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Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
I woke this morning (a miracle in itself) disgusted from surfing the net yesterday, and started to compile a list of people to vote off the island:

(a) Brett Favre

(b) The Kardashians

(c) LeBron

(d) The Palins

(e) All of the Above

(f) ______________________(fill in the blank)

Pink Pearl (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
(f) BobTheMobCPA

Snowbird (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
Can we nominate ourselves? Sometimes I would like to get off this island! An island is too confining. I would just like to roam to the edge of civilization and then a little beyond.

BobTheMobCPA (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
PinkPearl, I'm still recovering from an incident about 12 days ago when a bunch of children, hoodlems, actually, all wearing masks to conceal their identities, jumped me and proceeded to try to kick the seeds out of me. They appeared to be on some type of sugar high, all hopped up on Bazooka Joe gum and Snickers bars. The worst was the two pre-teen boys dressed up as Hillary C and Nancy Pelosi who tried to shove a candle you-know-where so that they could enjoy 'a thousand points of light'. It seems that every year around the end of October some similar fate befalls me. Any ideas on what to do next year? I'm at wicks end.

JR1 (talk|edits) said:

November 11, 2010
I vote everyone else off my island. Leave the rum. Now git.

JR1 (talk|edits) said:

November 11, 2010
Sarah Palin can stay.

CrowJD (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
I don't know JR1, if George II declares Palin unqualified, that really tells you something.

Naww, I'd vote to leave Palin in. She's so much like the Kardashians and all the rest of them. I mean, Palin and her husband stepped over their unmarried teenaged (?) daughter and her boyfriend laying on the living room floor on the way to their "family values" church. Rich.

Kevinh5 (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
Bob, I believe the saying is 'at wit's end', not 'wick's end', unless, of course you are referring to that strategically inserted candle....

In the future, I'd suggest staying in your own home next Halloween. Believe me, those children could learn a thing or two from you about scaring everyone.

Wiles (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
(g) McDreamy, JFK Jr, and that hunk from that cop show.

Now my wife would have no temptation to cheat on me.

Kevinh5 (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
Wiles, once you are in competition with a dead man (JFK Jr), you have already lost the contest.

Belle (talk|edits) said:

November 11, 2010
"...Belle, I'm still"

OK Mr.Mob - I just arrived at this party - how cum you'se is invoking my name already?!?!

And I cast a vote for Meg Whitman (I know, just a CA issue). But the fact she didn't vote in 27 (or something approaching that number) previous elections, but chose to run for governor pushes a button of mine. It's always been my position that if you do not vote, you don't get to have an opinion on how the city/state/country is run! On the other hand was Gov. Moonbeam - trying for the third time to get it right.

Perhaps I'll modify my vote - let's get all career politicians off the island. We can put them out to sea on that Carnival Cruise ship, once they disembark all those other passengers.

CrowJD (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
Whatever happened to Jeff the Real Estate Guy on Bravo? (I mean whatever REALLY happened?) Did he manage to weather this storm?

BobTheMobCPA (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
Belle I changed that once I realized that I had PinkPearl as an anti-fan as well as you. For some reason, his post sounded like yours. Sorry.

BobTheMobCPA (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
Speaking of missing persons, CrowJD, have you seen Peter Peter the guy who had a wife but couldn't keep her? I've got a little something for him.

Belle (talk|edits) said:

November 11, 2010
It's OK - I like Pinky and I'm proud to be confused with him/her as the not-so-great Pumpkin's anti-fan.

Your pumpkin eater innuendo is rude, crude, and socially unacceptable - not to mention funny as h*ll ;-).

(edit - great, now that you've changed your comments, I sound like an idiot....)

CrowJD (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
I'm afriad to ask. Viagra?

Speaking of Jeff the Real Estate Guy, maybe he is helping some of these teens hold on to their (parents') exclusive "cribs":

"Think you've seen all the Cribs bling bling? Think again, as you are invited to cruise around the unthinkable playgrounds that some of these teenagers call home..."

MTV Cribs. Teen #1 Living Large: http://www.mtv.com/shows/cribs/episode.jhtml?episodeID=149125

BobTheMobCPA (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
No CrowJD, no drugs are necessary. Belle got it. Let's just say that I'm like a Timex watch. 'Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.'

Wiles (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
Yes, Kevinh5. Let that be a warning to all men out there! Tempt my wife and your days are counted.

CrowJD (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
'Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.' Hmmm, that would cut down on Viagra sales. I was exlaining to Laiticiaw that I don't go into sex for the sake of sex, but only from the artistic standpoint, as a fine art painter. I don't think she believed me, but I would like to know who she would throw off the island.

Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
This idea does work.....I haven't seen a JK Harris interrupt Law & Order reruns for some time. I would have put him on the list had I written it in May. Now we devoted L & O watchers want to deep six Conan....not the show but the idiotic commercials.

CrowJD (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
"Yes, Kevinh5. Let that be a warning to all men out there! Tempt my wife and your days are counted."

