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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-03-10 04:32 PM
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Got my passport yesterday... I am getting the hell out of the country
After a very long thought process I have decided to leave the United States.
I have sent in written requests to liquidate all of my retirement accounts. Accounts I started saving in 20 years ago. I am converting it all to Euro's and heading to Europe.
No one seems to be talking about it, but the SCOTUS has set us up for complete tea bagger (aka republican) control after this election. They have given corporations the ability to use whatever funds they see fit to buy our elections. I hate to say it - but that being the case democracy is literally just for show from this point on.
Most on DU are white and can not relate to this, but being a black man (FYI we are suffering the largest hit to our ability to find a job that pays a living wage) in a nation that is at risk of tea bagger/republican control is a frightening concept. I believe the tea baggers will start to take control starting this November. Their agenda is clearly one in which ONLY white, christian, heterosexual, males are seen as being human.
I do not intend to stick around for that day.
I still have much more planning to do, but I will be out of here before November arrives. I don't know what the hell has happened to this country, but I am not willing to spend the last years of my life fighting against treasonous racist scum bags. Now I see articles written by democrats saying they are going to sit out the election making it easier for this to happen. **** that.
I have spent my entire life trying to do the right thing. I never hurt anyone, donated what I could to charity, I have always supported democratic causes. But this country is full of some very sick bastards.... and the fact they seem to be INCREASING in number leads me to believe this country is going to be in for more problems than anyone (including myself) fully realize at this time.
I am convinced that likely 70% of the US population suffers from some form of mental issue. Close to 100% at the DUmp and proud of it
Be it extreme hatred, sociopathic tendency, being unable to participate in normal human relations, etc. We are a nation of people who only leave home to buy things/go to work and spend the rest of the time on the TV. (I never watch TV and haven't owned one in years, but I am fully aware most americans live by it) No one even knows/speaks to their neighbors. (MAYBE the one right next to them.... MAYBE)
Most people in this nation desire to "advance" themselves by acquiring more cheap plastic wal-mart crap and value their life by how much they can collect. We are the ONLY ****ing nation in the world in which people have so much crap they actually need to RENT STORAGE SPACE in storage buildings to store it all.
Now all of a sudden people get healthcare and half the population acts like its the ****ing end of the country??? I'm out people. I'm out.
WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-03-10 04:36 PM
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3. (facepalm)
Yep,because someone known for "24 business hours" is just sooooooooo smart.
BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-03-10 04:41 PM
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12. I can't say that I blame you. You've tried to follow all the "Humanitarian Rules" of Society..
...and still a lot of People/scumbags/Repugs think of you as a second class person.
Of course, these same folks think of all Liberals the same way.
Times HAVE changed and it's not toward the Good and fair.
Good Luck and remember that a large share of us will continue the fight.
:whatever:
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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Got my passport yesterday... I am getting the hell out of the country
Please take many other libtards with you and don't let the door hit you in the ass.
You libtards caused this mess we are now in and you bail whne you can't take the BS anymore.
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Yep, he's just going to get his passport and leave for Europe. What make this idiot think that any European country want his unemployable lazy ass?
I'm sure there's a huge demand for fired Target clerks in some European country. :lmao:
Dreamer Tatum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-03-10 04:51 PM
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22. WADR, good riddance
And by the way, what retirement accounts? You said you converted everything to gold, and told everyone to get out of everything dollar-denominated. Were you lying then, or now?
You recently whooped that you found a job, and we have Democratic executive and legislative branches. We just got HCR passed. You mean you hung tough thru 8 years of Bush bullshit, to leave NOW?
Bye. Good luck. Don't come back when you discover the grass wasn't greener after all.
If you leave at all, that is.
:lmao:
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I still have much more planning to do, but I will be out of here before November arrives.
Dude, you have to know that the neocon tea baggers won't secure Congress until January right? You have to stay for one last good ol' American Christmas holiday? oui?
What, no DU access in Europe?
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-03-10 06:02 PM
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96. He's got his first passport!
That's all it takes! LIQUIDATE EVERYTHING AND LEAVE NOWWW!
LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-03-10 06:17 PM
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109. I'm glad somebody else caught that.
Also, based on the OP's previously stated careers (assistant manager at Target and a short stint as a repair person at AT&T) and previously mentioned lack of college education, I'm not sure where the OP thinks he's going to get to emigrate.
Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-03-10 06:07 PM
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100. Eight months to get a work visa? In any country in the EU?
Have you seen the unemployment figures for western Europe lately? Forget eastern Europe.
Oy.
What makes you think you'll find gainful employment? Or will even be allowed into the country for an extended stay without a work visa?
Best of luck. I have close family living in Europe, and they have no illusions as to what can happen at any time, in any country.
It is not a utopia, or a socialist wonderland. They are dealing with many of the same problems we are...sometimes, not as well.
Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Apr-03-10 06:27 PM
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119. He's not going anywhere.
He's desperately ignorant of the actual requirements for European immigration. You don't just show up with your backpack and a permission slip from your mom to get handed your residency papers and work permit.
The truly funny thing is that the OP will never even get far enough to discover that his dream of popping over to Europe and taking up the good life of streetside cafes and month-long vacations is just a fantasy, because it's all talk -- just yammering away and making the right noises to please that certain portion of DU.
Ouch. That's gotta hurt.
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I want to know who's mole this is. This guy posted a 100% totally TRUE comment, and not one DUmbass caught it....
arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-03-10 04:59 PM
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33. Good idea. USA = Germany 1933 right now
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-03-10 04:32 PM
Original message
Got my passport yesterday... I am getting the hell out of the country
After a very long thought process I have decided to leave the United States.
I have sent in written requests to liquidate all of my retirement accounts. Accounts I started saving in 20 years ago. I am converting it all to Euro's and heading to Europe.
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I'm still going to call the fine folks at customs and immigration and tip them off - just in case. :rotf:
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Won't he be surprised when he lands in Europe and discovers that their unemployment rate is higher than here, that inflation is rampant, that the governments take more than half your earnings and that it's being overrun by Shariah Law.
Actually, all that would probably appeal to a DUmmie.
Anywho, he's just bloviating.
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Hope he has a fun time trying to convice the People in charge of whatever country he ends up in letting actually be a citizen. That would alleviate one boil of the ass of this country.
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Hope he has a fun time trying to convice the People in charge of whatever country he ends up in letting actually be a citizen. That would alleviate one boil of the ass of this country.
The only problem is, he'll still vote in this country.
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No one seems to be talking about it, but the SCOTUS has set us up for complete tea bagger (aka republican) control after this election. They have given corporations the ability to use whatever funds they see fit to buy our elections. I hate to say it - but that being the case democracy is literally just for show from this point on.
Whassamattayou? You're pissed because other groups of Americans can donate to campaigns that might be sympathetic with their interests, ya know, kinda like the frikkin "unions" and others like, Moveon, Kos, Soros, China, ( my personal fav when the Cartoons were in office ), the list is a long one, have been doing for nearly a damn century, untouched???????
Call the frikkin waaaaaaaaaambulance!
Don't let the door hit ya in the ass on the way out, you useless bag of farts!!
Oh, and after you find out the cost of living in your "socialist" paradise is damn near double what it is here, your vast fortune of 401k pennies are long gone, let me know which flight and gate you're going to show up at and I'll be there in order to give you the welcome you deserve, you un-American piece of mule feces!
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Whassamattayou? You're pissed because other groups of Americans can donate to campaigns that might be sympathetic with their interests, ya know, kinda like the frikkin "unions" and others like, Moveon, Kos, Soros, China, ( my personal fav when the Cartoons were in office ), the list is a long one, have been doing for nearly a damn century, untouched???????
Call the frikkin waaaaaaaaaambulance!
Don't let the door hit ya in the ass on the way out, you useless bag of farts!!
Oh, and after you find out the cost of living in your "socialist" paradise is damn near double what it is here, your vast fortune of 401k pennies are long gone, let me know which flight and gate you're going to show up at and I'll be there in order to give you the welcome you deserve, you un-American piece of mule feces!
I usually don't speak up in these instances, but in my opinion that's a little extreme and over the line. Mule feces can actually be useful. Especially as fertilizer. I really think that comparing a DUer to mule feces is very disrespectful to mule feces.
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I usually don't speak up in these instances, but in my opinion that's a little extreme and over the line. Mule feces can actually be useful. Especially as fertilizer. I really think that comparing a DUer to mule feces is very disrespectful to mule feces.
