WTF in America
Mar 5th 2014, 2:18 pm
#46
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
'Save the date' cards
Cheerleaders
Removal of all body hair
Guns
Healthcare
Day labourers
Paperwork/red tape
Realtors' photos of themselves
Cheerleaders
Removal of all body hair
Guns
Healthcare
Day labourers
Paperwork/red tape
Realtors' photos of themselves
Mar 5th 2014, 2:59 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
'Save the date' cards
Cheerleaders
Removal of all body hair
Guns
Healthcare
Day labourers
Paperwork/red tape
Realtors' photos of themselves
Cheerleaders
Removal of all body hair
Guns
Healthcare
Day labourers
Paperwork/red tape
Realtors' photos of themselves
Originally Posted by NatashaB
All of these. And mom/son and daddy/daughter dances.
I was looking more for the bizarre quirks of life in the US that you only discovered after moving here and which do not cause inconvenience or irritation, such as the realtors' photos.
Mar 5th 2014, 3:05 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Nutek
Screw her.
Originally Posted by NatashaB
mom/son and daddy/daughter dances.
Mar 5th 2014, 3:28 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Pulaski
Me too. 
We've said as much to little Miss P: you live in our house, we make the rules. If she complains about the rules, she's going to hear that repeatedly until she leaves home, however old that is!
We've said as much to little Miss P: you live in our house, we make the rules. If she complains about the rules, she's going to hear that repeatedly until she leaves home, however old that is!
Mar 5th 2014, 4:33 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Sounds like the judge has given her the verbal slap she deserves:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-ran-away.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-ran-away.html
Mar 5th 2014, 4:41 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by NatashaB
Sounds like the judge has given her the verbal slap she deserves:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-ran-away.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-ran-away.html
Mar 5th 2014, 4:42 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by HartleyHare
This ^^. Exactly the same thing - 42" LED TV left on the porch. Apparently it's norm here for deliveries just to be left on the doorstep, in full view. No signature required.
Mar 5th 2014, 4:46 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Nutek
Should stick her in jail for wasting everyone's time.
Mar 5th 2014, 5:17 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Nutek
Should stick her in jail for wasting everyone's time.
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
And ordered to pay her parents legal fees.
Last edited by Pulaski; Mar 5th 2014 at 6:08 pm.
Mar 5th 2014, 5:20 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Yeah, it's funny how they were willing to throw down 12k for legal fees but didn't want to settle the school debt. Seems like they thought the 12k would be a better investment with a payoff of potential child support.
Mar 5th 2014, 5:47 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Pulaski
They should, .... and the father of the friend with who she is staying. He is a lawyer who has been promoting/ enabling this circus.
And he should be picking up that tab too.
And he should be picking up that tab too.
Mar 5th 2014, 6:12 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
With whom, Pulaski. Dear oh dear
I wrote and rewrote that sentence several times in different orders, and I missed that error. I had started with something that said she was living with her friend's father, which would create a whole new dimension to the story, but was only correct to the extent that she's living with his family
Mar 5th 2014, 6:19 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Pulaski
I wrote and rewrote that sentence several times in different orders, and I missed that error. I had started with something that said she was living with her friend's father, which would create a whole new dimension to the story, but was only correct to the extent that she's living with his family
Mar 5th 2014, 6:23 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Ah, it matters not, just giving you a hard time ...
Mar 5th 2014, 6:25 pm
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Re: WTF in America
Originally Posted by Pulaski
You wouldn't be you if you didn't!