Wiles, it sounds like you've been playing some of these confounded "shoot'em up" video games the kids are addicted to today.  :)

Best thing to do if you want to keep your wife is to try to get rid of her. I've been trying to get rid of mine for 30 years (we started courting in 6th grade), and the more I try the more she's determined to stay to get my goat.

Kevinh5 (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
George Clooney got my goat just by staring it down.

CrowJD (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
If you had one of those TIMEX goats Bob is selling, that wouldn't happen. :)

Kevinh5 (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
I wasn't sure which part of the anatomy Bob was referring to, CrowJD. Especially when he is looking for Peter Peter. You've read Bob's profile?

Pink Pearl (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
confused with him/her HEY....I have a pic posted and you can't tell the difference???? I knew I should have worn my lime green leisure suit with the front open for that pic...grrrrr

CrowJD (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
As one of the modern cubist artists I have to consider all sides. I figure if Peter had something worth licking, his wife did too (I guess that would be a Lady TIMEX).

Belle (talk|edits) said:

November 11, 2010
Don't forget the bling with that open front shirt/leisure suit look...

CrowJD (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
Huh? I still wear mine. I only have one left though, my beige one. I left my lime green one at a drycleaners in my hood and it got stolen, then a fellow tried to sell it back to me and throw in a hat as well.

As far as bling, I collect old hubcaps and you can get some good jewelry off of them.

Kevinh5 (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
I remember when they were ubiquitous. Even my minister wore one to church in the 1970s. I don't remember it being lime green, but I do remember the contrasting stitching, as obvious as sin. Hey, maybe that was the minister's point?

CrowJD (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
Those leisure pants hugged the crocth pretty good, and it was certainly obvious when the old devil was around to tempt a young man. With these baggy clothes today, a preacher can't tell if his Sunday school class is in sin.

Ubiquitous (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
For the record, I never owned a leisure suit.


And I'm personally hoping that the record is a Neil Diamond one. My version of Sweet Caroline keeps skipping 'Sweet Caroline, good times never felt sogu sogu sogu sogu sogu sogu....."

Belle (talk|edits) said:

November 11, 2010
My husband had one (off white, think Saturday Night Fever) that he wore to his high school reunion in the late 70's. I finally got him to donate it two years ago - anyone want to bet whether it's still at the Thrift Store?.....unless it was snagged for a Halloween costume.

CrowJD (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
Oh gracious. I had the colors of the rainbow, at least 7 of them. When I was young and modest I didn't wear the Tom Jones or Englebert Hummperdink look though. I wore a tie with mine, some of them I handpainted. One of my girlfriends ran off with my ties (she was a foreigner).

Ubiquitous (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
Belle, hopefully you have researched the tax rules for donations of appreciated collectibles.....

Belle (talk|edits) said:

November 11, 2010
I didn't want him to know it was a 'collectible' - I was afraid he would never let it go...

CrowJD (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
Hollywood will pay top dollar for them. The people who sew today can't recreate the look, plus they don't make fabric in some of the colors anymore.

It would be a good project for a highschool economics teacher to have his class figure what it would cost to dress Tom Jones today. His gold coin neckless would run north of $1,400.00, and his liesure suit could run will into the high $500.00 range. His hairdoo would probably run $150.00 in electricity alone to get it puffed up like that. Leather soled shoes instead of plastic, another $250.00 for a cheap pair.

The kids could listen to some of Tom Jones' music while they did their figures. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrwO8b9iq34 (Sorry, I could find one with his gold necklass).

PollyAdler (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
Crow, you'll have to work long and hard with your worn out cubism to beat Bob's new wave shock art. I don't think I've ever beheld a more appropriate use of the God given canvas as Bob's pumpkin.

Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
You pays your money, you takes your choice......the man who seems to have lost his voice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCZO9xeYA8g

or the one you'd better keep your wife from seeing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S9ecXWCBCc

Let the voting begin

But first, see this duet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGQk18Sqk-A&feature=related

Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said:

11 November 2010
And listen through the German and hear the duo together

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qaVW2SLGfg&feature=related

Gazoo (talk|edits) said:

12 November 2010
That's the Tom Jones I remember!

Oh, and one other you need to put on the list: off the island with Justin Bieber.

I'm seeing that kid everywhere. There was a picture of him yesterday on the internet, and I swear his makeup people had put so much lipstick on him it was embarassing.

Oh well, he's laughing to the bank.

Ok, I gotta get out of here, I've been invited to a Diwali festival tonight.

Taocpa (talk|edits) said:

12 November 2010
Good video with Billy Preston and Tom Jones. I could live without Englebert, but he did sound good there. If I hear "Raindrops Keep..." you know the rest, I am likely to go on a shooting spree! Image:bigsmile.jpg

I vote with JR1. I would keep Sarah Palin, darn fine looking lady.. The rest, goodbye and for fill-in-the-blank, that's too easy:

The Entire Cast of the "The Jersey Shore".

Send them to their own island with no food and see how they survive.

Tom

Taocpa (talk|edits) said:

12 November 2010
Good video with Billy Preston and Tom Jones. I could live without Englebert, but he did sound good there. If I hear "Raindrops Keep..." you know the rest, I am likely to go on a shooting spree! Image:bigsmile.jpg

I vote with JR1. I would keep Sarah Palin, darn fine looking lady.. The rest, goodbye and for fill-in-the-blank, that's too easy:

The Entire Cast of the "The Jersey Shore".