You ain't shoveled much of it have ya? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
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You ain't shoveled much of it have ya? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
Actually by the time I got old enough for any shoveling the animal population on the farm was down to 1 horse and a few hogs. So nope. No shoveling; however, I have visited DemocratUnderground several times. Of course I guess that would mean that I have experience with bull feces instead of mule feces. :rotf:
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How many nights in a hostel is this idiot going to take?
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OK, so this black guy doesn't trust white people, and he's planning to move to Europe? There's even MORE white people there! Why surround himself with people he hates?
What I don't understand is why isn't he going to one of the many paradise/utopias in Africa? He could get a govt job with Mugabe and work with Obamanomics in action. He could go to Nigeria and get a computer job informing Americans that he just embezzled 10 million dollars and needs their bank account. How about Kenya where he could run the Obama Birthplace Museum. Closer to home, he could parlay that Target job into a high skill position in Hatti.
He's limiting himself.
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I can guarantee he isn't seeking a work permit if it requires work
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OK, so this black guy doesn't trust white people, and he's planning to move to Europe? There's even MORE white people there! Why surround himself with people he hates?
What I don't understand is why isn't he going to one of the many paradise/utopias in Africa? He could get a govt job with Mugabe and work with Obamanomics in action. He could go to Nigeria and get a computer job informing Americans that he just embezzled 10 million dollars and needs their bank account. How about Kenya where he could run the Obama Birthplace Museum. Closer to home, he could parlay that Target job into a high skill position in Hatti.
He's limiting himself.
Well said, sir.
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Most Europeans nations have as strict, if not stricter, immigration laws that the US (at least those involving work permits, etc.) Good luck finding a sponsoring employer without some sort of specialized skill or education :mental:
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How many nights in a hostel is this idiot going to take?
As many as his various 401k's from his 2 out of 5 years of gainful employment can net him....about a week or so worth.
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Most Europeans nations have as strict, if not stricter, immigration laws that the US (at least those involving work permits, etc.) Good luck finding a sponsoring employer without some sort of specialized skill or education :mental:
Probably thinks he is going to arrive in "Europe" (Somewhat vague destination isn't it?) and go immediately on the dole. The ultimate socialist paradise of free stuff and every lefties ultimate dream ride. Sorry DUmmy, doesn't work that way over there. You have to have employable skills, speak the mother tounge, and basically be a positive contributor to society or they don't want you. There is only one country on Earth that pretty much doesn't have these requirements...
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To quote someone from around here.... :-)
...all DUmmies lie.
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Why wait DUmmie pack up and leave now infact I will call the airlines for you
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Most on DU are white and can not relate to this, but being a black man (FYI we are suffering the largest hit to our ability to find a job that pays a living wage) in a nation that is at risk of tea bagger/republican control is a frightening concept. I believe the tea baggers will start to take control starting this November. Their agenda is clearly one in which ONLY white, christian, heterosexual, males are seen as being human.
Now who says the VRWC's chem trail spraying program does not successfully bend the minds of the mental-misfits at the DUmp?
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I wonder if DUmmy TwixVoy has heard about visas. And didn't he recently claim to be a black female? Anyway, after Twix cashes out his 401K's with fraudulent hardship withdrawals, and the penalties are subtracted, he'll have maybe a thousand bucks to start a new life. Many countries more advanced than America are looking for penniless, drug abusing immigrants who can't hold a retail clerking job.
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Bone-vey-orge MoFo. ......and I hope the raft you try to return on sinks. :loser:
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Why wait DUmmie pack up and leave now infact I will call the airlines for you
i think many here would be willing to take up a collection if he promises to stay gone...
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I'm just waiting for the first time a DUmmie goes to Paris, orders a coffee in a cafe at the counter, then get all bent out of shape when they try to take it outside and they get charged more to sit on the sidewalk.
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Bone-vey-orge MoFo. ......and I hope the raft you try to return on sinks. :loser:
S/he's got no money. S/he's hitch hiking to Europe.
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The only problem is, he'll still vote in this country.
That's exactly what I thought frank. Move to another country yet still want to be able to vote in this one.
KC
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That's exactly what I thought frank. Move to another country yet still want to be able to vote in this one.
KC
aka: Change you can believe in.
