news.bbc.co.uk popular Jul 15, 09 10:25 pm — A man in the United States is charged $23 quadrillion for a packet of cigarettes at his local petrol station.
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Jul 16, 09 04:48 am
For those curious, here is an explanation of what happened.
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. - Charles Austin Beard
Jul 16, 09 10:49 am
Reply to jammer170:
Nice find there, just still a bit confused :)
The world is like a giant car, were speeding towards a brick wall at 100 miles per hour and everybody's arguing over where to sit..
Jul 16, 09 04:41 pm
Reply to jammer170:
Agree with johngriffin. What really cracked me up was the $15 dollar "negative balance fee" the bank tacked on.
My sex life in a nutshell? My sex life would actually fit in a nutshell. With lots o' room left over. ~S.L.
Jul 16, 09 11:22 pm
Reply to Maude_Lynne:
Well, the explanation is extremely technical. I get it because I am a programmer, but I can understand how it is still unclear to non-programmers.
I bet the $15 dollar fee was probably an automated thing, and the "customer service" people he talked to are under orders to never reverse the charge under any circumstance (I bet it was a higher-level manager who authorized it).
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. - Charles Austin Beard
Jul 16, 09 11:30 pm
Reply to jammer170:
Whew. For a minute there I thought I no brain today; I has the stupid.
My sex life in a nutshell? My sex life would actually fit in a nutshell. With lots o' room left over. ~S.L.
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Maude_Lynne
It's called "sin tax".