CONDO FOR SALE. OCEANVIEW!About 8 years ago, I came across the worst idea I have ever seen. An Oklahoma man had decided to start his own country called New Utopia. He was going to gang a bunch of oil platforms together south of Cuba and east of the Yucatan Peninsula. This looked to me to be on the super highway for hurricanes headed for the Gulf of Mexico. The main industry for New Utopia was going to be gambling casinos and banking.I checked the other day to see if he succeeded. I found that there is only a buoy in place to mark the spot and the man had been under investigation for trying to fraudalently sell $350 million in bonds to supposedly finance the project. His dream may finally be coming true. His website is advertising that they will be moving a barge in place by the end of the year. There will be 12 condos on the barge for sale. You can buy a 1900 square foot condo for $200,000. The barge has a helioport, dock, clubhouse, general store, a swimming pool and little else but an oceanview. A 360 degree oceanview. You better like your neighbors, because you will be living close to them with little room to move around. Once you are there you are probably stuck. The man and his wife are prince and princess of the principality of New Utopia. You can buy a New Utopia citizenship- limited to 4100. They will also sell anyone a New Utopia international driver's license for $110. Just imagine what you can do with that. There is another man that has his own country on an oil platform off the coast of Ireland called SEALAND. He has lived there since the 1960s. Sealand's main industry is a website hosting company, I assume for websites of dubious intentions.
WHAT'S FOR SUPPER?The Big Apple Inn in Jackson, Mississippi has been serving their specialty since they opened in 1939:PIG EAR SANDWICHThe sandwich consists of 1/2 Boiled Pig Ear topped with cole slaw, mustard, homemade hot sauce on a soft dinner biscuit.They go through about 300 pig ears a day.
WHO SAYS THERE'S NOTHING GOOD ON TVI turned on the television this weekend and ESPN was showing a paintball battle. Another time they were showing a dart tournament.I am waiting for them to televise Staring Contests. UPDATE (3 weeks later) ESPN had a Scrabble tournament. Staring Contests are getting closer. RED LIGHTSWhy do you always hit red lights when you are in a hurry? When you need a red light because you didn't get the door shut properly or you just dumped your drink all over your lap and the rest of the front seat, you'll get non-stop green lights.
THEY NEED MORE VACATIONCongressmen should vote for more vacation time for themselves.When they are in Washington, they seem to feel obligated to pass laws and bills. They believe they are solving problems and give each other big slaps on the back and congratulate each other for their wisdom, but really they just open new cans of worms. When they pass bills, it requires money. The bills never seem to solve any problems but eat up money forever. Then, later on, they will pass a new bill to repair the failure of the previous bill, but this time with a bigger budget.The more vacation they have, the less time they have to mess things up.Law of unintended consequences or why politicians are stupid revealed in: FREDERIC BASTIAT EXPLAINS IT ALL
WARNINGBeware of pickpockets and loose women.HELLO DOLLYJudging by the commercials for online matchmaking services, if you are reasonably nice looking woman who likes to talk alot and a quiet balding nice guy who will listen or pretend to listen--they'll fix you up.The women say, "I just knew he was the one when we talked on the phone for six hours straight." It is not hard to figure out who won the word count.
Cheers....Bombs AwayOne guy who has stuck it out after Hurricane Katrina in the French Quarter said that while there was no water pressure he flushed his toilet with Draft Beer.
WAITING FOR KOOKS AGAINST HURRICANES TO GET NAKEDThere are two totally different kinds of people.There are the people that roll up their sleeves and get things done (Like the military, firemen, police, cleanup crews, and volunteers helping people in New Orleans). There are people that delude themselves into thinking they are doing something by posing nude or participating in some other foolish symbolic gesture for whatever cause. They criticize those who aren't afraid to do the dirty work and condemn them if they haven't produced instant results. All they do is advertise. Advertising is worthless if it doesn't cause action. They advertise how stupid they are. The real shame is how the news media and other codependents fall all over the useless symbolizers and people that say politically correct things and look down their noses at the people who do instead of talk. Or maybe, there are a lot of people just looking for an excuse to "get nekkid". THE HECK WITH EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTSIt started with car dealers. Now, everyone wants to give me the employee's discount.I want the discount that the owner's give to their own grandmothers.
HETTY GREENWho was Hetty Green? She was the wealthiest and most miserly woman in the history of America. When she died in 1916, she was worth between $100-200 million which is equivalent to $17 billion in today's dollars.She inherited $5 million dollars when her father died. She inherited another $2 million from her aunt with a will that appeared Hetty had forged. She made her money investing in Civil War Bonds, real estate and railroad stocks and barely spending a cent. Hetty wore the same black dress everyday until it would disintegrate. She had the nickname "The Witch of Wall Street" probably because of her dress and personality. She worked sitting on the floor of her bank surrounded by trunks of papers because she refused to spend the money to rent an office. She got married, but got rid of him when she was forced to pay one his debts. Her son lost his leg because she refused to take him to the hospital after breaking his leg. She argued over every bill she got and was routinely sued by lawyers to collect legal fees. She would travel thousands of miles to collect debts owed to her. She lived in cheap grungy leased apartments. She ate broken cookies that she bought in bulk and warmed oatmeal on the office radiator. She had a bad hernia but refused to have an operation because it cost. Hetty was convinced that everyone was after her money. Hetty's only extravagance was her dog who they say ate better than her. She died at age 81, and left all of her money to her two children. Her children spent and gave money to charities generously. Read stories FreeEnterpriseLand.com
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