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on point (69 posts) Sat Apr-03-10 07:08 PM
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145. You are right. The darkness is coming
That's racist :p
I find all this highly enjoyable. I'm not one for following around specific DUmmies, but this is going to be fun to watch.
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DAMMIT SCUBA!!!! Who the hell taught you OpSec?
Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts)...
LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts)...
Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts)...
What the hell were you thinking, exposing all those MoPs (Moles of Prominence)?
Ahh, hell. In the spirit of Easter, I should forgive you - just this once, mind you. After all, Chris led the way, exposing one of our most prominent MoPs
WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-03-10 04:36 PM
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3. (facepalm)
:-)
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I'm just waiting for the first time a DUmmie goes to Paris, orders a coffee in a cafe at the counter, then get all bent out of shape when they try to take it outside and they get charged more to sit on the sidewalk.
hahaha... they really do that? I suppose they want their cup back?
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-03-10 04:41 PM
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12. I can't say that I blame you. You've tried to follow all the "Humanitarian Rules" of Society..
...and still a lot of People/scumbags/Repugs think of you as a second class person.
Of course, these same folks think of all Liberals the same way.
Times HAVE changed and it's not toward the Good and fair.
Good Luck and remember that a large share of us will continue the fight.
Yeah, cuz Republicans are always trying to keep their black folk on those damn inner city plantations in failing schools and mocking and ostracizing ones that don't think and vote the way we want. Nothing worse than an uppity black person who refuses to think of him/herself as a victim! Damned right wing...oh wait.
Cindie
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I'm just waiting for the first time a DUmmie goes to Paris, orders a coffee in a cafe at the counter, then get all bent out of shape when they try to take it outside and they get charged more to sit on the sidewalk.
Do they really do that in Paris? :mental:
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Do they really do that in Paris? :mental:
Yep.
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Do they really do that in Paris? :mental:
Actually, last time I was in Paris (damn, already 10 years now?) there were THREE prices: one at the counter, one at a table inside, one at a table outside.
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OK, so whens Obama gonna part the water so all the DUmmies can hike to Europe?
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If DUmmies, Little Goons, and liberals in general were smart (HaHa) they would realize the fact that those little state-sized countries that make up "Europe" became various Socialist Paradises on the back of the United States of America. The USA subsidizing there worthless asses and protecting their useless butts for free is why they are what they are. Now the libs are trying to destroy the goose that lays the golden eggs. What will they do?
The liberals, et al, should be VERY UPSET at the attempt to turn the USA into just another socialist feces hole. That goal will destroy socialist Europe in the very short order.
Or is that what they want?
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Got my passport yesterday... I am getting the hell out of the country
He's gonna hitchhike to Mexico and live on the beach. (http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l47/dan-e-boy56/Smileys/smileyhammock.gif)
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DAMMIT SCUBA!!!! Who the hell taught you OpSec?
What the hell were you thinking, exposing all those MoPs (Moles of Prominence)?
Ahh, hell. In the spirit of Easter, I should forgive you - just this once, mind you. After all, Chris led the way, exposing one of our most prominent MoPs
:-)
Sorry about that. Holiday weekend and all I forgot what I was doing.
Does this mean that I don't get my VRWC check this month?
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How many nights in a hostel is this idiot going to take?
Don't really, really terrible things happen in hostels?
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Twixy, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.
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He's gonna hitchhike to Mexico and live on the beach. (http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l47/dan-e-boy56/Smileys/smileyhammock.gif)
He thinks he's the Morgan Freeman character in "Shawshank Redemption", but Morgan Freeman could hold on to a clerking job at Target.
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Don't really, really terrible things happen in hostels?
especially in B-movies
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Following the original post over on the DUmp has been hilarious. He's been harshly slapped around by quite a few of his fellow denizens, which causes fits of laughter on my part.
I think Codeine sums it up well here:
Codeine (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-03-10 05:58 PM
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138. Targets across the globe are scrambling for the OP.
He's taking calls daily from the length and breadth of Europe offering larger and larger bonuses for him to come run Small Electronics.
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That is funny!
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It's also quite hilarious to see the faithful label all those who question him as haters and/or jealous. If I hadn't seen some of his hateful posts over there in the past, I might actually feel sorry him for sharing Pam Dawson's mental deficiencies. However, I laugh heartily thinking about him converting his cash to Euros, especially since a) he doesn't have much money (if any) to begin with, and b) the exchange rate means he loses.
