His family nearly wiped out by life in Southern Chicago, Jurgis became a Socialist

[JVS]

Stanislovas got eaten by rats!

[Blue-Jay]

1. Sure, but our democracy has been all but wiped out! Don't you CARE?!?

What the hell....there's one in every thread, so it might as well be me.

Truth To Power!

ALL CAPS!!!

[JVS]

2. Hey, I'm more concerned about the South Chicago rats! That place was fucked up!

A whole other city down there.

[Blue-Jay]

3. Wait.... Did you just call me a "rat"?

I know what happens to rats around here...

[JVS]

4. Wait, don't you live like at south 185th? That's far out of the zone.

Squalor reigns closer in. Gotta love the vacant lots/ trash disposal areas.

[Critters2]

5. Wtf?

Did I miss something?

[JVS]

6. I'm spoiling books

[otherlander]

20. Oh, so you want to spoil books, do you?

Well, two can play at that game!

HE GOT IN A FIGHT WITH HIS COUSIN AND GOT KICKED OUT OF THE HOUSE, SO HE WAS ACTUALLY HIDING IN THE GRAVEYARD!

[Blue-Jay]

8. Indeed you did.

I just broke into your car.

Let me tell you that I appreciated the leftover Halloween candy, but I left all the CDs.

[JVS]

9. There were nights in Chicago that I had forgotten to lock the doors to the car.

Nothing happened. You can trust Chicagoans. At least you can trust them if you keep the cabin of your car totally empty so it doesn't look like there's be anything good to take. I guess my tapedeck wasn't tempting either.

[Critters2]

11. They'll steal communion kits.

Just couldn't pass up a little bottle of Mogen David and tiny plastic cups. And these tasty morsels:

[JVS]

15. I certainly hope that you were not leaving consecrated hosts and wine in the car.

The car is NOT a tabernacle, and not an appropriate place to keep the blood and body of Christ.

If it wasn't consecrated, then I guess that's ok, but I'd have still taken it with me. You never know when you might need to perform an emergency communion. Besides, you're well rid of those little cups.

[Critters2]

17. They weren't consecrated. I only consecrate the ones I need, when I need 'em.

Only the ones on the tiny little plate get consecrated. And then eaten. The ones in the box were just bread....dry, tasteless bread. Of course, being Reformed, that's all they ever are to me. But I still treat the consecrated ones with more respect.

I now recycle the little cups. I'm green!

[Critters2]

10. I still want my communion kit back!! nt

[Blue-Jay]

13. Heat it up in a bowl and you have a tasty soup!

[Critters2]

14. If you're that hungry, the kind thing to do would be to just let you have it.

I had no idea.

[Blue-Jay]

16. Yeah?...well....Sorry about the window.

I was nice enough to leave the brick. Maybe you can use that for something constructive. (HA! Get it?)

[Critters2]

18. Got it.

In my neighborhood, it was said that "BMW" stood for "Break my window". Which doesn't explain what happened to my Escort.

[triguy46]

7. The Jungle. Upton Sinclair....

I hope, I want to win so badly.

[Critters2]

12. Oh...another classic I need to read.

I own it and everything.

[datasuspect]

19. i'm reading that book right now

[taterguy]

21. so?