THE GOVERNMENT IS YOUR FRIEND

Nowadays, Govt is a four letter word

edit: no really, this is a good thing
( OneOfSome, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:12, archived)

hhm
did anyone else read "Dont stand on the comfortable television" in there?
could just be my tiredness, nighty b3ta!
( Koba http://sexycooladventures.blogspot.com/, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:16, archived)

You're wearing shades from "They Live"
and ICMFP.
( Fronds are waving gently on, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:23, archived)

hehe
that was the first thing I thought of as well
( my name is will, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:40, archived)

yep
bloody brain, not being fast enough...
( Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen., Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:25, archived)

or
just too fast
( mediocre HONKA HONKA, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 8:05, archived)

the people who most need to read things like this...
...don't read.
( postbear has metal knees, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:16, archived)

remove it quick!
before the govt. steals it and puts on huge plasma screens everywhere
(Londingham ., Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:17, archived)

*conforms*

( my name is will, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:18, archived)

GUBMINT?
How come you mention television, consuming and sleeping, which are all nice things that would happen with or without government, but don't mention tax?
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:18, archived)

or
the internet.
( mofaha sitting quietly, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:21, archived)

i forgot about tax
my forgetfullness is directly proportional to my lack of income
( OneOfSome, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:44, archived)

Didn't Bono dance infront of this in the early 90s?

( rob twitter.com/robmanuel is following you, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:19, archived)

He was dancing?
I thought he had epilepsy.
( mofaha sitting quietly, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:20, archived)

have you watched any U2 videos?
I reckon parkinsons more likely.
( rob twitter.com/robmanuel is following you, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:22, archived)

And a few too many Guinnesses

( Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:27, archived)

Bono is a smug, self-important prick.

( Leningrad add me 2 twitter yo: twitter.com/takebacks, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:37, archived)

Seconded.
(strongly)

EDIT: And the Geldorf
(Londingham ., Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:40, archived)

*Agrees*
I don't like him at all.
( Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:42, archived)

*clicks fingers to agree*
*removes wrap-around shades*
( The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:43, archived)

Careful now -
you won't be able to see the aliens.
( Fronds are waving gently on, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:49, archived)

I love Bono.
IN THE NAAAAAAAAAAAAME OF LOVE!!!!!
( Sexy Picard 2000, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:46, archived)

I'll 'IN THE NAAAAAAAAAAAAME OF LOVE!!!!!' you in a minute!

( Leningrad add me 2 twitter yo: twitter.com/takebacks, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:48, archived)

Also, you bastard - I can't get that cunting line out of my head now.

( Leningrad add me 2 twitter yo: twitter.com/takebacks, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:51, archived)

my work here is done.

( Sexy Picard 2000, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:51, archived)

You're the devil.

( Leningrad add me 2 twitter yo: twitter.com/takebacks, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:52, archived)

This is easier to read with one eye closed
and the other squinted.
(ChuckAnger Keepin' it real since 1985, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:19, archived)

oh yeah

( my name is will, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:20, archived)

it is as well!

(Londingham ., Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:21, archived)

you are Popeye
AICMFP
( Sexy Picard 2000, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:22, archived)

Well
I did kick the shit out of a large bearded man earlier for grabbing my clingy, anorexic girlfriend.
(ChuckAnger Keepin' it real since 1985, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:32, archived)

Jesus went to Mount Olive?

( Sexy Picard 2000, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:32, archived)

He is a grabby sumbitch.

(ChuckAnger Keepin' it real since 1985, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:34, archived)

no wonder mr. anger was pissed.

( postbear has metal knees, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:34, archived)

Like Thom Yorke?

( Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:27, archived)

and 'nowadys' is a seven-letter word

( Sexy Picard 2000, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:20, archived)

Yes, this

( Trinosaur, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:34, archived)

yay I can count
nowadays is a 8-letter word.
(Eyaw_Nayr, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:35, archived)

thank you
i was seizuring the moment and lost the ability to spell
( OneOfSome, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:45, archived)

The two minutes hate
damn you....goldstein
(Pengin, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:23, archived)

^
this
(Londingham ., Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:24, archived)

I have a much duller view of government
Go to work
Pay your taxes
Try not to be ill - the NHS costs money
Don't complain to your MP - he's busy
Spend a reasonable amount to keep the economy ticking over
( rob twitter.com/robmanuel is following you, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:27, archived)

or
* Take the money

* Call you an antisocial berk/drain on resources whan you want something back (even so much as a road to drive on in return for your 93p/litre)


(calms back down)
(Londingham ., Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:29, archived)

As if you'd even have a car
without governments.
( Trinosaur, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:32, archived)

Why not?
And I of course agree that to have a government is necessary..

but maybe not THIS one.
(Londingham ., Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:34, archived)

Historically, that's true. But I think in the present day
he could at least manage to have a car with a great deal less government.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:36, archived)

Maybe so.
I have no love for Blair and co. Just playing Devil's avocado.
But seriously, I don't think mass-production, oil refineries or motorways would exist without government and taxation. Whether this would be a good or a bad thing I'll leave up to you, but the desire for cheap fuel and smooth roads seems to jar with any anarchic tendency.
( Trinosaur, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 3:00, archived)

Depends if you mean the kind of anarchy in which people behave pleasantly
and build things, which is something we don't yet have the necessary cultural institutions to maintain, or the kind in which people rob each other and wreck things, which is what we'd get if government abruptly vanished. Sort of like glastonbury the year I went.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 3:10, archived)

in the US it's even simpler:
Try not to be ill - being ill costs money.
( Sexy Picard 2000, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:31, archived)

I doubt the US governmant cares
it's it mostly private - therefore taxable - therefore more cash for the government?
( rob twitter.com/robmanuel is following you, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:33, archived)

sounds about right.
It works, though... I've somehow not been seriously ill for decades.
( Sexy Picard 2000, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:35, archived)

hurrah private sector!
Everyone has insurance = not much $
(Eyaw_Nayr, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:36, archived)

Bloke without insurance...
..fucked.

I'd rather keep the NHS, despite its many shortcomings.
(Londingham ., Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:38, archived)

That's what has always annoyed me.
I have a friend who needs some dental work done, urgently - but because she can't afford it, she is in a lot of pain.

Wankers.
( Leningrad add me 2 twitter yo: twitter.com/takebacks, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:35, archived)

Well
the trick would be to take that part of your income which in this country would be taken away from you whether you like it or not and spent on the NHS, and put it into your private health insurance instead.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:40, archived)

Haha, you deleted the argument for a welfare state.
Very sensible. I could give you the standard free-market libertarian schtick, but I think we'd both prefer it if I just went to bed.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 3:12, archived)

It doesn't look much like a penis.
That's no fun.
( Trinosaur, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:27, archived)

Oh no - they've hypnotised the kitten!

( Leningrad add me 2 twitter yo: twitter.com/takebacks, Wed 26 Oct 2005, 2:33, archived)