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A GERMAN SPEAKING TOWN IN TEXAS
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Speaking German IN Texas:
In Texas there is a town called New Braunfels , where there is a large German-speaking population. One day, a local rancher driving down a country road noticed a man using his hand to drink water from the rancher’s stock pond.
The rancher rolled down the window and shouted:
“Sehr angenehm! Trink das Wasser nicht. Die kuehe haben darein geschissen.”
Which means: “Glad to meet you! Don’t drink the water. The cows have shit in it.”
The man shouted back: “I’m from New York and just down here campaigning for Obama’s health care and financial reform plans. I can’t understand you. Please speak in English.”
The rancher yelled back: “Use both hands.”
TAP DANCING TO A LONG LIFE
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LIFE CYCLE OF A PENIS – Part 1
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Experts explain how a penis changes in size, appearance, and sexual function as a man ages.
By David Freeman
It’s no secret that a man’s sexual function declines with age. As his testosterone level falls, it takes more to arouse him. Once aroused, he takes longer to get an erection and to achieve orgasm and, following orgasm, to become aroused again. Age brings marked declines in semen volume and sperm quality. Erectile dysfunction (ED), or impotence, is clearly linked to advancing years; between the ages of 40 and 70, the percentage of potent men falls from 60% to roughly 30%, studies show.
Men also experience a gradual decline in urinary function. Studies show that a man’s urine stream weakens over time, the consequence of weakened bladder muscles and, in many cases, prostate enlargement.
And that’s not all. Recent research confirms what men have long suspected and, in some cases, feared: that the penis itself undergoes significant changes as a man moves from his sexual prime — around age 30 for most guys — into middle age and on to his dotage. These changes include:
Appearance. There are two major changes. The head of the penis (glans) gradually loses its purplish color, the result of reduced blood flow. And there is a slow loss of pubic hair. “As testosterone wanes, the penis gradually reverts to its prepubertal, mostly hairless, state,” says Irwin Goldstein, MD, director of sexual medicine at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego and editor-in-chief of The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Penis Size. Weight gain is common as men grow older. As fat accumulates on the lower abdomen, the apparent size of the penis changes. “A large prepubic fat pad makes the penile shaft look shorter,” says Ira Sharlip, MD, clinical professor of urology at the University of California, San Francisco.
“In some cases, abdominal fat all but buries the penis,” says Ronald Tamler, MD, PhD, co-director of the Men’s Health Program at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. “One way I motivate my overweight patients is by telling them that they can appear to gain up to an inch in size simply by losing weight.”
In addition to this apparent shrinkage (which is reversible) the penis tends to undergo an actual (and irreversible) reduction in size. The reduction — in both length and thickness — typically isn’t dramatic but may be noticeable. “If a man’s erect penis is 6 inches long when he is in his 30s, it might be 5 or 5-and-a-half inches when he reaches his 60s or 70s,” says Goldstein.
What causes the penis to shrink? At least two mechanisms are involved, experts say. One is the slow deposition of fatty substances (plaques) inside tiny arteries in the penis, which impairs blood flow to the organ. This process, known as atherosclerosis, is the same one that contributes to blockages inside the coronary arteries — a leading cause of heart attack.
Source: [click here]>>>To read part 2 and view the full article from WebMD
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WHAT TIME IS IT?
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LIVE TO A RIPE OLD AGE
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1. Choose Wisely. A study that followed 20,000 men and women, ages 45 to 79, for 13 years found that poor lifestyle choices can shorten lifespan by as many as 14 years. The researchers found that study subjects with the lowest number of healthy behaviors were four-times more likely to die during the study period, most notably from cardiovascular disease. In fact, participants with the lowest healthy lifestyle scores had the same risk of dying as someone with the highest healthy lifestyle scores who was 14 years older.
2. Why Risk It? Adding support to the above, a study of 23,153 German men and women, ages 35 to 65 years, found that four lifestyle factors slashed the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer by 80 percent: 1. never smoking, 2. body mass index of 30 or less, 3. exercising 3.5 hours a week, and 4. eating a healthy diet. The study authors concluded: “The message is clear. Adhering to 4 simple healthy lifestyle factors can have a strong impact on the prevention of chronic diseases.”
3. The practical choices we make on an everyday basis are what help us achieve living an extended healthy lifespan. Take a little time and evaluate your current health in conjunction with your health care provider. Small, progressive changes can make a big difference in how long you live and the quality of life you enjoy.