As one poster stated, it's not like he can just show up with his backpack and a note from him mom. Poor guy's probably never been outside his city.
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It's also quite hilarious to see the faithful label all those who question him as haters and/or jealous. If I hadn't seen some of his hateful posts over there in the past, I might actually feel sorry him for sharing Pam Dawson's mental deficiencies. However, I laugh heartily thinking about him converting his cash to Euros, especially since a) he doesn't have much money (if any) to begin with, and b) the exchange rate means he loses.
As one poster stated, it's not like he can just show up with his backpack and a note from him mom. Poor guy's probably never been outside his city.
He had a chance to venture outside his city limits; He applied for some Gov't job . After realizing that he couldn't pass the P test, he didn't show up.
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He had a chance to venture outside his city limits; He applied for some Gov't job . After realizing that he couldn't pass the P test, he didn't show up.
I think he's the one who applied to be an airport screener, right?
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I think he's the one who applied to be an airport screener, right?
It was at the "air port" - DUmmy Twix never realized that airport is one word. And the job was far more likely to be as a Cinnabon clerk than a security screener. Anyway, the drug test was a deal breaker. This thread is hilarious! Up to 500 replies now, rivalling Pitt in his heyday, with the vast majority believing that DUmmy Twix's OP is serious, and that a penniless, unemployable drug abuser just needs a passport to take his pick of foreign destinations for permanent residence. DUmmy TwixVoy could just as well have said he was joining NASA and moving to a Mars colony. The DUmmies are showing everyone again why we call them DUmmies.
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It was at the "air port" - DUmmy Twix never realized that airport is one word. And the job was far more likely to be as a Cinnabon clerk than a security screener. Anyway, the drug test was a deal breaker. This thread is hilarious! Up to 500 replies now, rivalling Pitt in his heyday, with the vast majority believing that DUmmy Twix's OP is serious, and that a penniless, unemployable drug abuser just needs a passport to take his pick of foreign destinations for permanent residence. DUmmy TwixVoy could just as well have said he was joining NASA and moving to a Mars colony. The DUmmies are showing everyone again why we call them DUmmies.
Oh man, that is so funny. At least as a cinnabon clerk, the dummy could satisfy the munchies he no doubt experiences.
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OK, I'm going over, you convinced me. Hopefully someone can meet me at the air port when I get back.
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OK, I'm going over, you convinced me. Hopefully someone can meet me at the air port when I get back.
There's a beauty shop in town called "The Hairport"...wonder if Twixy works there?
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Here's an example of a perfectly reasonable warning of reality on the ground:
Mike K (372 posts) Sun Apr-04-10 01:47 AM
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305. However, unless the liquid assets you intend to gather by November are exceptional (in the millions, U.S.), or unless you possess exceptional professional credentials (M.D., etc.), you will not find any European nation to be as welcoming as you apparently expect. You should also understand that racism is by no means confined to the U.S.
He's not the only one. It's surreal reading, because interspersed with those are the "Best of Luck!!! Wish I could go with you!!! I'd go tomorrow!!! Sign me up!!!!" posts.
Here's a funny one:
upi402 (1000+ posts) Sun Apr-04-10 04:21 AM
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324. We are getting out too
Going to a developing nation with better infrastructure, communications, health care, freedoms, and not run by religious zealots and racists manipulated by the elites, etc etc etc... ad infinitum.
I will help you pack, upi, and drive you to the air port.
Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Sun Apr-04-10 08:39 AM
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354. I agree and good luck - and if you get sick - you will be lucky enough
to be able to call a doctor to come to your house! and you will be lucky enough to be around people who actually read and walk and sit and talk to each other about meaningful things. I envy you.
:lmao:
icee (663 posts) Sun Apr-04-10 10:29 AM
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378. ...blah blah blah..... If Petraeus gets to be President (he who ordered the massacres in Iraq), suicide will become a real viable option.
How did that go again? Remember kids: Down the road, not across the street?
