WHEN I SAY I'M BROKE...I'M BROKE!

A little old lady answered a knock on the door one day, only to be confronted by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner.
'Good morning,' said the young man. 'If I could take a couple of minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners.'
'Go away,' said the old lady. 'I haven't got any money, I'm broke!' As she proceeded to close the door, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed wide open.
'Don't be too hasty,' he said. 'Not until you have at least seen my demonstration.'
And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse manure on to her hallway carpet.

'If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this horse manure from your carpet, Madam, I will personally eat the remainder. The old lady stepped back and said, 'Well I hope you've got a good appetite, because they cut off my electricity this morning.

What part of broke do you not understand?


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The Joke No One Heard

Have you heard about the Super Bowl commercial that Pepsi is running prior to the big game? It involves 2 deaf people, trying to locate their deaf friends house. They are arguing about who was suppose to have the address, when the driver gets an idea.

Being on the cutting edge of blogging, I have gotten the 30-second commercial for you to preview now, without waiting until Sunday. Go ahead and check it out, and then leave me your comments on this hilarious video.


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2007's Top 5 Favorite ways To Destroy Credit Cards

We all know you should destroy your credit cards (as Dave Ramsey says). Scissors and shredders get the job done, but how much fun is that? There’s got to be more entertaining ways to destroy your card, so I’ve searched all over to find you the top 5 ways to dispose of your credit cards.



Kids, don’t try this at home.

5. Microwave it
This may not be the most effective means but still a fun method of destroying your credit card. I really expected it to spark and crack rather than ... well, you'll see.

4. Blow it up
Very funny. Watch and be amused as this Amateur shows his cards who is boss.



3. Blend it
Looks kind of fun, I don’t think anyone will be getting those card numbers.


2. Mow it
The Prince (that's me) destroys not only my credit cards, but those of a friend (Sean) while I attempt to keep the camera steady (not to successfully) on the destruction.


- and the number one way to destroy your credit cards. -

1. Shoot it
An entertaining little "soap opera" of the credit card which refused to die.

Frugal Cartoon

Dawn over at Frugal For Life, posted a copy of a Sunday comic of Stone Soup. I have seen this strip from time to time and enjoy it each time I see it. This time, however, it was especially relevant to those of us, who live a frugal life or even just life on a budget. For your enjoyment, I have posted the cartoon below:

Top 24 Ways To Destroy Your Credit Cards

I recently came across a post, I think I actually seen it before but, that listed 27 Fun Ways to Destroy Your Old Credit Card. Well, after recently destroying my 1 credit card and 3 others of a friend, I found the post to be incomplete. As I found more you tube videos, I will add them to the collection below.


Now for my list:

24. Contact your local bomb squad - see if they will toss it in the machine the next time they have a suspicious package.

23. Toss it in a burning building - Not that bright of an idea, but would melt them pretty good.

22. Flatten it at the Indy 500 - Toss your old credit card in the path of 33 blazing automobiles and rejoice as it’s flattened into the raceway.

21. Multiple ways - If you want to make sure it's destroyed and unavailable to anyone else, then put several of these ideas together. For example, you might cut it up, then flush half of it and burn the other half.

20. Make a Collage - after I ran those cards under the lawn mower, I made a collage of sorts out of the remaining pieces.

19. Throw it in the river - Place it (or them) in a bag with a rock and then chuck it into the river. It will then be forever more at the bottom of the river.

18. Toss it in with the Cat Litter — Can’t say enough nasty things about your old credit card company? Let your cat do the talking for you. Toss the card in their litter box and giggle manically while it’s covered in, well, you get the picture. (thanks Frugalist)

17. Chain saw/Saw zaw - pin the card to a piece of wood. then attack it with a chainsaw or Saw Zaw, that would be dramatic and loud.

16. Target Practice - How about going to a firing range and attaching the card to a target and then blast it with a few bullets?

