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I bumped it for you, drinky.

Why am I sending out work emails at midnight, half cocked, on a Thursday, to Sweden? Those #######s have to be awake by now. I think I'll play dumb until morning if they reply.

 
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Had a frightening experience doing my taxes today. I've been putting it off a bit for a couple reasons. I sold my house in a short sale last year because of my pending divorce, and the laws regarding debt forgiveness are a little murky. Although I was pretty sure I wasn't going to have to pay taxes on the nearly $200K in loan debt that was written off, I wasn't absolutely positive (mostly because of one opinion that I got from someone who should have known better). Also, determining this debt was basically the last step necessary before finalizing a divorce that I never really wanted, so I was kind of avoiding it.

Anyway, I'm using tax software, figuring that if it says I owe the full worst case scenario amount I'll take it to a CPA and see if I can qualify under a different hardship exception that I'm borderline on since we haven't actually filed the divorce papers yet. I put in all of the information, and it says I owe $55,000. I get sort of sick to my stomach and stare at the screen for a while. Finally, I figure I'll print it out and take it to the CPA next week. Turns out that the software doesn't run the statutory exemption until the very end, so on the last click it changes from owing $55,000 to owing $71.

Now I get to go get my divorce finalized, but at least I don't owe the IRS on top of it. Yay me.
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The IRS called and you do owe $55K.April Fools! Awesome ending. Yay you!.

 
:lmao: There's this guy I work with, one of our deans, who can't pronounce any thing foreign to save his life. He's not a moron or anything but he butchers kids last names all the time.

Just now he called up a kid over the PA with the last name Espericueta. Now that's not an easy name to pronounce but the kid has been here for 3 years and his older brother was here before him. Dean called him "Uh-spare-Kuwaiti". The other day he called up a girl with the last name "Contois" (kuhn-twah). He called her "can-toe-is". I asked her about it later and she said "That's nothing. For the last 8 months he's been calling me 'Janelle'". Her first name is Heather.

He also can't say amphitheater. He says "Ampy-theater".

 
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I was going to tell my fiance I was pregnant for April Fools (I have the ability to fake a pregnancy test). But then I realized that it would be seriously unfunny.

 
'RudiStein said:
:lmao: There's this guy I work with, one of our deans, who can't pronounce any thing foreign to save his life. He's not a moron or anything but he butchers kids last names all the time.Just now he called up a kid over the PA with the last name Espericueta. Now that's not an easy name to pronounce but the kid has been here for 3 years and his older brother was here before him. Dean called him "Uh-spare-Kuwaiti". The other day he called up a girl with the last name "Contois" (kuhn-twah). He called her "can-toe-is". I asked her about it later and she said "That's nothing. For the last 8 months he's been calling me 'Janelle'". Her first name is Heather.He also can't say amphitheater. He says "Ampy-theater".
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There is a commercial on SiriusXM right now where a guy mispronounces "dollar." It is driving me crazy.
 
'Idiot Boxer said:
'RudiStein said:
:lmao: There's this guy I work with, one of our deans, who can't pronounce any thing foreign to save his life. He's not a moron or anything but he butchers kids last names all the time.Just now he called up a kid over the PA with the last name Espericueta. Now that's not an easy name to pronounce but the kid has been here for 3 years and his older brother was here before him. Dean called him "Uh-spare-Kuwaiti". The other day he called up a girl with the last name "Contois" (kuhn-twah). He called her "can-toe-is". I asked her about it later and she said "That's nothing. For the last 8 months he's been calling me 'Janelle'". Her first name is Heather.He also can't say amphitheater. He says "Ampy-theater".
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There is a commercial on SiriusXM right now where a guy mispronounces "dollar." It is driving me crazy.
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How do you mispronounce that?
 
