Bah Humbug!

[fireheart]

I'm pretty sure being, well, dead is a prerequisite of sainthood, so let's hold off on Arga's canonization for a bit.

You also need to have performed two miracles and one of those while still alive to be awarded the title of "Blessed".

[Mr Hero]

Depends on your definition of saint. I became a saint when I was 8 and I'm very much alive.

[dalesys]

Depends on your definition of saint. I became a saint when I was 8 and I'm very much alive.

But was that according to the latter of the law...

And Christopher isn't a Saint anymore. He got shot out of the canon.

[Caractacus_Potts]

Some of us choose not to go into debt, if we could have bought the farm for cash we would have. I paid cash for my last 2 cars.

Shoot...my cat has better credit than I do. I don't have a credit card because even store card accounts turn me down.

Don't be too sure. I learned a long time ago that paying cash and never taking on debt is a good way to insure you never have a good credit score or the ability to take advantage of the better pricing that score will give you.

I had to get a secured CC to start building my credit because I had always paid cash and had essentially no credit rating at all. Now twenty years later I have a perfect credit score, own my house and car outright and have zero debt. I still take out a 0% interest loan now and then to keep the credit score up.

Basically unless your cat has taken out loans he probably wouldn't qualify for a card in spite of the offers.

[EvilEmpryss]

Starting the countdown until Argabarga hears "But it's Christmas...!" as a reason not to tow someone.

I have the sad feeling I may be starting the countdown too late.

[Argabarga]

Nah, that "excuse" lasts well into January..... I suspect people will still be accusing me of ruining their Christmas well up to Valentines Day

But, but, but, ARGA! He asked man-to-man! That means a deep spiritual connection that transcends illegalities and the work world. MAN. TO. MAN. BRO!

I get appeals to "bro-ism" a lot. A belief that a "real man" would never ever disrespect his fellow "real man". Yeah. Too bad for them, I'm not a bro. I HATE Bros, Bro. Hate em' to the point that I suspect I might really be a woman inside.

[Kagato]

Nah, that "excuse" lasts well into January..... I suspect people will still be accusing me of ruining their Christmas well up to Valentines Day



I get appeals to "bro-ism" a lot. A belief that a "real man" would never ever disrespect his fellow "real man". Yeah. Too bad for them, I'm not a bro. I HATE Bros, Bro. Hate em' to the point that I suspect I might really be a woman inside.

That or you have been heavily emasculated.

[Pixilated]

Dunno what else I'm getting for Christmas but ... I got some Argabarga stories!

Tell 'em "You want me to lose my job? Learn to read the signs and stop parking illegally."*snip*

No point in using that; they couldn't give a rat's ass if Argabarga gets fired as long as they don't have to cough up any money.

[sms001]

I get appeals to "bro-ism" a lot.

Glad my sarcasm came through - it's iffy sometimes in text.

That or you have been heavily emasculated.

nah. I've found that most appeals to "man-to-man" or "bro-ism" means the supplicant is trying to get away with something and is grasping at straws.

[dalesys]

... and is grasping at straws.

At least grasping at their straw...

[DiRF]

Ye Olde Tale of an Illegale Parker

Solomon Grundy,
Parked illegally on a Monday,
Ticketed on Tuesday,
Towed on Wednesday,
Came back to the lot with a bad fake permit on Thursday,
Towed again on Friday,
Picked up the car on Saturday,
Left town Sunday.
That was the end,
Of Solomon Grundy

And it was a humdinger of a doo-zeey of a loser of a fake too. A sham of a farce of a mockery if you will. He apparently eyeballed the real permit hangtags, then went home, and tried from memory, to replicate one. He got the color right, but his successes ended there. Wrong size, wrong lettering fronts, and clearly printed on paper.

Grundy not good at counterfeiting…

Birdnose? Do you think... Grundy's car... is waiting for him?
Grundy I don't-- ... yes, yes it's waiting for you.
Then Grundy... gets his reward.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Birdnose? Do you think... Grundy's car... is waiting for him?
Grundy I don't-- ... yes, yes it's waiting for you.
Then Grundy... gets his reward.

Still one of my favorite Justice League eps.

[AccountingDrone]

Don't be too sure. I learned a long time ago that paying cash and never taking on debt is a good way to insure you never have a good credit score or the ability to take advantage of the better pricing that score will give you.

I had to get a secured CC to start building my credit because I had always paid cash and had essentially no credit rating at all. Now twenty years later I have a perfect credit score, own my house and car outright and have zero debt. I still take out a 0% interest loan now and then to keep the credit score up.

Basically unless your cat has taken out loans he probably wouldn't qualify for a card in spite of the offers.

Mortgage. No problem with the credit rating. Robs retirement pay is autodeposited in the account that autopays the mortgage, home insurance and property taxes. Even has a smidge left over every year to roll over to the next.

[mjr]

I'm actually following the "get out of debt, stay out of debt" approach. Or at least I'm trying to.

I have exactly $0 in credit card balances, and one card that I cut up, but just haven't closed the account. I think at this point it's the only "card" I have.

I have a paid for car, and my only real debt is a mortgage, and honestly I wish I were in a position to pay that off.

[DiRF]

Still one of my favorite Justice League eps.

...and don't get me started on the ending of "Wake the Dead"... *sniff*