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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:24 PM
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Poll question: How much do you pay your servants?
Admiral McCombover pays his servants about a quarter of a million dollars.

What fraction of a million do you pay your servants?


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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:26 PM
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1. I prefer slaves. Don't have to pay them at all. n/t
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:27 PM
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2. Don't you mean his wife pays them a quarter million dollars a year?
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:28 PM
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3. Um, I ... I'll have to get back with my staff. n/t
Edited on Fri Aug-22-08 07:28 PM by ColbertWatcher
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:28 PM
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4. Captaion Combover is a former POW and war hero. Leave Him Alone!
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:30 PM
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7. Vote for it! n/t
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Union Thug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:37 PM
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12. Ugh..Gawd I hate that crap.
CNN has devoted a lot of time to voter 'anxiety' over Obama's lack of military experience - and the McLameBrain's glorious military career (gag).
The lemming military-worship in this country is beginning to remind me of Nazi Germany.

Personally, I would rather elect a man who HASN'T committed murder. But I'm funny that way.
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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:28 PM
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5. I don't get paid
But I take bribes. :evilgrin:
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:29 PM
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6. $50 an hour, but only to pick lettuce.
;)
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:32 PM
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8. To be honest, I really can't remember how much I pay them. Sorry.
But I am NOT an elitist. In fact, I was wearing jeans just the other day.
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:33 PM
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9. The peons that populate my estate labor out of love for me
That, and there is a twenty-foot high electrified chain-link fence topped with razor wire to keep them in.

The guard towers help, too.

Oh, and the mine field. Can't forget the mine field.

Still, good help is hard to find.

Sigh.

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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:34 PM
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10. I pay myself whenever...
I find money in the couch.
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NeedleCast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:37 PM
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11. Get Back to Work!
I'm not paying you to post on the internet.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:38 PM
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13. My servants carry my sedan chair out of love and respect ... not for money.
O8)
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:40 PM
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14. I outsourced a lot of my domestic work
To my 11-year old son. Or is that "insourced"?

At any rate, I was able to cut out the "middleman" of a hired servant.

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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 07:52 PM
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15. I pay top dollar. I've lost count.
I have fresh ones flown in every week, so there is no need to learn their names or make awkward eye-contact. It also puts an end to that tediously forced small-talk we all just dread.

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Bobbie Jo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 08:26 PM
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16. Depends on which house they're working in....it varies. nt
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 08:27 PM
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17. I wonder how many of them are not citizens.
For a guy who renounced his own immigration bill, that would be a good question to answer.
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tannybogus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 08:48 PM
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18. Pay? Surely you jest!
I give them portions of gruel a day, sturdy woolen clothing to wear, and sturdy shoes.
They have half of Sunday off in which they must attend a Christian worship service at
"The Lord is My Light, My GPS, My Coupon Reedemer, My Kevlar Vest Church of the
Holier Than Thou Word and Automatic Weapon Response."
They have a pallet in a small private room.

What else would they possibly need??:shrug:
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Naturyl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 08:48 PM
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19. I'll have my staff get to you on this.
Pretty sure it's less than 5 million, though.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 08:50 PM
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20. Let's see, the Fire Department, the ambulance guys, the police.
They are my servants and I guess I pay them with taxes.
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 08:55 PM
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21. I can't remember how many servants I have...
Someone from my staff will look into it and get back with you.
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-08 08:55 PM
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22. Recommended.
This is a very important discussion for some of us.
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