cmaD2006 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='Luigi' timestamp='1334505608' post='2418165'] 'Ay paisano! There's a lot more to Italian cuisine than pasta! - Olives & olive oils - Breads - Salamis and hams (including wild boar, in Tuscany) - Cheeses - Balsamic vinegar - Wines (Brunella, Chianti, Frascati, Montepulciano, Nero d'Avila, Orvieto, Vin Santo) - Liquors - Liqueurs (Amaretto, Fra Angelico, Limoncello) - Fruit (blood oranges! - there'd better be blood oranges in heaven, or I'm not going!) - Vegetables 'til you can count 'em all, and varieties you'll never see in the States - Biscotti, cassata I gotta go - I'm hungry... [/quote] Italians make the BEST coffee. Yup. In Italy. Yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) I mailed my state income taxes today because I forgot to do them with my federal ones. Oops. Too many years living in a state without income taxes...But now I make up for it by paying state and city income taxes. I went to the post office any everything! Like an adult! And then I rewarded myself with Ben and Jerry's. Because I'm an adult! ETA: Yeah, parents can claim kids that don't live at home and are going to school until the kids are 24. So even though I can have a job and my own student loans and live in a different state, my permanent address is still my parents' house and I'm still on their health insurance and car insurance. So they claim me as a dependent until 2013. But the plan is that by that time I'll have a job so I can pay ALL my bills ALL by myself! Like an adult! Edited April 17, 2012 by Basilisa Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 city income taxes, check. city property taxes, check. city garbage and everything else taxes, check. county taxes plus drink taxes, check state taxes, check. federal taxes, check. alcohol, check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 alcohol tax, check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Oh, taxation... I need to stop myself before I start writing the Conservative Manifesto... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1334676234' post='2419405'] Oh, taxation... I need to stop myself before I start writing the Conservative Manifesto... [/quote] Dude, taxation is wonderful. A stinky wonderful. I like having roads and police and firemen and public schools (well, the ones I went to) and water that I can pay to come out of my faucet and electricity that I can pay to have turned on, and my garbage taken away and medicine for old people and...and... It's way easier than the alternative. A while ago my neighborhood's homeowner's association unanimously voted to get our private road paved (we live in the woods, and everyone taking shifts on filling up the HUGE potholes every year from the rain was getting old), and getting everyone to cough up for their share was a nightmare. Cue the same process when we got Comcast to run a hookup line down so we could FINALLY get rid of our dial-up internet. So long story short I don't mind paying a bit to have the government make sure my highways are good. Tax all the rich people though. Tax them lots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='Basilisa Marie' timestamp='1334676901' post='2419415'] [/quote] fixed. The rest was too serious for the lame board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJon16 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='Amppax' timestamp='1334517428' post='2418243'] Least i'm not greasy. Won't give anyone a heart attack. [/quote] [quote name='USAirwaysIHS' timestamp='1334588915' post='2418683'] [size=4]I don't know what amppax is, but I know it's the same thing as me, because nobody else could be as aw[size=1]esome. Here are some things that aren't Italian versus things that are.[/size][/size] [size=4]blah, blah, blah... [/size] [/quote] [img]http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpkqi26mTI1qmn5omo1_500.jpg[/img] Okay. I'm about to rage. Ready Luigi? This is gonna be a good one.... [img]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgf3dlUY281qbh7dc.gif[/img] [img]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m25bwdgbYP1qb647mo1_400.gif[/img] [img]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1f7sucIv61qgs9ujo1_500.gif[/img] [img]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0uqoxTlt51qjrxbg.gif[/img] [img]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0uqpy4mSz1qjrxbg.gif[/img] [img]http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs5/1957354_o.gif[/img] [img]http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs3/2971540_o.gif[/img] [img]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgf3e64Inb1qbh7dc.gif[/img] [img]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lga4opxYr71qdgmz0.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Maybe that uncontrollable Italian temper is why your people have never contributed anything to society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJon16 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='USAirwaysIHS' timestamp='1334692492' post='2419656'] Maybe that uncontrollable Italian temper is why your people have never contributed anything to society. [/quote] Have you ever even heard of the Renaissance? If that doesn't count as a contribution to society, than what does? Surely not you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='BigJon16' timestamp='1334692696' post='2419658'] Have you ever even heard of the Renaissance? If that doesn't count as a contribution to society, than what does? Surely not you. [/quote] Pfft. Please, your Renaissance wasn't the first, or only, one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 The Renaissance is the absolute pinnacle of historicism. Also, it marks the beginning of the descent into the secularism in which we find ourselves today. So you're right, your people have indeed contributed to society. I should have been more explicit, and said that your people have never [i]positively [/i]contributed to society. I figured it was implied, but I forgot I was talking to talians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Please.. Don't speak ill of italians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1334697235' post='2419749'] Please.. Don't speak ill of italians. [/quote] Especially when they're trying to finish their taxes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 [quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1334697235' post='2419749'] Please.. Don't speak ill of italians. [/quote] yeah, speaking of italians makes me ill too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now