Hamlette tells a bouncy tale, which I believe wholeheartedly:
Hamlette (1000+ posts) Sun Apr-04-10 01:02 PM
3. Our uptight culture looks down right enlightened compared to many European countries. They won't admit it but Great Britain has a class structure that is pretty oppressive. The Swiss are so uptight they make the Germans look laid back. My sister had her garbage returned to her because she did not recycle correctly. They dumped in outside her apartment door. She was arrested and taken to jail after a road block checking everyone determined her car's breaks were not good enough. They compacted her car (and charged her for it) because they decided it could not be made road worthy. So she stopped paying her car insurance and 6 months later they arrested her and took her to jail for not paying her car insurance (she couldn't cancel it because you have to turn in the proof of insurance card which had been in the glove box when the state compacted the car.) I have a zillion stories like this. Living in a foreign country requires a lot of energy.
Codeine (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-05-10 06:24 PM
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503. I also think he's full of shit and hasn't "liquidated" anything more financially significant than a six-pack, but I'm a cynical ****.
That's a good one, Codeine!
Well that was fun.
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Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!1111111
Logic at the DUmp!!!!!! Who knew????????????
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Some of my X-wifes family visited from England and they couldn't believe the amont of freedom we had....that was 20 years and a FEW lost freedoms ago.
A funny story.
One of the X's relatives was married to a bankers daughter. That relative banked with Barclays and could write checks anywhere in the world in the currency of whatever country he was in....BUT he couldn't get a check cashed around here because there were no Barclays banks around in this hick town. I came in for lunch one day, dirty and smelling like diesel fuel, wife told me about his problem. I told the wife to call and tell him to come on over and as soon as I finished eating we'd run up to the bank. He came over with the bankers daughter in tow. We got in my truck, me still dirty and stinking, she can't believe I was going to the bank like that, it's just wasn't done that way in England. We walked in and the bank president called me by my first name and I called him by his first name (hell we went to school together). He asked what he could do for me, I explained that relative from England needed to write a check for some cash. He said he was on the way to a meeting, see Freddy(VP) and he'd fix me right up......Freddy(went to school with him to) couldn't fathom taking the Englishmans check in dollars, not pounds, and not having to call New York or some where to get exchange rates.....Soooo, we went in his office and had a seat in the big soft chairs, me with the dirt, smell and all :rotf: ...Finally after a few minutes of confusion, I told Freddy to just take his check, give him dollars and if he had any problems with it later that I'd cover it. We got the cash shortly and left.
We were in the bank less than 10 minutes probably but it must have taken an hour or two for the bankers daughter to be able to close her mouth and speak again...... :rotf: .....She couldn't believe that they let me in the bank looking like that much less having the bank president call me by first name, shake my hand and then the VP do the same and invite us to sit in his office. While the bank staff was well dressed, the customers ran the gammit from well dressed, to me, farmers and other working class people that all got the same smile and welcome....seems things just weren't done that way in England.
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Liquidating his retirement accounts? Is he finally going to return all those soda cans to retrieve his 10 cents deposit on each one?
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Actually, last time I was in Paris (damn, already 10 years now?) there were THREE prices: one at the counter, one at a table inside, one at a table outside.
Wait until the primitive learns that other 'givens' here such as condiments are also added into the bill. those little packets of mustard, ketchup and sugar aren't cheap.
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He'll learn no such thing because he's not going anywhere. What made him think that he could just light anywhere and be welcomed with open arms and free gov't benefits is beyond me. Just DUmb, I guess. What got me reading that thread was all the warnings...you have to have millions, or be a world famous surgeon and such...followed by DUmmies going "Best of Luck! Let us know how you're doing!! Follow your dreams!!!" As if they're willfully blinding themselves to the facts written right before them, by their own ilk. It made them look astonishingly stupid, insane, or both.
Thanks for the story, JohnnyReb.
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He'll learn no such thing because he's not going anywhere. What made him think that he could just light anywhere and be welcomed with open arms and free gov't benefits is beyond me. Just DUmb, I guess. What got me reading that thread was all the warnings...you have to have millions, or be a world famous surgeon and such...followed by DUmmies going "Best of Luck! Let us know how you're doing!! Follow your dreams!!!" As if they're willfully blinding themselves to the facts written right before them, by their own ilk. It made them look astonishingly stupid, insane, or both.
Thanks for the story, JohnnyReb.
..........and your point being?
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He'll learn no such thing because he's not going anywhere.
Yep. He ain't going nowhere. I don't think any Cavers think he's really going