Last post wins!!!!!

[Bob]

Pancakes... Too much work for today.

[visitor]

4 5 6 paaaan CAKE!

[Bob]

I'm thinking eggs.  Maybe eggs.

[Bob]

Ah.  This will scare everyone away.  (Grammar included.  )

[perfect_pitch]

I've already paid mine off... you don't scare me!!!

[Bob]

I've already paid mine off... you don't scare me!!!

Huh?  ? This implies you're not in music.

Who was my time travelling counterpart?  Jmenz I think... I was wondering if this was some college payment scheme from decades ago when it was actually possible to pay for college while you were in college.

[Bob]

Can you pay mine off too?  I'll... give you music lessons or clean up your music studio on a weekly basis.

[chopinlover01]

Can you pay mine off too?  I'll... give you music lessons or clean up your music studio on a weekly basis.

I don't know about PP (or how the hell he payed off his student loans, seeing as he seems quite young), but anyone who comes near my scores and tries to reorganize them for me is getting a steel toe somewhere they don't want it!


...Just kidding. My parents work hard.

[pencilart3]

What's the difference between a large pizza and a professional pianist?

A large pizza can feed a family of four.

[Bob]

*Bob continues to wait for the student loan bubble to burst.*

[chopinlover01]

What's the difference between a large pizza and a professional pianist?
A large pizza can feed a family of four.

Since we're doing jokes,
https://euge.ca/2014/08/30/chopins-bolero/

[pencilart3]

Haha, good ole' hideous bolero

[chopinlover01]

Chopin's, though. Not Ravel's.

[lostinidlewonder]

I don't know about PP (or how the hell he payed off his student loans, seeing as he seems quite young)

We come from the best country in the world (Australia) where it still isn't insane expensive to get higher education. Though unfortunately it's getting more expensive.

[perfect_pitch]

I don't know about PP (or how the hell he payed off his student loans, seeing as he seems quite young), but anyone who comes near my scores and tries to reorganize them for me is getting a steel toe somewhere they don't want it!

I'm 31... it took me 8 years to pay off my University fees... plus whilst I was doing that, I bought a grand piano, a car and saved up a 10% deposit for a home.

I WORKED FOR IT!!! How else do you think I paid off my loan, ya lazy bum...    

Please tell me I'm not the only one who's capable of making a full time career and good pay from teaching piano???

We come from the best country in the world (Australia) where it still isn't insane expensive to get higher education. Though unfortunately it's getting more expensive.

Yeah, I sometimes wonder if I'm the last of the best generations, where it's possible to pay off your University loans, and pay for a house while you're still alive.

[Bob]

I don't even think my teachers had paid off their loans.  That was one reason one of them said they had to increase fees.

[Bob]

Don't click this link perfect_pitch.

&feature=youtu.be

[outin]

We come from the best country in the world (Australia) where it still isn't insane expensive to get higher education. Though unfortunately it's getting more expensive.

Wait, you actually have to PAY for higher education?!

[emill]

bumpity - bumpity - bump

[visitor]

Suddenly, a wild pancake!

[perfect_pitch]

Don't click this link perfect_pitch.

&feature=youtu.be

I hate that you almost compelled me to click the link...

And when I did, all I saw was a video of 5 woman who have absolutely NO JOB QUALIFICATIONS other than unlocking wire doors and shaking bits of tinsely crap around, wasting their life.

[pencilart3]

Did it ever occur to you guys that Thal and Alistair alone have made nearly 4% of all the posts ever made on this forum?

[chopinlover01]

Wait, you actually have to PAY for higher education?!

Yup, but it's highest in the US. Most people hear free college and go "NO THAT'S DIRTY DIRTY SOCIALISM, WE'RE MURICA AND CAPITALISTS!"

[Bob]

I hate that you almost compelled me to click the link...

And when I did, all I saw was a video of 5 woman who have absolutely NO JOB QUALIFICATIONS other than unlocking wire doors and shaking bits of tinsely crap around, wasting their life.

You will always remember this as the day that you almost clicked on that link.

[outin]

Yup, but it's highest in the US. Most people hear free college and go "NO THAT'S DIRTY DIRTY SOCIALISM, WE'RE MURICA AND CAPITALISTS!"

According to OECD the fees are not the highest in US but England and Japan.

It's just good to be from a "socialist" country I guess

Must say though that higher education has suffered a bit of an inflation in the recent decades, but it's not because it's free, but because at some point it was decided that about 65% should get a higher degree (bachelors, masters or doctorate). And at the same time there simply weren't enough jobs that actually require high education, partly because the public sector has been constantly downsized. So now we have a fair amount of highly educated people who cannot find a job or work in something that could have been achieved with a lot less schooling. And at the same time employers in some fields have trouble finding people with good practical skills.

[perfect_pitch]

You will always remember this as the day that you almost clicked on that link.

I'll remember it as the day I truly appreciated my job, knowing that it could be a LOT WORSE!!!

[yewtree]

Hey....go away!!   This is private!!

[perfect_pitch]

Personally, I like these chickens better.



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Damn... for a minute, I thought I had found a video of Lord Voldemort playing the piano...



Shame. I guess Google doesn't have everything.

[Bob]

I'll remember it as the day I truly appreciated my job, knowing that it could be a LOT WORSE!!!