Source Dr. Scott Tobkes’s recommended newsletter, “To Your Health.”
BIZZARE CREATIONS OF NATURE – FRENCH
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FABLE OF THE PORCUPINE
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It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions.
After awhile, they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice: Either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. They learned to live with the little wounds caused by the close relationship with their companions in order to receive the heat that came from the others. This way they were able to survive.
The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person’s good qualities.
The moral of the story is: Just learn to live with the Pricks in your life!
THE 2-WEEK CHINESE DIET
By Harvey Tobkes
Today I had a brainstorm about dieting that I would like to share with you; it is based on the Chinese culture.
The diet is simple enough, just buy a few dozen pairs of disposable Chinese chop sticks and eat all your meals that way for two weeks. No other utensils are allowed. That’s it! Guaranteed you will lose 10 pounds. How the Chinese eaters maneuver food from their plate to their mouths is a mystery, but I have observed that they lift very small portions, and then only about 50% of that makes it to its destination. What an ingenious way of cutting back on food intake. Just compare their use of chopstick utensils to our use of shovel sized table-spoons and the “pitch-forks” we use for spearing our chicken and steaks. For your free 2 weeks supply of chopsticks, send an email to:
Have you ever seen a stout Chinese person? Not likely, they are a rarity in nature.
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TRUTHS ABOUT TWINS
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Great things come in pairs, so they say. This week, Tidbits shares some truths about twins.
• About one-third of all twins are identical, or monozygotic. This means they were formed from a single fertilized egg that splits into two. When it splits, there are either two males or two females. It’s a very small window of time for the split to It must happen during the first 14 days after conception, or it won’t happen! Fraternal twins are formed from two separate eggs, fertilized separately. The combination can be two males, two females or one of each.
• In the United States, the birthrate for twins is about 3 percent. Approximately 70 percent of twins are the result of fertility treatments. In America, one in 50 people is a dizygotic (fraternal) twin, and one in 150 is a monozygotic (identical) twin. If a woman is a fraternal twin, she has about a one in 17 chance of giving birth to twins. Each year, about 140,000 babies bom in the United States are part of a set of twins. Over 50 percent of those are born prematurely.
• Several celebrities have a twin sibling, including Scarlett Johansson, who has a twin brother Hunter, and Vin Diesel, whose twin brother is a film editor. Kiefer Sutherland’s twin sister is also in the movie business, as a post-production supervisor and casting assistant. Ashton
Kutcher’s fraternal twin brother is afflicted with cerebral palsy and had a heart transplant as a youth.• Other celebrities are parents of twins, such as singers Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Jennifer Lopez, and film stars Julia Roberts, Michael J. Fox, Denzel Washington, Mary & Kate Olsen and Mel Gibson.
• The correct term for Siamese twins is “conjoined” twins. These occur when the babies do not fully separate from each other because the division of the fertilized egg is incomplete.
Source: “Tidbits” of Hallandale Beach, Hollywood and Dania. The Neatest Little Newspaper Ever Read.
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HE WHO LAUGHS LAST…LAUGHS BEST!
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By Andy Borowitz
Conncerned White House Aides Say Obama Has Not Stopped Laughing Since Saturday Night
Staff Mystified by Uncharacteristic Giddiness.WASHINGTON (BorowitzReport.com) – White House aides are alarmed by uncharacteristic behavior on the part of President Obama, who they say has been laughing uncontrollably since 7 PM Saturday night.
The aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that they heard “unusual howls” coming from the Oval Office just after the seven o’clock hour on Saturday evening, causing them to rush to the President to ascertain the cause of the uproar.
“It was weird,” one aide said. “He was just watching cable news.”
The staff members thought little of the normally reserved President’s giggle attack until it continued throughout the weekend, which saw Mr. Obama laughing uncontrollably and stopping only to gasp for air.
Ever since Saturday, Mr. Obama has been oddly giddy throughout White House staff meetings, the aide said, and has been seen doodling the initials N.G.
in the margins of memos “like a love-struck schoolgirl.”“The only thing we can think of that N.G. might stand for is Not Good,” the aide said. “But why would he be so happy about something that’s not good?”
Mr. Obama’s high spirits were on evidence today in a brief White House appearance, in which the President made the following statement about the administration’s energy policies: “Going forward, the United States of America will bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha.”
