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struggle4progress

(119,780 posts)
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:49 AM Oct 2020

"I'm voting for him because he's not a politician"


18 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
I follow his medical suggestions because he's not a doctor
12 (67%)
I have her do my taxes because she's a normal person who doesn't understand numbers
0 (0%)
I always go to all his piano concerts because he can't play any instruments
0 (0%)
I hired her to handle my defense because she's never been to law school
0 (0%)
I take his investment advice because he's broke
2 (11%)
I want her to fix my brakes because she has no experience as a mechanic
0 (0%)
I let him fix my computers because he knows absolutely nothing about them
1 (6%)
I decided she should rewire my house because she's not an electrician
2 (11%)
I decided he could babysit my children because nobody knew who he was
1 (6%)
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Maraya1969

(22,958 posts)
5. OOOOOH I wish you would tweet this to her.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 04:59 AM
Oct 2020

I never knew that that statement meant anyway. I doubt that she does.

AZ8theist

(6,375 posts)
9. Oh BOO HOO Kristie....She's all butthurt because people are insulting her..
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 05:10 AM
Oct 2020

Be a fucking moron, expect being insulted.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
13. "I think they should become Speaker of the House because of their youth and inexperience."
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 06:15 AM
Oct 2020

... that's another idiotic statement I've heard.

DFW

(56,311 posts)
14. The first choice was actually suggested to a humorless German health ministry office
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 06:25 AM
Oct 2020

A professional comedian wrote a letter to his local branch of the Ministry of Health saying that he performed "hobby surgeries" on members of his community. "Nothing complicated, just appendix removals, minor bone repairs after accidents, etc." and he wanted them to publish a "how to" pamphlet he was writing to help hobby surgeons around Germany.

Humor being forbidden in German bureaucracy, the office that received his letter sent him a reply ordering him to immediately cease his hobby surgeries, that they had no intention of publishing anything of the sort, and that he was to present himself immediately at the Ministry of Health to explain just what operations he had performed, and on whom.

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