More govt ... pleaseFollow

while I was once a working tax paying citizen. I have fallen on hard times for the last 2 years. I am all for the govt health care and more if we can get it. I am 42 years old now and have worked all my life. it is time for me to retire. I cant find a decent job.

So I am all for big govt now that I actually need it. Bring on the free stuff!

Sorry I was wrong in my perverted capitalistic ways...

Edited, Sep 10th 2009 1:41am by Boomsticker

If you aren't lying, you should be ashamed.
If you are lying, you should be ashamed.

Because they are either very optimistic or very pessimistic.

Well, severely optimistic or pessimistic people are often twats, so I'd say yes.

Excuse me while I incriminate myself elsewhere now.

Why do people think that if capitalism is good, unrestricted capitalism must be better?

Because if you are the owner of a multinational corporation, it is. And they can afford to pay for the advertising of said idea.

Wait, was that rhetorical?

Why have people stopped wearing hats? I miss hats. I see those old movies and pictures from the 50s, and everyone wears a hat. They look really neat. I vote we bring hats in fashion. I wanna wear a hat. And no, I'm not going bold, I just think they look smart, unless you're the only one wearing it, in which case it looks a bit silly.

But yeah, really, hats.

Neat.

Because we went through a cultural rebellion between the 50s and 70s, against the fact that wearing a hat outdoors was socially mandatory for adults of both sexes, up until then.

Reasons why hats should become mandatory again:

- They look chic.
- They allow to tip your hat at some fair lady.
- They protect against the rain.
- They protect against bird shit.
- If you become homeless you can use your hat, as a collection plate when begging.
- Also, as a plate when eating.
- Also, as a glass when drinking (if your hat is rainproof, at least, but you should really get a rainproof hat if you're homeless and living in London, it's just common sense.)
- Also, if you're going to propose to your girlfriend, you can put the ring in your hat and wear it, and then when you pretend to tip your hat at her, BAM out comes the ring, and voila!
- They look chic.

Reasons why hats should not become mandatory again:

- Cultural revolution of the 50s and 70s.

So, yeah.

They also make you go bald. Look at me, I wore a hat everyday from 5 until 22 and now I have no hair.

I'd be fuzzier.

The classic answer claims that JFK's lack of hat-wearing-ness directly cause the demise of the chapaeu in the 1960s. I always thought that answer sounded a little too neat and cute but there ya go.

Watch out for my next Ding Thread, where all of you ******* will be... hats!

Joph, you'll probably be this one:



Smart, velvety, and ever-so-slightly understated.