Observances and Grievances

I don't have much to talk about lately on account of staying so crazy-busy so here's a few things you all should have your own strong opinion on.


TAXES
When you buy a new car, you pay taxes on it. When you buy a used car, you pay taxes on it again. Can anyone explain why?

When you collect monies, such as through a job, the government taxes you on your wages. When you die, you can leave that money to a friend or family member. The inheritor has to pay taxes on the inheritance--on money that has already had taxes paid on it!!!

If I have a yard sale, should I report my earnings? I mean, I don't want the government to become poor you know...

MILLIONAIRES PLAY THE LOTTERY
I read an article (I lost it already) in which a millionaire senator won the lottery for the third time. Why do millionaires play the lottery? Give the rest of us a chance to win! And a senator at that! What, we don't pay you enough? Go ahead and charge the state again for flying around in a private jet, why don't you!


DIET SODA
People always ask me why I drink diet soda.
"You on a diet? You don't look like you need to be on a diet," they say.
Well, maybe that's a good reason to drink diet soda you bloomin' idiot!!!! Truth is, I used to be a bit overweight. I thought soda was contributing a lot of unnecessary calories and sugar so I tested all the diet brands and found a store brand diet soda that I really liked.

So now I am so used to it that I cannot stand the taste of regular soda. Is that any reason to tear into me? Maybe you should try diet soda. Duh.


DO NOT USE INTERNALLY
When I was a little kid, I asked my dad what that term meant while reading the back of a shampoo bottle.
He so eloquently replied, "It means don't stick it up you butt-hole."
Point taken. I later realized that this merely meant that the company that produced the shampoo had been sued previously, or simply went by a precedence of other shampoo makers.

I received a free sample of a Pledge Multi-Surface Pre-Moistened Clean & Dust (tm) wipe. The back of the tiny package states, "DO NOT USE FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE OR AS A BABY WIPE. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN AND PETS."

Hmmmm. I wonder how many times SC Johnson has been sued for reasons of unexplained rashes on people's behinds. So does this mean next time I go to KFC that I shouldn't use the pledge wipes to clean my hands?