IL DIVO – SINGING “MAMA”
Il Divo (“divine male performer” in Italian) is a multinational operatic pop vocal group created by music manager, executive, and reality TV star Simon Cowell. Formed in the United Kingdom, they are also signed to Cowell’s record label, Syco Music. Il Divo is a group of four male singers: Spanish baritone Carlos Marín, Swiss tenor Urs Bühler, American tenor David Miller, and French pop singer Sébastien Izambard.
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ROMANCE STORY WRITTEN AT BUFFALO AIRPORT
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He approached me soundlessly, from behind, and spoke in a low, reassuring voice close to my ear. “Just relax.”
Without warning he reached down and I felt his strong, calloused hands start at my ankles, gently probing, and moving upward along my calves slowly but steadily. My breath caught in my throat. I knew I should be afraid, but somehow I didn’t care. His touch was so experienced, so sure.
When his hands moved up onto my thighs, I gave a slight shudder, and partly closed my eyes. My pulse was pounding. I felt his knowing fingers caress my abdomen, my ribcage. And then, as he cupped my firm, full breasts in his hands, I inhaled sharply. Probing, searching, knowing what he wanted, he brought his hands to my shoulders, slid them down my tingling spine and into my panties.
Although I knew nothing about this man, I felt oddly trusting and expectant. This is a man, I thought. A man used to taking charge. A man not used to taking `no’ for an answer. A man who would tell me what he wanted. A man who would look into my soul. Then, in his deep baritone he spoke just above a whisper and I heard him say, “Okay, ma’am,” “All done!” My eyes snapped open and he was standing in front of me, smiling, holding out my purse.
“You can board your flight now.”
NURSERY RHYMES FOR BIG KIDS
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MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
Her father shot it dead
Now it goes to school with her,
Between two hunks of bread.
GEORGIE PORGY Pudding and Pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry.
And when the boys came out to play,
He kissed them too ’cause he was gay.
JACK AND JILL Went up the hill
To have a little fun.
Stupid Jill forgot the pill
And now they have a son.
HUMPTY DUMPTY sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the kings’ horses,
And all the kings’ men.
Had scrambled eggs,
For breakfast again.
HEY DIDDLE, DIDDLE the cat took a piddle,
All over the bedside clock.
The little dog laughed to see such fun.
Then died of electric shock.
Mary had a little pig,
She kept it fat and plastered;
And when the price of pork went up,
She shot the little bastard.
There was a little girl who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good, she was very, very good.
But when she was bad……..
She got a fur coat, jewels, a waterfront condo, and a sports car.
WEIGHT LOSS BOOSTS SEX LIFE
Obese individuals who slim down enjoy enhanced love lives, a new study finds.
Excerpt from an article written by Nathalie Smith, MSN, RN
At the beginning of the study, more than two-thirds of all women felt sexually unattractive and did not want to be seen undressed, but after one year of weight loss, only one-third of the women expressed these feelings. In addition, although 21% of women reported not enjoying sex at the beginning of the study, only 11% said so one year later, after their significant weight loss. Increased sexual activity is an overall mood enhancer because it releases endorphins, some of the body’s natural feel good chemicals. So, for many people, less weight equals more and better sex, which equals more endorphins, all good reasons why people working to lose weight may want to reach for their mate instead of their plate.
For obese men and women who report sexual problems, weight loss of approximately 10% may do wonders for their love lives, according to Duke University psychologist Martin Binks.
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PARAPROSDOKIANS
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I had to look up “paraprosdokian.” Here is the definition: “Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.” “Where there’s a will, I want to be in it,” is a type of paraprosdokian. Okay, so now enjoy!
Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
Hospitality is making your guests feel at home even when you wish they were.
Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, ‘In case of emergency, notify:’ I put ‘DOCTOR.’
A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.
War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
A diplomat is someone who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip.
We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not so sure.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good Evening,’ and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.
Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
RABBI HAS THE ANSWER
A Jewish woman goes to see her Rabbi.
“Rabbi, Abe and Sol are both in love with me,” she says. “Who will be the lucky one?”
The wise old man answers, Abe will marry you, Sol will be the lucky one.
TEN STRANGE CARS AT AUCTION SALE
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SHOOTING FROM THE LIP
By Harvey Tobkes
Are you sometimes amazed how purportedly smart and respected people, holding high positions (all over the world), can sometimes say and do such dumb things. Presidents, congressman, lawyers, doctors, school principals, elected officials, you name it.
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran: Israel does not have the right to exist.
- Bill Clinton: I did not have sex with that woman.
