IRL Looney Tunes

[centurian]

At least some of them are aware that their process of government now seems like this:

Because unlike Wile E Coyote, US lawmakers think they can step over the cliff - and then step back again before gravity takes hold.

Or to be more precise, they want to grab their cherished parts back onto the cliff and let the rest crash and burn.

[OwlHoot]

He's right dagnabbit.

I once read a ghost story in which one of the Cornish villains kept saying "Dag blat it".

Er, I can't think of anything else to say for the moment.

Dag blat it!

[EternalOptimist]

Nice analogy.


Annual Household income - £21,000
Annual Household spends - £38,000
Annual addition to credit card - £7,000

Where's the extra £10K coming from? Or should it be 17K on the credit card? (Genuine question, not trying to 'nit-pick' - is it a typo, or is the other £10K coming from somewhere else?)

dammit, you are right.

it's even worse than we thought

[SimonMac]

So after failing to reach an agreement and missing their own self imposed deadline the actual impact is, not really a lot?!

[OwlHoot]

US heads off fiscal cliff… after which an anvil drops on their head

and unfortunately, the anvil is tied by a not very long rope to our ankles ...

[mudskipper]

He's right dagnabbit.

here is the US financial cliff, with a load of zeros taken off(8) - to make it a domestic budget



Annual Household income - £21,000
Annual Household spends - £38,000
Annual addition to credit card - £7,000
Current amount on credit card - £142,000

Amount of spends that I have asked the missus to reduce, but she is fighting like heck and threatening all sorts of dire results if I just dont stfu - £40

Nice analogy.


Annual Household income - £21,000
Annual Household spends - £38,000
Annual addition to credit card - £7,000

Where's the extra £10K coming from? Or should it be 17K on the credit card? (Genuine question, not trying to 'nit-pick' - is it a typo, or is the other £10K coming from somewhere else?)

[BrilloPad]

several times on this forum I have asked the collective economic genii why the country is not run in the same way that I run my domestic budget
i.e. try to match spending to income

We had to go through Heath(Cameron) to get to Thatcher.

[EternalOptimist]

several times on this forum I have asked the collective economic genii why the country is not run in the same way that I run my domestic budget
i.e. try to match spending to income

every time they put their fingers to the temple, stick there tongues out and make 'mental' circling manouvres
well, maybe I am a loon, but who is staring down a cliff now eh ? dicksplats

He's right dagnabbit.

here is the US financial cliff, with a load of zeros taken off(8) - to make it a domestic budget



Annual Household income - £21,000
Annual Household spends - £38,000
Annual addition to credit card - £7,000
Current amount on credit card - £142,000

Amount of spends that I have asked the missus to reduce, but she is fighting like heck and threatening all sorts of dire results if I just dont stfu - £40

[EternalOptimist]

several times on this forum I have asked the collective economic genii why the country is not run in the same way that I run my domestic budget
i.e. try to match spending to income

every time they put their fingers to the temple, stick there tongues out and make 'mental' circling manouvres
well, maybe I am a loon, but who is staring down a cliff now eh ? dicksplats

[NickFitz]

At least some of them are aware that their process of government now seems like this:

Wile E. Coyote vs Road Runner - YouTube

or this:

Coyote Fall - YouTube

to any normal person

[Zippy]

And people say we have a rubbish system.

I was in the US while they were trying to resolve the Bush/Gore election. Some bloke in a bar said 'bet you guys <meaning Brits - why would they care?> are laughing your asses off at this?' I said 'no. just find it sad it's come to this'.
Same shit:, different day.

[NickFitz]

US heads off fiscal cliff… after which an anvil drops on their head