'Idiot Boxer said:
'RudiStein said:
:lmao: There's this guy I work with, one of our deans, who can't pronounce any thing foreign to save his life. He's not a moron or anything but he butchers kids last names all the time.Just now he called up a kid over the PA with the last name Espericueta. Now that's not an easy name to pronounce but the kid has been here for 3 years and his older brother was here before him. Dean called him "Uh-spare-Kuwaiti". The other day he called up a girl with the last name "Contois" (kuhn-twah). He called her "can-toe-is". I asked her about it later and she said "That's nothing. For the last 8 months he's been calling me 'Janelle'". Her first name is Heather.He also can't say amphitheater. He says "Ampy-theater".
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There is a commercial on SiriusXM right now where a guy mispronounces "dollar." It is driving me crazy.
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They used to have a penny stock website commercial where the guy would say that the stocks they highlighted woud "literally explode!". Drove me crazy.
 
'RudiStein said:
'Idiot Boxer said:
'RudiStein said:
:lmao: There's this guy I work with, one of our deans, who can't pronounce any thing foreign to save his life. He's not a moron or anything but he butchers kids last names all the time.Just now he called up a kid over the PA with the last name Espericueta. Now that's not an easy name to pronounce but the kid has been here for 3 years and his older brother was here before him. Dean called him "Uh-spare-Kuwaiti". The other day he called up a girl with the last name "Contois" (kuhn-twah). He called her "can-toe-is". I asked her about it later and she said "That's nothing. For the last 8 months he's been calling me 'Janelle'". Her first name is Heather.He also can't say amphitheater. He says "Ampy-theater".
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There is a commercial on SiriusXM right now where a guy mispronounces "dollar." It is driving me crazy.
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How do you mispronounce that?
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Maybe something like tea hat, but that's not important right now.
 
'RudiStein said:
'Idiot Boxer said:
'RudiStein said:
:lmao: There's this guy I work with, one of our deans, who can't pronounce any thing foreign to save his life. He's not a moron or anything but he butchers kids last names all the time.Just now he called up a kid over the PA with the last name Espericueta. Now that's not an easy name to pronounce but the kid has been here for 3 years and his older brother was here before him. Dean called him "Uh-spare-Kuwaiti". The other day he called up a girl with the last name "Contois" (kuhn-twah). He called her "can-toe-is". I asked her about it later and she said "That's nothing. For the last 8 months he's been calling me 'Janelle'". Her first name is Heather.He also can't say amphitheater. He says "Ampy-theater".
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There is a commercial on SiriusXM right now where a guy mispronounces "dollar." It is driving me crazy.
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How do you mispronounce that?
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doler?
 
'RudiStein said:
'Idiot Boxer said:
'RudiStein said:
:lmao: There's this guy I work with, one of our deans, who can't pronounce any thing foreign to save his life. He's not a moron or anything but he butchers kids last names all the time.Just now he called up a kid over the PA with the last name Espericueta. Now that's not an easy name to pronounce but the kid has been here for 3 years and his older brother was here before him. Dean called him "Uh-spare-Kuwaiti". The other day he called up a girl with the last name "Contois" (kuhn-twah). He called her "can-toe-is". I asked her about it later and she said "That's nothing. For the last 8 months he's been calling me 'Janelle'". Her first name is Heather.He also can't say amphitheater. He says "Ampy-theater".
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There is a commercial on SiriusXM right now where a guy mispronounces "dollar." It is driving me crazy.
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How do you mispronounce that?
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I can't even begin to type it out phonetically.
 
'bostonfred said:
'RudiStein said:
'Idiot Boxer said:
'RudiStein said:
:lmao: There's this guy I work with, one of our deans, who can't pronounce any thing foreign to save his life. He's not a moron or anything but he butchers kids last names all the time.Just now he called up a kid over the PA with the last name Espericueta. Now that's not an easy name to pronounce but the kid has been here for 3 years and his older brother was here before him. Dean called him "Uh-spare-Kuwaiti". The other day he called up a girl with the last name "Contois" (kuhn-twah). He called her "can-toe-is". I asked her about it later and she said "That's nothing. For the last 8 months he's been calling me 'Janelle'". Her first name is Heather.He also can't say amphitheater. He says "Ampy-theater".
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There is a commercial on SiriusXM right now where a guy mispronounces "dollar." It is driving me crazy.
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How do you mispronounce that?
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Maybe something like tea hat, but that's not important right now.
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Hey-oooooooo!
 
ok. I'll try. It is something like "duahller" but more swallowed.