- George Bush I: Read my lips, no new taxes
- George Bush II: Iraq has WMD
When it comes to doing dumb things, like accelerating the mouth before putting the brain in gear, (it’s also called…shooting from the lip), Rick Perry in the recent presidential debate set an example of being a shooter but surely he is not in a class by himself; he has many other classmates.
And why is this so prevalent? I submit that many of the professionals mentioned in the categories above, received an education that went beyond and exceeded their intelligence.
Of course, gross errors that are exposed to public scrutiny are an embarrassment for those hiding under the cloak of our ill-advised faith and credence, but when we give a person our trust and confidence, we expect that person to fulfill the obligation.
GETTING OLD IS NOT SO BAD!
Harvey Tobkes
The other day a young person asked me how I felt about being old. I was taken aback, for I do not think of myself as old and from my reaction, he was immediately embarrassed, but I explained that it was indeed an interesting question, and I would ponder it, and let him know. Old age, I decided, is a gift. I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be, or least close to it..
I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family. So, to answer the question, I absolutely do like being old(er). It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. For the first time in my life, I don’t have to have a reason to do the things I want to do. If I want to play games on the computer all day, visit with my e-mail friends, lay on the couch and watch old movies for hours or don’t want to go to the beach or a movie, (or maybe DO want to) I have earned that right. I have put in my time doing everything for others, so now I can be a bit selfish without feeling guilty.
I am grateful to have been born when I was, into a kinder, gentler world. Yes, I like being old(er)! It is a comfy, cozy place and I like it!
BABY WONG
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Su Wong marries Lee Wong. The next year, the Wongs have a new baby. The nurse brings over a lovely, healthy, bouncy, but definitely a Caucasian, white baby boy.
‘Congratulations,’ says the nurse to the new parents. ‘Well Mr. Wong, what will you and Mrs. Wong name the baby?’
The puzzled father looks at his new baby boy and says, ‘Well, two Wongs don’t make a white, so I think we will name him…
Sum Ting Wong.
SIMPLE FRIENDS & REAL FRIENDS
A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest. A real friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself (and doesn’t feel even the least bit weird shutting your ‘vegetable drawer’ with her foot!)
A simple friend has never seen you cry. A real friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.
A simple friend doesn’t know your parents’ first names. A real friend has their phone numbers in his address book.
A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party. A real friend comes early to help you cook and stays late to help you clean.
A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems. A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.
A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument. A real friend calls you after you had a fight.
A simple friend expects you to always be there for them. A real friend expects to always be there for you!
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FRANK SINATRA – BEST OF THE BEST
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Written by Jenifer Siegel
As it turns out, Sinatra’s cozy relations with mobsters may have put him in a position to help members of Haganah, the pre-state Zionist military organization, smuggle about $1 million.
“The irony,” Swan said, “is the intersection of those two things: The Copacabana Club, which was very much run and controlled by the same Luciano-related New York mafia crowd that Sinatra had become enmeshed with, happened to be next door to Hotel 14… [which] the members of the Haganah cell [were] operating out of. So it was a very small world, and Sinatra was at the intersection.”
Swan’s book, co-written with her husband, Anthony Summers, generally shines a light on Sinatra’s life-long commitment to fighting antisemitism and on his activism on behalf of Israel, which has been well documented over the years. The entertainer — who died in 1998 at the age of 82 — sang at an “Action for Palestine” rally as early as 1947, sat on the board of trustees of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and donated money to Jerusalem’s Hebrew University, which honored him by dedicating the Frank Sinatra International Student Center. (The student center made headlines when terrorists bombed it in 2002, killing nine people.)
On a personal level, Sinatra protected his Jewish friends: According to “The Life,” he once responded to an antisemitic remark at a party by simply punching the offender.
The authors of the new Sinatra book trace the singer’s empathy for minorities, including blacks and Jews, back to his childhood. In addition to his early friendship with the coffee cake-wielding Mrs. Golden (whom he one day would honor by buying a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of Israel bonds), Sinatra personally encountered the scourge of ethnic prejudice, and he never forgot his pain.
Italian Americans “were treated as badly in their own way and in their own time and place” as the Jews, blacks and the Irish, Swan said. As a boy, Sinatra “would walk those little streets” in Hoboken and “hear people say things like, ‘Get the wop. Get the kike.’ Because of his temperament, those became fighting words. He really got the idea that ‘these people are like me.’ He never deviated from that.”
