What got you all crusty today?
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Aims - Aug 31, 2007 8:31:57 am PDT #7894 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
BigDuluth - Aug 31, 2007 8:32:04 am PDT #7895 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
Mr. Jane said that yesterday they had an alligator farm in Cutoff, LA which I drove through back in the Search for Gas in South Louisiana adventure of Aught Four
Mhmm they had to stick a finger up the aligators butt to "sex" it. The jokes from there just write themselves. Please pretend I said something witty here.
sarameg - Aug 31, 2007 8:32:10 am PDT #7896 of 10001
I'm kinda with megan. Just how much responsibility doesn't lie with the person defaulting? Do we give a pass for stupidity? Easily intimidated by fast talking people so you sign fast? It's not fair that some people were bamboozled. Unfortunately, it was more or less legal. So fix the industry so that can't happen anymore and prosecute the less legal aspects.
tommyrot - Aug 31, 2007 8:33:11 am PDT #7897 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
If you put butter on a bread animal, will it always land butter-side down?
Daisy Jane - Aug 31, 2007 8:33:59 am PDT #7898 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Did you know alligators like cheerios?
sarameg - Aug 31, 2007 8:34:26 am PDT #7899 of 10001
I know they like marshmallows.
Stephanie - Aug 31, 2007 8:34:34 am PDT #7900 of 10001
Trust my rage
Wow, DJ, that's awful! It seems intended to take people's money and then take the house.
However, I do find myself wondering how the person is really harmed. I mean, they will lose the house, but they got to live in a house they couldn't afford for a few years and pay rent below what the house was worth.
(Not that I'm defending this practice. I'm sure having your house foreclosed on is extremely traumatic, no matter how little you paid to get in there.)
eta: Crazy natter juxtaposition of the ethics of sub-prime lending and bread puns!
BigDuluth - Aug 31, 2007 8:36:13 am PDT #7901 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
Did you know alligators like cheerios?
A fact probably discovered by tax-funded goverment researchers.
Kathy A - Aug 31, 2007 8:36:17 am PDT #7902 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm with sarameg and megan, too. For the past five years, I've had friends and family urging me to buy a condo. "It's cheaper than renting! You don't have to put down 20 percent! There's lots of places going up--you can find one really cheap nowadays!"
I kept telling them that I couldn't afford it, I'd have no money for a downpayment or a cushion if something went wrong with the place or if my fees were increased. Now, they're all telling me I was right to rent.
Ginger - Aug 31, 2007 8:36:40 am PDT #7903 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
However, I do find myself wondering how the person is really harmed.
For one, their credit tanks, and credit reports are being just for everything from employment to auto insurance these days.