Primitive Boasts of Free Govt. Cheese

[Revolution]

Kaleva (7,442 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

When in high school, did you make getting free govt. cheese a goal in your life?

 I'm 53, on full disability and am now eligible to get commodities once a quarter since my recent divorce. Was just talking to my ex a few minutes ago and she asked about when I do get the commodities and I told her it was the 6th of June. I had been given commodities by others in the past and I especially liked the canned pork and cheese and was looking forward to getting my own soon.
 
We started laughing about that and she joked about maybe it was a goal in my life to get free cheese and I have accomplished that. It was something to be proud of! Many in my high school class went on to college, have successful careers, live in nice homes and a few have already managed to retire. But that's nothing. I'm getting free cheese!
 
Sometimes on just has to laugh as to how things turned out.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002692916

Gotta love that govt. cheese, huh?

Sewer rat!

[Wineslob]

Kaleva (7,442 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

When in high school, did you make getting free govt. cheese a goal in your life?

 I'm 53, on full disability and am now eligible to get commodities once a quarter since my recent divorce. Was just talking to my ex a few minutes ago and she asked about when I do get the commodities and I told her it was the 6th of June. I had been given commodities by others in the past and I especially liked the canned pork and cheese and was looking forward to getting my own soon.
 
We started laughing about that and she joked about maybe it was a goal in my life to get free cheese and I have accomplished that. It was something to be proud of! Many in my high school class went on to college, have successful careers, live in nice homes and a few have already managed to retire. But that's nothing. I'm getting free cheese!
 
Sometimes on just has to laugh as to how things turned out.

I was going to "fix" this but I'm speechless.

Wow, free cheese as a goal in life.   

[Revolution]

^ Had to bring it over. For it is a very apt, 100% true description of waht all of them over there want. and will fight to get.

My jaw dropped as well, Wineslob.

[Gina]

   he is disgusting.  I wish yall could find out who he is for real and turn his ass into welfare fraud.

[Revolution]

I wihs I had the resources, and intelligence that a certain someone does in terms of knowing about primitives.

[BannedFromDU]

  he is disgusting.  I wish yall could find out who he is for real and turn his ass into welfare fraud.

Almost too pathetic to turn in. Just sad and stupid.

[Skul]

I think Velveta is just poking fun at his predicament.
I see his comment as more tongue-in-cheek.
Wish I could send a nice bottle of whine wine.

[BlueStateSaint]

I think Velveta is just poking fun at his predicament.
I see his comment as more tongue-in-cheek.
Wish I could send a nice bottle of whine wine.

Maybe that wine would violate a parole or two!

[dane]

I was going to "fix" this but I'm speechless.

Wow, free cheese as a goal in life.   

How proud they must be! Reached a goal.

[Doubleplusungood]

Too bad that not even the government cheese is free. Nope, the money for the government to acquire said cheese must be taken by force from private citizens.

[miskie]

[youtube=560,315]t-HiXqqUItM[/youtube]

A perfect thread to break out a Rainmakers classic 

--And the Lyrics - Which are awesome.

Give a man a free house and he'll bust out the windows
 Put his family on food stamps, now he's a big spender
 no food on the table and the bills ain't paid
 'Cause he spent it on cigarettes and P.G.A.
 They'll turn us all into beggars 'cause they're easier to please
 They're feeding our people that Government Cheese

 Give a man a free lunch and he'll figure out a way
 To steal more than he can eat 'cause he doesn't have to pay
 Give a woman free kids and you'll find them in the dirt
 Learning how to carry on the family line of work
 It's the man in the White House, the man under the steeple
 Passing out drugs to the American people
 I don't believe in anything, nothing is free
 They're feeding our people the Government Cheese

 Decline and fall, fall down baby
 Decline and fall, said fall way down now
 Decline and fall, fall down little mama
 Decline and fall, decline and fall

 Give a man a free ticket on a dead end ride
 And he'll climb in the back even though nobody's driving
 Too ******* lazy to crawl out of the wreck
 And he'll rot there while he waits for the welfare check
 Going to hell in a handbag, can't you see
 I ain't gonna eat no Government Cheese

[Freeper]

I think Velveta is just poking fun at his predicament.
I see his comment as more tongue-in-cheek.
Wish I could send a nice bottle of whine wine.

I agree, he is not being serious.

[Reality vs DU]

I agree, he is not being serious.

Agreed as well.  And I think it's rather obvious.

[miskie]

Of course it is -

But humor and the average primitive tend to be separated by miles. AFAIK, the Gub-mint cheese program was discontinued many years ago.