The entertainment legend played a Jewish pilot in “Cast a Giant Shadow,” the 1966 film starring friend Kirk Douglas as Mickey Marcus, a real-life Jewish American colonel who fought and died in Israel’s war for independence.
It could be seen as a case of art imitating life: In one of the book’s most colorful passages, Summers and Swan describe how the real Sinatra helped Israel win the war by serving as a one-time money-runner for Teddy Kolleck, a member of the Haganah, who later served several decades as mayor of Jerusalem.
According to Kolleck’s autobiography, in March 1948 he was trying to circumvent an arms boycott that President Harry Truman had imposed on the Jewish fighters in Palestine, and he needed to smuggle about $1 million in cash to an Irish ship captain docked in the Port of New York. The young Kolleck spotted Sinatra at the bar and, afraid of being intercepted by federal agents, asked for help. In the early hours of the morning, the singer went out the back door with the money in a paper bag and successfully delivered it to the pier.
Swan said Sinatra’s bold move was consistent with his gutsy and impulsive personality. She noted that he also, on occasion, smuggled money for the Italian mob.
The star’s willingness to help the mafia and the Zionists alike is just one example of how he was “this complex man… [with] the good and the bad in him,” Swan said. He was a “passionate human being and having his own set of convictions, his own morality, [and a sense] for right or wrong, that’s what he went with.”
Sinatra’s independence turned him into one of the great champions of civil rights as well as Jewish causes. The singer spoke publicly about the need for racial tolerance beginning in the 1940s. He headlined National Association for the Advancement of Colored People fund raisers in the 1960s and used his influence to ensure equal treatment for friends and fellow performers who were black.
Still, Swan said, even when Sinatra was fighting to help his friends in the black or Jewish communities, he couldn’t quite put away his volatile personality. As is his signature song, the Hollywood legend did it “his way” till the end:
“As late as 1979, Sinatra raged over the fact that [in California] a Palm Springs cemetery official declared he could not arrange the burial of a deceased Jewish friend over the Thanksgiving holiday,” Swan wrote in an e-mail message to the Forward. “Though in his mid 60s, Sinatra declared that he was going to punch the offending official, [adding], ‘and if he’s too old, I’ll punch his son in the nose!’”
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OBAMA SINGS SOUL AT THE APOLLO
CLICK TO HEAR THE PRESIDENT SING – AND HE’S GOOD. MAYBE HE SHOULD GIVE UP HIS DAY JOB!
A LETTER FROM MITT ROMNEY
About My Finances.
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SOUTH CAROLINA – an article written by Andy Borowitz (BorowitzReport.com) – Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney has released the following letter to the American people:
Dear American People:
Over the past several days, my personal finances have been distorted into a grotesque caricature by the mainstream media, pundits, and other people who can count. I am writing to you to set the record straight by explaining my finances in terms the American people can relate to.
Let’s say you bought a bottle of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1982 for $5,000. A couple of years later, what do you know, you sell that same bottle for $10,000. So you just made a profit of $5,000 through your own hard work. How much of that should you pay to the government? I’d say fifteen percent.
Now let’s say you have a fellow mowing the lawn at your 7,000 square foot home in La Jolla, and he turns out to be an illegal. You say, “No way, Jose” (Jose is actually his real name) and send him packing. He doesn’t deserve his full paycheck, since he lied to you in Spanish, but it wouldn’t be fair to give him nothing, either. So you pay him fifteen percent.
Now let’s pretend the United States of America is like one big restaurant. Not a fancy restaurant, mind you, but one that only gets two Michelin stars. And let’s say that you order a meal of Beluga caviar, white truffles and gold shavings, washing it down with your favorite beverage, Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1982. The bill arrives and it’s quite a hefty one for a working stiff who only made $375,000 last year in speaking fees. (That’s right: minimum wage.) So when it comes to toting up the bill, how much should I tip the waiter, who in case you’re having trouble following this metaphor is the IRS? You got it: fifteen percent.
I think I’ve now shown, using these real-life examples that everyone can relate to, that no one should ever pay more than fifteen percent on their taxes. If you have been paying more than that, you should get rid of your loser accountant pronto. That’s another thing I have in common with regular Americans: we like firing people.
So – now that I’ve laid it out in simple terms that even you can understand, do you agree that you and Mitt Romney have a whale of a lot more in common than you thought? I’ll bet you ten grand you do.
Au revoir,
Mitt
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