This may finally explain what drives me to move to the mythical Australia-land and complete my transformation to jmenz (odd that he disappeared during this time) -- Student loans, price of health insurance... and then add over-priced/under-powered internet service here... Plus, they've got Hobbits (close enough)....  *Bob ponders taking out a giant loan before skipping the country to avoid paying it off.*  Haha... That almost sounds like the new American way, unfortunately.

[perfect_pitch]

This may finally explain what drives me to move to the mythical Australia-land and complete my transformation to jmenz

MYTHICAL??? What do you mean by that? You think I'm sitting on rainbows, clouds and unicorns here??? You Americans need to realise there's more countries in the world other than America     

[Bob]

A giant island that's also a continent?  Come on.  That's a little farfetched, isn't it?  Poisonous ducks who are also mammals?  Hobbits and wizards? 

Some copyright pirate "goes away to New Zealand" or somewhere, never seen again?  I see what's going on there.  Ditto with prisoners long ago.  "Uh, sure... They're not here... because they were all sent to... Australia, yeah...." 

They didn't even invest much thought in the name.  Just pick a country off to the side and change the ending a bit.  Could have been Germania or Turkeyland.

A quick Google search will reveal the truth.  "Australia doesn't exist" gives lots of hits.  I didn't actually look at them, but there are a lot of hits.

I haven't seen Australia so it must not exist.  Kangaroos are probably some weird genetic experiment.  Imagine the effort put in for that though just to get people to believe a continent exists. 

And then they needed to get a bunch of people to say they're from there and insist it exists.  There must be some kind of payment scheme.... Health care, free college... Making more sense now, right?  I bet they're international students frequently too.  It's hard to go to college at a place that doesn't exist.

There's plenty of open spaces on the map in the southern hemisphere.... *Bob considers making a Bobland continent.*   Imagine the coordination that must have happened long ago for everyone to buy into this Austria-land idea. 

[Bob]

https://i.imgur.com/g1GTW3v.mp4


Dang.... No way to post that here.

[perfect_pitch]

A giant island that's also a continent?  Come on.  That's a little farfetched, isn't it?  Poisonous ducks who are also mammals?  Hobbits and wizards? 

Some copyright pirate "goes away to New Zealand" or somewhere, never seen again?  I see what's going on there.  Ditto with prisoners long ago.  "Uh, sure... They're not here... because they were all sent to... Australia, yeah...." 

They didn't even invest much thought in the name.  Just pick a country off to the side and change the ending a bit.  Could have been Germania or Turkeyland.

A quick Google search will reveal the truth.  "Australia doesn't exist" gives lots of hits.  I didn't actually look at them, but there are a lot of hits.

I haven't seen Australia so it must not exist.  Kangaroos are probably some weird genetic experiment.  Imagine the effort put in for that though just to get people to believe a continent exists. 

And then they needed to get a bunch of people to say they're from there and insist it exists.  There must be some kind of payment scheme.... Health care, free college... Making more sense now, right?  I bet they're international students frequently too.  It's hard to go to college at a place that doesn't exist.

There's plenty of open spaces on the map in the southern hemisphere.... *Bob considers making a Bobland continent.*   Imagine the coordination that must have happened long ago for everyone to buy into this Austria-land idea. 

You CLEARLY put a lot of thought into this answer... so I award you points for being creative. Have a cookie:





PSSSST... It's laced with LCD and meth.

I'm going to let you linger in your own fantasies a little longer without bursting your bubble.

[Bob]

Supposedly j_menz is my future self.  I find it odd now that he disappeared, but now I'm thinking... Maybe there's a future version of j_menz on here now, and that's what happened.  *Bob ponders if Bob could be the future j_menz.*

[outin]

Supposedly j_menz is my future self.  I find it odd now that he disappeared, but now I'm thinking... Maybe there's a future version of j_menz on here now, and that's what happened.  *Bob ponders if Bob could be the future j_menz.*

Have you considered that you will cease to exist tomorrow or maybe the day after, so effectively wiping out your future self as well?

[visitor]

[perfect_pitch]

I think it's amusing to think that now Google has proof that you typed in the words 'naked man running and flailing his arms around' into its search engine.

Google OWNS you now, pregnant dog!     

[goldentone]

Thomas Jefferson stops by to give his words of wisdom to those gathered outside Monticello.  His last words:  "I must give farewell for now and return unto my wife who needs my rich wisdom."

[perfect_pitch]

[pencilart3]

That has always been one of my favorites haha

[perfect_pitch]

What about this one...

[Bob]

That should keep people off the thread, busy either reading or recovering from sore abs from laughing too hard.

[outin]

This one is for peepee:

[perfect_pitch]

I must retaliate with another cat picture...







    I'm a mean son of a b!tch, amn't I?   

[outin]

I must retaliate with another cat picture...







    I'm a mean son of a b!tch, amn't I?   

Sure you are my dear 

[perfect_pitch]

THAT SUCKS... It loaded the picture straight after I posted it...

BASTARDS!!!

Shame I don't live in Vietnam... they know what to do with cats...

[outin]

Shame I don't live in Vietnam... they know what to do with cats...

Other things have been roasted in Vietnam you know...

[pencilart3]

Thanks for the info.

[Bob]

(Yuck...)


And then a rogue wave appeared....

[yewtree]