15. Thermite - combine powdered rust with ground aluminum and make thermite. It burns hot enough to melt through an engine block. (But you have to light it with a strip of magnesium, available on the Internet for a buck or two)

14. Dartboard - Put your card on the dart board and start tossing those darts.

13. Make your card famous — Post your cards demise on You Tube

12. Dryer - See just how many times it can make it through the dryer

11.“Throwing Stars” — Bring out your inner ninja and get some target practice by tying your old card to a tree and seeing how many times you can hit it with your throwing stars.

10.See how many pieces you can cut it into — Grab a pair of scissors, and see how many teeny tiny pieces you can get out of your credit card before your hand freezes up or you reach the end.

9.Piranha - If you live in or are visiting South America, you might want to feed it to the closest piranha.

8. Hot sun and the dash board - If you can cook cookies or eggs on your dashboard in the current triple digit heat, why not melt you credit card(s) on the dashboard?

7. Cook - Place your credit card(s) in the oven (on a cookie sheet) or place it in a skillet and cook it to it's death.

6. Give your fish a new toy — Want a constant reminder of your credit problems? Toss your old credit card in the fish tank and let your fish gape at it constantly.

5. Chipper - Throw you card(s) into a tree branch chipper and watch it become little tiny pieces.

4. Break into a locked room - you have seen the movies where someone breaks into a locked room or office with a credit card and it always seems to work, but chances are it will be broken into two pieces.

3. Cremate it and spread the ashes - Kind of self explanatory.

2. Shred Them - Run your credit card(s) through a shredder.

- and the number one way -

1. Mow them - my personal favorite, run a lawn mower over those credit cards like I did in the you tube video posted above.

In all cases make sure the credit card(s) are canceled before the destruction, just in case anything should be found by some unscrupulous person.
Do you have any others ideas? Let's make this list more complete. Do you know of any other youtube videos of credit card destruction, let me know so I can add them to the video reel above.

Funny Tax Protest Pisses of Taxpayers, Costs County Money

Have you ever thought that you were paying to much in property taxes? Wanted to do something about it?

Well Cary Malchow of Muncie, IN answered yes to both of those questions. After receiving a tax bill that he thought was unusually high, he took action.

Saying,

he wanted people to see the pain of his property tax bill when he hauled $12,656.07 in coins and $1 bills to the county treasurer's office.

Malchow is not new to tax protests

"I did it so people can physically see what $12,000 is," said Malchow, who has staged other recent protests to draw attention to Indiana's property tax increases.

Delaware County Treasurer Warren Beebe said, It took 75 minutes to count out the cash. Which also pissed off customers who had to wait in line behind him, according to Beebe.

Not only that, but the protest cost the county some income.

Malchow's protest prevented the office from making its daily bank deposit, costing the county an estimated $1,135.90 in interest that would have otherwise accrued overnight, Beebe said.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/5054960.html

Humerous Prayer

Dear Lord,
So far today I have done
all right. I haven't lost
my temper, haven't been
greedy, grumpy, nasty,
selfish or overindulgent.
I am really glad about
all that.
But, Lord,
in a few minutes I'm
going to get out of bed,
and from then on I am
really going to need
Your help.

Humorous Video Explains High Water Bill

I recently found this video online. A couple couldn't figure out why their water bill was high. Then one day, they found out. Surprised they video taped. The answer will surprise you. While the video is funny, it has a serious side. In this case to keep their water bill normal or lower, this couple started keeping the bathroom door shut. Anyway, just watch the video and you will understand why.

Jib Jab: What we Call The News

After seeing this on the Tonight Show last night, I know I had to post it. Hope you have a good laugh watching it. I will also post it on my Joke of the Day website.

What We Call the News | Send To Friends | Funny Animations at JibJab

Video: Hilarious Video

Good morning across the debted plains. So opens this hilarious video I first seen on Need To Be Debt Free.



The video is the work of Jon Hanson.

24 billion??? Are You Crazy?

