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Mon Oct-10-11 05:57 PM
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"Downsized" - am I the only person who feels no pity for the mother and father? |
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The dad - obviously a Republican - is shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, that American Enterprise would fail him. Well, maybe he shouldn't be a Construction Pimp. You see, he is a General Contractor, which means he charges exorbitant fees for him to arrange the cheapest labor he can possibly find. He takes $100 or so an hour, and he pays $8 or so an hour.
Then there's the mom - yes, she's a schoolteacher. But she's had lots of work done, and wonders why her husband gets so bent out of shape when she wants to sell her wedding ring. Huh? Looking like a tightly stretched leather handbag is a necessary expense, but keeping the wedding ring isn't???
And then the house they are renting. Yeah, they have a few kids - but do you really need a McMansion? They're living off of a schoolteacher salary!
I do feel sorry for the kids - hopefully they'll learn from the stupidity of their parents.
Rant over.
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Mon Oct-10-11 06:14 PM
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1. OK. What is "Downsized"? And what station is it on? n/t |
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Mon Oct-10-11 06:20 PM
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2. Here ya go - consider yourself lucky not having watched it |
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Mon Oct-10-11 06:27 PM
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3. I have no idea why people watch that kind of shit. |
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We all have our own problems, why get wrapped up in strangers' problems?
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Mon Oct-10-11 06:28 PM
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4. Sometimes the significant other won't change the channel... |
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Mon Oct-10-11 06:31 PM
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I want to watch football tonight, but the Cardinals are playing. Sometimes we have to give a little to get a little.
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Tue Oct-11-11 02:34 PM
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11. I'll also add that my wife got on a celebrity rehab kick |
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The dog loved it - I walked her every time it was on.
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Mon Oct-10-11 06:32 PM
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Mon Oct-10-11 06:33 PM
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7. Seriously, I thought the show was about someone losing a lot of weight |
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Mon Oct-10-11 06:40 PM
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8. I guess that comes later. |
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Mon Oct-10-11 08:59 PM
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9. maybe it's a canadian show never heard of it but i'll say this |
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i got no use for "general contractors," as you astutely recognize, they are life's leavings, the scum of the earth
guys who couldn't get hired for an honest job yet believe they should be millionaires anyway
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Tue Oct-11-11 05:29 PM
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Tue Oct-11-11 02:12 PM
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10. Looks like they could sell some of the kids for medical research |
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Tue Oct-11-11 10:51 PM
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Every sperm is sacred.
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Tue Oct-11-11 10:55 PM
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14. I'm sort of embarrassed that I know this, but |
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as I recall the dad had two kids from a previous marriage and he married the mom, who had five existing kids.
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Tue Oct-11-11 11:51 PM
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15. WTF are you talking about? Is this something you made up, because it really |
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