tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post1972578528868305568..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: The language of the sandbox...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18992652257229177822008-11-28T15:57:00.000-05:002008-11-28T15:57:00.000-05:00On the contrary, the Elitists are paying a couple ...On the contrary, the Elitists are paying a couple hundred bucks a month at the Spa to get the kind of exercise that you are enjoying for free. <BR/><BR/>This translates to an unreported income to La Tam of, uh, $2400 per annum... the new IRS will be notified accordingly.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875940681926081525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29030868372197061952008-11-28T00:48:00.000-05:002008-11-28T00:48:00.000-05:00I was babysitting three boys ages 5, 7, and 9 this...I was babysitting three boys ages 5, 7, and 9 this Saturday. Partway through the marksmanship fundamentals session, one of them observed that another had gotten to shoot more times than he and pointed out that this wasn't fair. I challenged them to find a single instance of me being fair during the rest of the day.<BR/><BR/>You have to start early, you know. :)Karl Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11455790947267883960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80276808539584992302008-11-27T20:12:00.000-05:002008-11-27T20:12:00.000-05:00The title of the post threw me, I guess today I th...The title of the post threw me, I guess today I think of the sandbox as Iraq or at least the Middle East. I don't think they have leaf vacs in Iraq though :)<BR/><BR/>The Fair thing to do would be for your neighbor to mulch/vac your leaves and for you to provide protection via your fairly extensive arms/weapons collection. I'd bring it up with the neighbor,<BR/>TAM: "you know, I have a large number of guns, how about you come and suck up my leaves?"<BR/>NEIGHBOR: "EEK! (thud)"<BR/><BR/>Then again, maybe not...José Gigantéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808360534075501817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57433115926808133322008-11-27T19:20:00.000-05:002008-11-27T19:20:00.000-05:00Ah, but you miss the subtlety of the strategy of t...Ah, but you miss the subtlety of the strategy of the Kwisatch Haderach.<BR/><BR/>One of his statist predecessors noted that work makes you free. So, giving you the means to reduce your workload is, in fact, an infringement upon your liberty.<BR/><BR/>Now, that leaf mulcher is sinful in two ways: it reduces the nobility of work and it also has a nasty carbon footprint. So, the obvious solution is to declare the leaf mulcher an enemy of humanity and have it destroyed.<BR/><BR/>Problem solved. The leaf mulcher is no longer drowning baby polar bears and your envy is assuaged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35420506014064974992008-11-27T17:23:00.000-05:002008-11-27T17:23:00.000-05:00Did she have one of TheOne's signs?If so, I'll bet...Did she have one of TheOne's signs?<BR/><BR/>If so, I'll bet that you and she could work up a leaf removal collective.<BR/><BR/>And, "owning" the leaf mulcher as she does, who's the kulak?staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.com