Grandma Susie's House of FUNNERS 'N FLOOZIES (Volume IV)
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What we would call a milkshake, I suspect, even though there is a real malted beverage.
Hey...Jude...the vanilla malteds are teh best but don't tell Susie. She's partial to chocolate.
Pretty cool, AC!
Pretty cool, AC!
BUZZ! Wrong. A milkshake is a milkshake. A malted is a milkshake with tons of extra calories due to the addition of malt.
*adjusts pants*
Big difference.
How can people be THIS stupid?
There was a TV news segment just on. A woman received a call out of blue telling her she had won a $500,000 sweepstakes. She would just have to send them a $650 processing fee. Then they told her she would have to pay taxes on the winnings first. All in all, the woman is out $40,000.
I'm sorry that the woman lost her money, but I have a hard time really feeling sorry for her. She was an older woman, but she wasn't elderly (sometimes that can be an excuse).
There was a TV news segment just on. A woman received a call out of blue telling her she had won a $500,000 sweepstakes. She would just have to send them a $650 processing fee. Then they told her she would have to pay taxes on the winnings first. All in all, the woman is out $40,000.
I'm sorry that the woman lost her money, but I have a hard time really feeling sorry for her. She was an older woman, but she wasn't elderly (sometimes that can be an excuse).
Something similar happened to my SIL. We helped her get back on her feet, but we had more than one conversation that started with, "What were you thinking?". I tried hard to understand, but the best I could come up with is naivety. (She was 30, so it wasn't magical thinking, or at least shouldn't have been.)
At any rate, she recovered and is now a little less naive.
Hey ya'll. I've got sweet corn on the grill. Being done right, in the husk. More'n the two of us can eat at one sitting. Come on over!
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In a lecture yesterday, before it started, a guy sitting behind me got a phone call.
What I heard was him talking about, "Yeah, I have Windows 7. Oh you want to send me something? It's free? Okay, that's fine, send away. What? You want my details? Don't you have my details already? I'm not giving you my details! Just send the free stuff."
If he had started giving details, I would've turned around and told him, "Uh, dude, that's a scam call."
What I heard was him talking about, "Yeah, I have Windows 7. Oh you want to send me something? It's free? Okay, that's fine, send away. What? You want my details? Don't you have my details already? I'm not giving you my details! Just send the free stuff."
If he had started giving details, I would've turned around and told him, "Uh, dude, that's a scam call."
I has a headache. Meeting with a paralegal will do that to you, plus piles of steaming documents. *&@#!!!!
Meeting with a paralegal will do that to you, plus piles of steaming documents. *&@#!!!!
Yes, stealing money from someone is evil. Stealing ice cream is just human nature.
Special HoFF greed - chocolate cake or anything chocolate or anything cake. Very good greed. My tribute to Susie.
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And then there's the relative of greed: hoarding.
Say, AC, how much coffee do you have in your house right now?
Say, AC, how much coffee do you have in your house right now?
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I got my apt deposit returned! I have bought the whole internet! And then later I am going to buy the entire grocery store aisle of its delicious coffees and creamers.
So relieved. Purchasing of healthy foods begins after rent is paid. Everyone, prepare yourself.
You can't say I didn't warn you.
Also, the tail end of the current book I'm editing needs major rewrites.
So relieved. Purchasing of healthy foods begins after rent is paid. Everyone, prepare yourself.
You can't say I didn't warn you.
Also, the tail end of the current book I'm editing needs major rewrites.
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