It annoys me more than people who pronounce Realtor as "REAL-TOUR"

 
'Idiot Boxer said:
ok. I'll try. It is something like "duahller" but more swallowed.It annoys me more than people who pronounce Realtor as "REAL-TOUR"
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I've heard realtor pronounced like ree-uhl-tore, and I agree that it's grating. But this is potentially much more concerning. Please tell me you don't pronounce tour like four.
 
'RudiStein said:
:lmao: There's this guy I work with, one of our deans, who can't pronounce any thing foreign to save his life. He's not a moron or anything but he butchers kids last names all the time.Just now he called up a kid over the PA with the last name Espericueta. Now that's not an easy name to pronounce but the kid has been here for 3 years and his older brother was here before him. Dean called him "Uh-spare-Kuwaiti". The other day he called up a girl with the last name "Contois" (kuhn-twah). He called her "can-toe-is". I asked her about it later and she said "That's nothing. For the last 8 months he's been calling me 'Janelle'". Her first name is Heather.He also can't say amphitheater. He says "Ampy-theater".
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:lmao: As I spent the last week in Michigan, I'm reminded of the fact that 75% of people from that state cannot pronounce "Oregon" correctly. It's seemingly impossible for them. I just laugh at my MIL when she does it and mock her lightly, but she still can't do it. 'Ora-GONE'. :lmao:
 
'General Malaise said:
'RudiStein said:
:lmao: There's this guy I work with, one of our deans, who can't pronounce any thing foreign to save his life. He's not a moron or anything but he butchers kids last names all the time.Just now he called up a kid over the PA with the last name Espericueta. Now that's not an easy name to pronounce but the kid has been here for 3 years and his older brother was here before him. Dean called him "Uh-spare-Kuwaiti". The other day he called up a girl with the last name "Contois" (kuhn-twah). He called her "can-toe-is". I asked her about it later and she said "That's nothing. For the last 8 months he's been calling me 'Janelle'". Her first name is Heather.He also can't say amphitheater. He says "Ampy-theater".
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:lmao: As I spent the last week in Michigan, I'm reminded of the fact that 75% of people from that state cannot pronounce "Oregon" correctly. It's seemingly impossible for them. I just laugh at my MIL when she does it and mock her lightly, but she still can't do it. 'Ora-GONE'. :lmao:
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OR A GUN
 
Tour and Four do not rhyme.

Tour actually rhymes with "sewer".

Four rhymes with "door" "core" "whore" and of course "fore" and "for".

 
'Dan said:
'RudiStein said:
Tour and Four do not rhyme.

Tour actually rhymes with "sewer".

Four rhymes with "door" "core" "whore" and of course "fore" and "for".
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bull####. it's toor and foor. both rhyme with sewer
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I think its toor and foor except neither rhymes with sewer. Putting an extra syllable to make tour rhyme with sewer sounds hoity-toity to me.Man I sure am looking forward to the next My Morning Jacket tewer! Gay.

 
Anybody feel like brain storming up in here?

If so, I have a little project I'd like to call "Operation Warehouse". In this project, you and I have access to an entirely empty ~5,000 Sq. Ft. warehouse and a clean slate to create a business model. The space is owned in full but you and I are unsure about what is and isn't allowed under city ordinances. Calls will have to be made, but there is no landlord obstacle. Think of this warehouse as America and you and I as immigrants, free to dream and set up shop for a slice of greenback pie.

We can spitball in here or, if you wanted to get serious about this, maybe we could form a little 'board' and take our meetings off-site or on-chat? If things progressed, perhaps we could call in a lawyer to draw up some sort of equity share or incorporation or something.

Well...my PM Box and this thread or open for discussion. :popcorn:

 
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