Send them to their own island with no food and see how they survive.

Tom

JR1 (talk|edits) said:

November 12, 2010
Tom, you can stay, too. Bring beer for when we run out of rum. And crabcakes. And your grill.

Szptax (talk|edits) said:

12 November 2010
keep Sarah Palin - not for political reasons, but you do need someone on the team with outdoor survival skills

I agree with voting off the cast of Jersey shore vote off Ronnie Deuch, Tax Masters etc, some have already been nominated :-) Keep most of the designers & construction people from HGTV

Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said:

12 November 2010
I chose no one for their political views, but because I get sick of trying to catch up on sports, or enjoy Law & Order, without hearing about LeBron or Favre, or seeing the Palins milking her fifteen minutes for all it is worth. I expect the divine Sarah and Kristine O'Donnell to join hands in a show soon. And note that I try to read about a tax case, and up pops a Kardashian.

My sister, 64 and a woman who has never voted for a Democrat, is anti-Palin because of her approval of shooting wolves from aircraft.

In the past, I would have listed Ed McMahon, a talentless gentleman who started as a clown on The Big Top in Philly, and ended up shilling for anything. Wilford Brimley is getting that way now (if he is still on the planet) and I am almost to the point where I would add Betty White to the list. I liked her on MTM and doing pet supply commericals but enough is enough

Szptax (talk|edits) said:

13 November 2010
The list of who stays on my island is shorter than the list of who gets voted off. D&T you are welcome to stay :-).

I was flipping channels last night & everyone from Jerseylicious & Bad girls must go.

Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said:

13 November 2010
Even if O.J. wins his case in Hell, he will still be sentenced to one of the circles for foisting the Kardashian family on us.

Before the disclosure of his illness, I think I would have put Michael Douglas on the list, for his shameless refusal to turn down any film, however crummy. He has become the modern day Laurence Olivier in that sense.

If we can vote institutions off the island, I wouild put ESPN and AMC on the list. I can remember when the latter showed real movies without commercials, and kindly Bob Dorian would introduce them. And don't start me on TnT's "New Classics." When I saw The Shooter described as such, I almost lost dinner.

We live near Seaside Heights, where Jersey Shore is filmed. This summer our 14 year old granddaughter wanted her mom to drive her to see the house. Mom would have no such thing....even at 40 she is not amused.

Taocpa (talk|edits) said:

13 November 2010
"Clueless" was a classic on AMC recently. Perish the thought!

I agree about O.J., special place in Hades for him with the Kardashians.

How about the Salahi's, the White House Gate Crashers? They keep turning up on television. The latest was she has MS. I don't think so.

Tom

Natalie (talk|edits) said:

November 14, 2010
I'm almost afraid to post this, but I just realized what "Vote off the Island" was in reference to. Oh well, if there's that much to vote off, then I'm certainly not missing anything by not having cable. And I'm still not sure who the Kardashians are.

Szptax (talk|edits) said:

14 November 2010
I got FIOS about a year+ ago. It was really for the high speed internet, but the TV has opened up a whole new world and I'm not sure what I think about it yet. Love "Myth Busters", "If walls could talk", and a few other things but its unnecessary & i don't have time for it. Why are there so many stations & so many programs? I'm thinking about dropping it again.

Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said:

14 November 2010
One day recently, I found wife glued to her Cheapo-Cheapo TV in her office, that used to be a spare bedroom but which Death & Taxes took over. She was watching Project Runway, probably reruns since it was daytime......I was lucky she did not have anything heavy in her hand when I said 'these shows are fixed.' How anyone can really believe someone plain and with little personality can win one of these is beyond my perception........same with those contests on cooking shows? The winners always have high octane personalities.

Before you scoff, I have a great track record of sniffing out fixes. Many years ago before many of you were born, I would be at my buddy's house while he ate breakfast watching some Barry-Enright show called 'Dotto." Day after day I would see telegenic people solve the rebus and I would shout 'Fix" and, as it turned out, IT WAS FIXED.

CrowJD (talk|edits) said:

14 November 2010
So many things are fixed it's easier to keep up with what's not fixed (usually the neighbor's dog). Even a future Pope will stuff the ballot box and burn the evidence. These reality shows are the worst of all, there's nothing real about them. Only in America. No wonder the kids won't listen to the teacher. Lyndon Johnson started all this down in south Texas.

Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said:

14 November 2010
I realize I left off Randy Moss.

CrowJD (talk|edits) said:

14 November 2010
Around my house, we call Fox news the fairytale network. They make it up as they go along.

That's what's wrong with America today. We have un-reality TV, and fairytale news.

Of course, the fellow paying for the cable is entitled to watch what he wants. :)

Belle (talk|edits) said:

November 14, 2010
T.O. & Ocho Cinco...

Taxaway (talk|edits) said:

15 November 2010
Lebron James..."What should I do?"

SHUT UP ALREADY!

(go Celtics)

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