[diesel driver]

[youtube=560,315]t-HiXqqUItM[/youtube]

A perfect thread to break out a Rainmakers classic 

--And the Lyrics - Which are awesome.

Give a man a free house and he'll bust out the windows
 Put his family on food stamps, now he's a big spender
 no food on the table and the bills ain't paid
 'Cause he spent it on cigarettes and P.G.A.
 They'll turn us all into beggars 'cause they're easier to please
 They're feeding our people that Government Cheese

 Give a man a free lunch and he'll figure out a way
 To steal more than he can eat 'cause he doesn't have to pay
 Give a woman free kids and you'll find them in the dirt
 Learning how to carry on the family line of work
 It's the man in the White House, the man under the steeple
 Passing out drugs to the American people
 I don't believe in anything, nothing is free
 They're feeding our people the Government Cheese

 Decline and fall, fall down baby
 Decline and fall, said fall way down now
 Decline and fall, fall down little mama
 Decline and fall, decline and fall

 Give a man a free ticket on a dead end ride
 And he'll climb in the back even though nobody's driving
 Too ******* lazy to crawl out of the wreck
 And he'll rot there while he waits for the welfare check
 Going to hell in a handbag, can't you see
 I ain't gonna eat no Government Cheese

My brother has that CD, I heard it about 25 years ago.  Still LOVE it!

[Revolution]

Great song. Bad visual at :40.

Well, if he wasn't being serious, this is a great thread because it fits today anyway. We see it daily in the DUmp.

[obumazombie]

When I was in 5th or 6th grade I remember getting a can of government peanut butter. It was nearly inedible.

[Chris_]

When I was in 5th or 6th grade I remember getting a can of government peanut butter. It was nearly inedible.

I worked with a couple of kids that got government cheese.  I have no idea where you'd shop to buy it, but they said it was some of the best cheese they ever had.

Too bad the Dept of Agriculture that runs the food stamp program doesn't also run stores where the stamps can only be used at.  I've heard other suggestions of putting the food stamp offices in the grocery stores so the users can be monitored.

[miskie]

I worked with a couple of kids that got government cheese.  I have no idea where you'd shop to buy it, but they said it was some of the best cheese they ever had.

Too bad the Dept of Agriculture that runs the food stamp program doesn't also run stores where the stamps can only be used at.  I've heard other suggestions of putting the food stamp offices in the grocery stores so the users can be monitored.

The Gub-Mint cheese is essentially Land-O-Lakes yellow American, unsliced in generic wrapping - So, you can still get it nearly anyplace with a decent deli counter.

[Chris_]

The Gub-Mint cheese is essentially Land-O-Lakes yellow American, unsliced in generic wrapping - So, you can still get it nearly anyplace with a decent deli counter.

Interesting.  I'll have to try it next time I do a fonue shindig because Velveeta just does't cut it.

[IassaFTots]

I dunno, that Dump Dude sounded a lot like Randomthoughts, or whatever random name that was. ....

ETA:  Chris, you should use raclette, or gruyere for fondue.  Never velveeta.  ew.

[GOBUCKS]

The Gub-Mint cheese is essentially Land-O-Lakes yellow American, unsliced in generic wrapping - So, you can still get it nearly anyplace with a decent deli counter.

I thought when the big cheese giveaway started 25 or 30 years ago it was in big blocks that had been stored in caves or something like that, and that some of it was decades old.

I also thought the big cheese giveaway petered out years ago.

Anyway, it's a better idea than food stamps.

You probably can't trade a hunk of cheddar for a bag of weed or a few rocks.

[Chris_]

I thought when the big cheese giveaway started 25 or 30 years ago it was in big blocks that had been stored in caves or something like that, and that some of it was decades old.

I also thought the big cheese giveaway petered out years ago.

I think that's an old wives tale.  I remember my dad telling me the powdered eggs they served in Veitnam were left over from WWII.

[obumazombie]

I think that's an old wives tale.  I remember my dad telling me the powdered eggs they served in Veitnam were left over from WWII.

I'm not so sure, since it's a milk by product, it could have been a subsidy gone wild.

[miskie]

I thought when the big cheese giveaway started 25 or 30 years ago it was in big blocks that had been stored in caves or something like that, and that some of it was decades old.

I also thought the big cheese giveaway petered out years ago.

Anyway, it's a better idea than food stamps.

You probably can't trade a hunk of cheddar for a bag of weed or a few rocks.

It is true that the program had ended years ago - it is also true that most of the tales surrounding the cheese is myth. Anyway, a friend of mine and I went looking for answers about the cheese years ago, and after we concluded it was probably Land-O-Lakes yellow we sent the company a letter for confirmation. We were right.