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DeveloperX
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 Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:05 am Post subject: Economics |
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Just had to share this one too..
OK, I'm going to stop spamming now lol.
I'm tired and possibly drunk..my financial situation still sucks, and I guess I'm depressed..yep.
At least laughing at these things is helping me keep my mind off suicide.
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It is the month of August, on the shores of the Black Sea . It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.
Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town.
He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 Euro note on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to choose one.
The hotel proprietor takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the pig grower.
The pig grower takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit.
The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 Euro note to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 Euro note back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.
At that moment, the tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms, and takes his 100 Euro note, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms, and leaves town.
No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now without debt, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.....
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is doing business today.
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tcaudilllg
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Location: Cedar Bluff, VA
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| Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 7:27 am Post subject: |
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Man it's time to get another girlfriend. Who knows, she may just help you out.
You can register on OKCupid for free. That's what I'm doing.
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DeveloperX
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RampantCoyote
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Joined: 16 May 2006
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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
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I really like the story. It made me laugh, and it's pretty dang accurate. That's exactly what the "liquidity crisis" is all about.
Well, I wish you the best, dude. It's crazy out there, for sure.
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Nodtveidt
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Joined: 11 Nov 2002
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Location: Camuy, PR
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| Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 11:58 am Post subject: |
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OKCupid? Lol. You can get far more results from a site like Tagged...it's pretty fucked up, really. I can't even begin to tell you how many hot ladies are after me there.
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increpare
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I actually met some really great people via okcupid. I seem to be totally unable to get any action without an internet connection (I haven't had one at home for about four months :'( (and I have these two pornos on my laptop that I've grown waaaay too familiar with ... ) ).
If you don't want love, there're always other things out there to do, so chin up :)
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