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What did Batman say to Robin before he got in the car?


Get in the car.




One of my favourite anti-jokes

A horse walks into a bar


The Bar Manager leads it out because it has no place there.

Skullmo, I have read numerous stories of people not paying parking tickets (for example) with impunity. It's not about not paying, it's about being willing to pay.
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The secret is to never refuse to pay. Instead, question the validity of the demand and impose your own charges (they never pay, but debt collection agencies give up after the third bill for £100 - one debt collection agency actually wrote Me a final letter telling me to stop writing to them and sending them bills because they weren't going to pay up! I wrote back saying that failure to pay might result in legal action being taken, which could cost them dearly in the long run, enclosed another bill for over £500 (I build in "late payment charges" of £25 per unpaid bill per week) and never heard from them again).

Based on my knowledge of debt collection companies they receive a lot of letters like that. Their legal team advise them that there is no validity in the bills, however what it usually does is wind the collection agents up and they lose their temper, which triggers a complaint.

Eventually the debt collection company decides to write off the debt because it is just too much trouble to recover unless: a) it is a particularly large amount, or b) they have a contract in place that they can enforce.

Please explain to me by what right one person can demand a share of another person's earnings and/or wealth.

Because they have the power to punish you if you do not give them what they want. And their power derives from the fact that people, explicitly or through capitulation, give their approval for our society to be like this. You may disagree with someone taking your money and feel it is unjust, but as I am sure you can see from a number of the responses this is not the case among all people.

I once got into an argument on a date because I argued that we should not be levying tax just for the sake of it as it had become an accepted norm that taxes would rise, but that this shouldn't be the case - tax should be gathered for a specific public use. She felt higher taxes were needed as the money was used to help old people. . . .

Dates are supposed to be fun and you got into a debate about systems of taxation?
Was your date with George Lucas?

These are what my dates are like! on one of them I got bored and so decided to see how many animals I could list. It was about 50.

'Knowing the outcome, do you wish you had not pursued this course?'

And he replied

'I would have done it anyway'.

Has anyone asked that question ever answered it any other way? Talk about a leading question 

I would have said - No, of course i wouldn't. i didn't think I was going to lose. Who would fight a losing battle!

True - you can keep butting your head against a wall to make your point, but everyone has to make their own choices and live with them. There are things that I really disagree with and will not do.

I have no issue with people opposing things, if we all accepted the status quo at all times then we would not have our current freedoms of sexuality.

On a related note I remember watching a news story about a guy who got parking tickets and refused to pay them. He had lost in court and they took everything from him. At the end of the story he was sitting in his (soon to be repossessed) house and they asked him.

'Knowing the outcome, do you wish you had not pursued this course?'

And he replied

'I would have done it anyway'.

Please explain to me by what right one person can demand a share of another person's earnings and/or wealth.

Because they have the power to punish you if you do not give them what they want. And their power derives from the fact that people, explicitly or through capitulation, give their approval for our society to be like this. You may disagree with someone taking your money and feel it is unjust, but as I am sure you can see from a number of the responses this is not the case among all people.

I once got into an argument on a date because I argued that we should not be levying tax just for the sake of it as it had become an accepted norm that taxes would rise, but that this shouldn't be the case - tax should be gathered for a specific public use. She felt higher taxes were needed as the money was used to help old people. . . .

I love how the death of Thoth one is not edited!

They all look lovely together!

That's the best Dean Ormston I have seen.

I really like his painting only I often felt his figure work and storytelling let him down a little. His single images were generally really nice.

Brilliant.

A few recent pages for y'all to enjoy 

Judges Dredd by Carlos


My favourite Jock cover


Clint Langley Slaine DPS


Hicklenton - Deathbringer title page

I still have nothing

Why should you not wear Ukrainian made underpants?

Because Chernobyl fallout.

The variations are fascinating. We need to start  logging dates, issue numbers and product codes so we can track the various versions.

We will make it so!