink

        Uhm, if one’s stools are blue, that may mean you have the same neurological disorder George III had.

        Adores: 1
  27. 2010 July 21
    Artsy Computer Geek permalink

    Oh great Llama-Nun’s (bees be upon her) – when reading the comments for the first listing; I read it as hand raised. That brings up interesting questions.

    Adores: 0
  28. 2010 July 21
    LimeLolly permalink

    I need some help with this new math or I’m never going to be able to assist my child with his homework.

    Spelling and language, either.

    I’m too old to go back to elementary school, though, I do miss recess and snack time.

    Adores: 3
    • 2010 July 21
      Artsy Computer Geek permalink

      LimeLolly — don’t forget lunch!!! That’s my kids personal favorite subject. It’s a subject that they both excel (both are accidentally gifted – my son’s phrase, not mine – lunch kids).

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 21
        LimeLolly permalink

        Lunch? Has that changed too?

        In my school days, lunch was mystery meat topped with gray glue, pizza made out of cardboard and milk came in a box. Some days, the only thing worth eating was the dessert and those stingy lunch-ladies would only give you one.

        However…. I used to be really skinny in those days… hmm, maybe I need to go back on a school-lunch diet again.

        Adores: 2
        • 2010 July 21

          Oh, it’s changed. Now we have Dominoes Pizza. And “Asian Chicken with Fried Rice”. And soft cookies with a funny name (Otis Spunkmeyer). Oh, and Chick-Fil-A knock-offs.

          Milk still comes in a boxcarton thing though. With, unfortunately, Justin Bieber on the back. **shudders**

          Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 21
          LimeLolly permalink

          I don’t know Astro… doesn’t seem like it’s changed for the better — ‘yuck’.

          I guess I need to get in the habit of sending a super-yummy lunch for my little guy. Maybe then he won’t trade it for skittles and reese’s cups.

          Adores: 1
  29. 2010 July 21
    Artsy Computer Geek permalink

    I don’t think it has changed much. Both my kids bring lunch, that’s probably why.

    Adores: 0
  30. 2010 July 21


    On the first day of snarking the Llama nun* brought to me,
    A pig at a party

    On the second day of snarking the Llama nun brought to me.
    Two Ninja turtles
    And a pig at a party

    On the third day of snarking the Llama nun brought to me,
    Three books for accounting
    Two Ninja turtles
    And a pig at a party

    On the fourth day of snarking the Llama nun brought to me.
    Four attack birds
    Three books for accounting
    Two Ninja turtles
    And a pig at a party

    On the fifth day of snarking the Llama nun brought to me,
    Five trucks of bees
    Four attack birds
    Three books of accounting
    Two Ninja turtles
    And a pig at a party

    On the sixth day of snarking the Llama nun brought to me,
    Six chicken stachues
    Five trucks of bees
    Four attack birds
    Three books of accounting
    Two Ninja turtles
    And a pig at a party

    On the seventh day of snarking the Llama nun brought to me,
    Seven dolphin tables
    Six chicken stachues
    Five trucks of bees
    Four attack birds
    Three books of accounting
    Two Ninja turtles
    And a pig at a party

    On the eighth day of snarking the Llama nun brought to me.
    Eight milking mothers
    Seven dolphin tables
    Six chicken stachues
    Five trucks of bees
    Four attack birds
    Three books of accounting
    Two Ninja turtles
    And a pig at a party

    On the ninth day of snarking the llama nun brought to me,
    Nine pole dance partners
    Eight milking mothers
    Seven dolphin tables
    Six chicken stachues
    Five trucks of bees
    Four attack birds
    Three books of accounting
    Two Ninja turtles
    And a pig at a party

    On the tenth day of snarking the Llama nun brought to me,
    Ten happy house landlords
    Nine pole dance partners
    Eight milking mothers
    Seven dolphin tables
    Six chicken stachues
    Five trucks of bees
    Four attack birds
    Three books of accounting
    Two Ninja turtles
    And a pig at a party

    On the eleventh day of snarking the llama nun brought to me,
    Eleven pipe stains making Adam
    Ten happy house landlords
    Nine pole dance partners
    Eight milking mothers
    Seven dolphin tables
    Six chicken stachues
    Five trucks of bees
    Four attack birds
    Three books of accounting
    Two Ninja turtles
    And a pig at a party

    On the twelfth day of snarking the Llama nun brought to me,
    Twelve drums, make an offer
    Eleven pipe stains making Adam
    Ten happy house landlords
    Nine pole dance partners
    Eight milking mothers
    Seven dolphin tables
    Six chicken stachues
    Five trucks of bees
    Four attack birds
    Three books of accounting
    Two Ninja turtles
    And a pig at a party**
    ***

    *May bees be with her

    **pant

    ***This has probably been done before…

    Adores: 15
    • 2010 July 21
      Addicted Reader permalink

      You have a gift. Many doors to you.

      Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 21
      TacoMagic permalink

      Now do the 84 days of coffee!

      Adores: 3
      • 2010 July 21

        On the 84th day of coffee Guinness gave to me,
        The world record for the most pee.

        😛

        Adores: 7
        • 2010 July 21

          On the… WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

          And, as the great philosopher HamCan once spake:

          Boingy! Boingy! Boingy! Boingy! Boingy! Boingy!

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 July 21

          It wasn’t me breaking the style sheet this time, although I fear I precipitated it…

          Lola, you may drug and punish me if you like.

          Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 22
          Lola permalink

          HamCan: I will, but you’ll have to beg. 8)

          *distributes brain bleach to everyone*

          As for Astro – he’s a minor, so re: style sheet, I will just send a sharp note to his parents and let them deal with it.

          Adores: 3
        • 2010 July 22

          *Stands on street corner with a sign that says, “Will snark for vintage cereals*

          Adores: 4
        • 2010 July 23

          Can I have my puishment now?

          So far I have collected,
          Quisp
          Donkey Kong
          Strawberry shortcake
          Boo-Berry
          and some C-3PO’s

          Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 21

      HamCan, do you mind if I use that in something? I’ve been working on expanding my Epic Battle into an Epic of Mini-Homeric Proportions, and I would like to include your carol in it. With proper credit of course.

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 21

        As long as it is used to vanquish evil from the mini-universe…

        Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 21
      MandaB permalink

      Question for you HamCan – what are you going to do with all of your excess humor and snark when vacation ends? I worry what might happen to you if you keep it bottled canned up for too long.

      Adores: 2
      • 2010 July 21

        I went back to work Monday
        Work is kinda a joke so that helps

        😀

        Adores: 1
        • 2010 July 22
          MandaB permalink

          Clearly it suits you. It brings out your snark very nicely. I won’t comment on your boingy in polite company though.

          Adores: 1
  31. 2010 July 21
    Addicted Reader permalink

    Where’d everyone go?

    Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 21

      I ate them. I was hungry.

      (Get your minds out of the gutter, everyone! 😉 )

      Adores: 1
      • 2010 July 21

        What?

        Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 21

        **crawls out from behind the pillbox**

        Is it safe to come out? I just barely avoided being eated.

        Adores: 3
        • 2010 July 21

          Look again my young friend…

          Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 22
        CapnMac permalink

        Been a strange day, what with being on the road and needing to give a kindergarten-complex lecture on the economy to political types whose understanding of needing an income to survive is something only their office staff does, somehow.

        Does not seem like it should be after midnight, but it is (fie upon thee, ye emotionless chronometers denying the relativeness of time and space and the universe . . . )

        Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 22
      Addicted Reader permalink

      Hmm, I go to bed, everyone shows up.

      Now that I’m awake, anyone here?

      Adores: 0
      • 2010 July 22
        Windrose permalink

        Morning, AR! I wish these posts had time stamps on them. 8) It’s 5:42 AM PST.

        Adores: 0
        • 2010 July 22
          Addicted Reader permalink

          Oh my, that is early.

          It’s 8:44 AM EDST, and I’ve been awake* since 7. I’ve even finished breakfast already, and am now contemplating working out vs. dealing w/ the mess I left in the kitchen last night.

          *”Awake” here meaning “no longer in bed,” not necessarily “conscious of the world around me.”

          Adores: 2
  32. 2010 July 22
    Windrose permalink

    All right, everyone in the box, line up, single file, roll up your left sleeve, and it will be over in a few seconds. Taco, Taco, LRC, Meredith, IF, Astro, and Moira! Punchity punch punch!

    G’Night, Facebook Friends!

    Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 22
      LurkRealClose permalink

      WOOT!

      OW!

      And congratulations to my co-winners!

      Adores: 0
    • 2010 July 22
      Moira permalink

      Hurrah, a punch!

      Punch! my brothers, punch with care. Punch in the presence of the passenjaire.
      Blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare; buff trip slip for a six-cent fare; pink trip slip for a three-cent fare.
      Punch in the presence of the passenjaire!

      (Came across this little ditty last night while reading the collected works of Mark Twain. I am 26% finished according to my Kindle. I knew he was prolific but OMG a zomb…)

      Adores: 1
    • 2010 July 22
      Irregular Fractal permalink

      Ow! I’ve been tagged. Can the gubmint track me now? Do I get my money back if I still get the flu?

      Adores: 2
  33. 2010 July 22
    kevin permalink

    makes me hungry!

    Adores: 0
  34. 2010 July 26
    Lou Stool permalink

    It took a little bit of razzle-dazzle, and a few days of intense searching, but I was able to track down the seller of those accounting books.

    “3 books for accounting – $100

    ——————————————————————————–
    I am selling 3 books for accounting. Each one 30$ Please contact Jeffery Skilling, CEO, Enron Corporation”

    Adores: 3

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