Did you hear about this in the news? When I seen it on my television news, I knew I had to search the Internet and discuss this crazy electric bill that several electric customers in Weatherford, Texas received recently.

WEATHERFORD, Texas -- Perhaps his $24 billion electric bill will teach Richard Redden to turn down the thermostat a bit.

Redden and more than 1,300 Weatherford utility customers this week received billion-dollar electric bills marked as late notices. The mega-charges were attributed to a printing error.

Yep, you read that correctly. Individual customers were billed over 24 billion dollars on a single bill. Now that is what I call a huge bill. Redden commented on the billing by saying,

``I know they raised the rates on kilowatt hours a little bit,'' Redden said. ``I guess we shouldn't have run the heater quite so much this month.''

I am with him on turning the heat down, but man that is huge kilowatt rates.

Pimped Out John Sweepstakes

Cincinnati, Ohio — January 27, Thomas Crapper Day, 2007) — The average person spends 11,862 hours in the bathroom — which equals one year, four months and five days — in a lifetime. It's amazing the crapper, or as some say, "the toilet," has evolved so little since the Romans invented the latrine in 2500 B.C., with the most significant advance happening when Albert Giblin, an employee of Thomas Crapper, perfected an effective flush toilet in 1898. The days of emperors and queens have ended, but that doesn't mean you don't deserve your very own bathroom throne.
After all, what is a toilet? A private seat of power, a place to escape and experience a few stolen moments of pure solitude. It should be the most wonderful location in your home, but unfortunately, most toilets are bland and boring.
Fear not, boring toilet victims! Thanks to Roto-Rooter®, the ultimate toilet now exists. They've developed a customized, one-of-a-kind throne; a truly "Pimped out John," designed to fulfill all of your wildest bathroom dreams. But, you won't find it in stores. Only one lucky person will win this gleaming monument to personal convenience by entering Roto-Rooter's online "Pimped out John," sweepstakes. And, anyone can enter to win at www.rotorooter.com.
Pimped out John
Roto-Rooter's "Pimped out John" is outfitted with every feature a modern king or queen could want in a bathroom throne, and underneath all of the trappings, is a superb Kohler® toilet. This amazing commode is fully loaded with the following "luxury enhancements":

• Philips™ 20-inch LCD TV and Star Wars DVD
• Xbox™ 360 gaming system
• Philips™ DVD player
• Gateway® EMachine™ laptop computer with fully articulated robot arm
• iPod™ with stereo docking station equipped with toilet paper dispenser
• Roto-Rooter "emergency" button
• Tivo™ recorder
• Avanti™ refrigerator with beer tap, stocked with drinks and snacks
• Magazine rack and subscriptions to Sports Illustrated, ESPN and GQ
• Bike pedal exerciser
• Cup warmer / cooler

Are you tired of reading the same jokes in Reader's Digest? We suggest you watch "Star Wars" on your flat-screen TV instead; and chat with your buddies about the fight scenes using your robot-arm-mounted laptop. Bored with the standard crossword puzzle? Try donning your headset to play online multiplayer video games. Picture this: Your refrigerator and magazine rack are stocked with your favorite drinks and monthlies, your bike pedals are giving your quads a run for their money and you're downloading — and listening to — new music on your iPod. After all, if something goes awry, you can always turn to your big red "Roto-Rooter Emergency" button. You'll never want to leave your toilet ever again.
"The bathroom is the perfect place for your very own throne. It shouldn't always be regarded as the room of last resort," contends Steven Pollyea, Roto-Rooter vice president of marketing. "We hope that with the 'Pimped out John,' young people especially, will have a good laugh and think of Roto-Rooter when they need high quality plumbing and drain service."
And, Roto-Rooter technicians will even come to your home to install the Pimped out John! Visit http://www.rotorooter.com/john/index.php to register to win the "Pimped out John" from January 24, 2007, through April 2, 2007. The lucky winner will be crowned on National Plumber's Day, April 25, 2007.

You might never want to leave your bathroom again.