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over the latest proclamation from one of the putative presidential candidates.

i'm keeping it non political - so please do so too.

i'm not going to say what proclamation it is, but it does have to do with securing ones' patria...

i disagree with their stance. she says 'who cares - you can't vote'.

and that is fair enough. i can't.

my only riposte is that the amount i pay in taxes should entitle me to *more* of a say.

can anyone please come up with a better argument. it's my anniversary and i hate to go to bed a loser...
 
Alan -

Sage advice I received loooooong ago:

Choose the ditch you want to die in!

In the case of marital harmony, is this it?
 
She's just lost it from lack of sleep...

The newborn and the hormones are making her unreasonable. I *swear* she agrees with me really.

(ducks and runs for more dutch courage - err i mean cover)
 
Repeat after me: "Yes, dear, of course you're completely right."
 
Basil said:
Repeat after me: "Yes, dear, of course you're completely right."
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Of course, a perfectly good riposte is "Who would want to vote for these clowns, I'm glad that I don't get to vote, that way no-one can blame me if any of these idiots gets into office."

Nice, non-partisan disclaimer.
 
I tried that mate. That's been my mantra for the last few years. Trouble is that the latest one was so outrageous that after 2 bottles of wine and some amaretto I couldn't button it.

nor can i type btw - there were 4 typos in this when i first looked at it.

luckily swmbo has gone to sleep. wee jamie is on her chest, so i reckon i can sneak off too. one of us has to go to work tomorrow - and by 6am i hope i'll remember that it's me...
 
Well, you could always ay that since you can't vote, you're trusting your future to her decision - & that you're not afraid to do that!
 
Mickey Richaud said:
Sage advice I received loooooong ago:

Choose the ditch you want to die in!

In the case of marital harmony, is this it?
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I suppose it's a bit off topic but I just need to comment that this response of Mickey's is the most succinct, poetic, fitting, and wise that I can remember on the forum. Almost Haiku-like.
 
Thanks, John!

Reading your post challenged me to rework it, haiku-style.

Found the "rules", and one element is to keep it at 17 syllables. Another is to keep it all lower case. And one more is to make the last line short - the punch line.

Here goes:

choose your ditch to die in;
for marital harmony
is this the one?
 
you guys crack me up. haikus for marriage advice.

actually perhaps we should have a contest for the best one to describe your lbc. i'll start:

forlorn and abandoned, your stare
reproaches my lazy wrench
swinging


ok, it's not very good, but you get the idea.
might make a change from all the puns...
 
*amen* /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif
 
Basil said:
Repeat after me: "Yes, dear, of course you're completely right."
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I ALWAYS get into more trouble when I preface a statement with "Yes, dear".

Thin ice here....proceed with caution!

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/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif Yup... No matter HOW you say it, it is interpreted as sarcasm IMMEDIATELY (at least around these parts)! Then *all* th' turrets are level'd on ya.


RUN!!!
 
I decided long ago "I'm always wrong" If I'm right or if I'm wrong no matter. Even if she agrees with me, I'm wrong for prooving her wrong. Still just trying to figure out how to lessen the overall impact of the situations.
 
If a man makes a statement and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif
 
Bayless said:
If a man makes a statement and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif
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You have to ask?

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just tell her that when you are able to vote you will cancel hers. I used to argue politics all the time with the guys at work and then tell them that I can't vote anyway and it used to tick them right off.
 
God made man before woman so as to give him time to think
Of an answer for her first question.
 
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