It's very much a "if we can do it, anyone can" thing.
I'd probably have an easier time being debt free if I got paid to be on tv, called my house a church and didn't pay taxes.
Dawn: Is that supposed to scare me? Spike: Little tremble wouldn't hurt.
'The Killer In Me'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Daisy Jane - Dec 11, 2009 12:23:29 pm PST #24457 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Strix - Dec 11, 2009 12:30:26 pm PST #24458 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Do they call their house a church? (I don't watch the show; I know nothing.)
Hil R. - Dec 11, 2009 12:34:28 pm PST #24459 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
They don't go to a regular church -- they have church services in their house, for the family and sometimes a few other families, with their father leading the service. I've read a few places (too lazy to google now) that they don't have to pay property taxes on that part of the house, since churches are tax-exempt.
sarameg - Dec 11, 2009 12:41:08 pm PST #24460 of 30001
I am hopefully not going to have a toothache this weekend. It's not heat sensitive at the moment, and cold doesn't make it appreciably better, so that's a good sign. Of course, I also realized that this morning was the first that I didn't take advil ( for the jaw pain) so it might have always been there, just masked by the drugs. It's not throbbing now, so we'll see.
Daisy Jane - Dec 11, 2009 12:41:12 pm PST #24461 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My understanding is they don't pay taxes on any of it.
Typo Boy - Dec 11, 2009 12:42:22 pm PST #24462 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Trudy Booth - Dec 11, 2009 12:44:07 pm PST #24463 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
My understanding is they don't pay taxes on any of it.
That seems unlikely. It's probably a similar tax code to what governs home offices and the like. If not, everyone would declare their house a church pretty quickly whether or not they built the thing with cash.
Toddson - Dec 11, 2009 12:45:25 pm PST #24464 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
What's the plot of Legend... nevermind.
Just stop there. I remember seeing it once ... it seemed dark, confused, and not very good. Tom Cruise, Mia Sera and Tim Curry ... who might have saved it, except he was even less recognizable than in Rocky Horror (heavier makeup, mask, etc.).
Dana - Dec 11, 2009 12:46:47 pm PST #24465 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
But dude, it had unicorns!
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2009 12:49:25 pm PST #24466 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I started reading the plot and got quickly bored. I doubt that even in my Tom Cruise crush phase I could have made it through. Unless Tim Curry dresses like a woman. That got me through Blue Money. It can get me through a lot.
But dude, it had unicorns!
Who are you?
My weekend will probably consist of going to the ER a day early, which theoretically gives me an actual workable weekend day. Should things turn out that way, I have no idea what I'll do with Sunday.