New beginnings...

If you've seen this story before, oh well. You're ahead of my curve. If you haven't, get a laugh at it. XD Accurate or not, it amused the hell out of me. Sorry. No cut for you all.

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten

comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it
would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

So, that's what they decided to do.

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the
arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are
all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your
daily beer by $20." Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the
first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free.

But what about the other six men * the paying customers? How could they
divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair share?'

They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted
that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would
each end up being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested
that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same
amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued
to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to
compare their savings.

"I only got a dollar out of the $20,"declared the sixth man. He pointed
to the tenth man," but he got $10!"

"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar,
too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I got"

"That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back
when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"

"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get
anything at all. The system exploits the poor!"

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks so the nine sat
down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill,
they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money
between all of them for even half of the bill!



And that, ladies and gentlemen, journalists and college professors, is
how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the
most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for
being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they
might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat
friendlier.

David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics

University of Georgia

For those who understand, no explanation is needed.
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.

Haha, I'm bad =D Watching Diamond Dust Rebellion at work, but it was during my lunch, so... =o=

I'm not done yet, and pause to do work in between. This comp is slower than at home, which is annoying cus it skips randomly. BUT. I enjoy watching Hitsugaya struggling... I think I'm horrible that way. I enjoy watching people's helpless struggle as they pathetically cling to things.

Oh well. We knew I was horrible. Here, have dragons:

AHAHAHAHHAHA.

So, I was like. Hmmm. Everyone else has tried to breed their dragons but no one has produced an egg yet. I might as well try and see.

+ =

LAWL. I didn't see that coming. No. Really.

Aaand just because this post was all Dragons anyway. This is the rest of my Brood:



Hopefully those Fire Dragons will be male and female, or at least two males. No more women DX! Pan always called me 'Pimp!Daddy Kage' but seriously, no more XD

Oh, and as an aside, I stole this from gogochan.

( The Attachment Style Test )

Lulz. Oh personality tests. Stop being so accurate.

Today, we went to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg for Employee Day at my job.

I went on roller coasters. Realized that, while before, I just wanted an excuse not to ride on them, now I really DO get a little motion sick. Fail.

Had Lunch with co-workers. 50/50 good to bad ratio.

Spent about 4 hours with one of my co-workers and his wife that I get along with. 90/10 Good to bad.

Went into the bird aviary and was used as a human salt lick by one overly friendly bird. 100% hilarious.

Anything else after that? Totally moot cus that made my day.

Oh god... I know I got this from somewhere before, but I have to post it for massive f-list spammage for lulz.

O-Okay... Supposed to be going to sleep, like NOW but... but but but... XD

The Hymen - Not The Indicator of Virginity

Healthy Strokes - Hymen Gallery

IRON HYMEN: Abstinence-Only Program for Girls

Oh lawl. I couldn't help it. At least I didn't whip out the sparkles XD

I, of course blame this on Kris. Because if we weren't talking about Otakon and this icon:



I never would have thought about Andrew and his hymen jokes and then googled 'hymen'.

Did you know there's a Hymen-records? 8D