Sometimes, "Keeping up with the Joneses" is just toooo funny!

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Farang
I bet for all the money you spent on that useless crap I could've lived comfortably for 6 months in a tropical paradise. $1800 for something that cuts grass? That's 2-3 months right there, more if you live cheaply.

to be fair, she said they spent less than $700 on it. its retail price was $1800

Still 1 month in paradise or. . . something that cuts grass. I guess most people don't price things how I do though

so i assume you're 12 and your parents cut the grass or you live in an apartment or something where you have no grass? its something that has to be done. (normal) people can't just take vacation all the time.

There are much cheaper ways of cutting grass. Normal people can take vacation 90% of the time but choose instead to buy massive quantities of useless crap.

like what? sure, you could go push mower, but that could take hours of work to do your yard depending on how big your yard is. she could get a cheaper lawn riding mower but then its probably more liekly to break down and need repair or replacing more often, driving the costup.

 

[puffff]

Originally posted by: PeeluckyDuckee
lol I love how this thread has backfired. OP needs to keep her attitude in check.

Dudes...
when i read the original post, nowhere did I get the feeling that the OP was trying to show off.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: puffff

Originally posted by: PeeluckyDuckee
lol I love how this thread has backfired. OP needs to keep her attitude in check.

Dudes...
when i read the original post, nowhere did I get the feeling that the OP was trying to show off.

Yup. Esp. since they were all budget purchases.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: jandrews
What is it about us that forces us to get mad when people copy us and get the same things? Shouldnt imitation be flattery? Just a strange thing.

It is strange, but being special counts for a lot more than flattery. Or being the first and only... but then again, why do people feel the need to copy someone unless it's undoubtedly the best available? ... which in this case they're not the best available. WHY is a good question.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Farang
I bet for all the money you spent on that useless crap I could've lived comfortably for 6 months in a tropical paradise. $1800 for something that cuts grass? That's 2-3 months right there, more if you live cheaply.

to be fair, she said they spent less than $700 on it. its retail price was $1800

Still 1 month in paradise or. . . something that cuts grass. I guess most people don't price things how I do though

so i assume you're 12 and your parents cut the grass or you live in an apartment or something where you have no grass? its something that has to be done. (normal) people can't just take vacation all the time.

There are much cheaper ways of cutting grass. Normal people can take vacation 90% of the time but choose instead to buy massive quantities of useless crap.

like what? sure, you could go push mower, but that could take hours of work to do your yard depending on how big your yard is. she could get a cheaper lawn riding mower but then its probably more liekly to break down and need repair or replacing more often, driving the costup.

yeah they could have got a 600 murrey from wall*mart that will break down in 4-6 years or go spend 2k and get a decent one that last 15-20.

some people have no concept of reality. farang is one of those.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: puffff

Originally posted by: PeeluckyDuckee
lol I love how this thread has backfired. OP needs to keep her attitude in check.

Dudes...
when i read the original post, nowhere did I get the feeling that the OP was trying to show off.

me either.

i had a neighbor who did the same crap. i buy a new car, they buy a new car. I buy a new lawnmower they buy a new lawnmower, i buy a blackforest clock they buy a 3K blackforest grandfather clock, we get a rottweiler puppy they get a rottweiler puppy.... it was insane. i could afford those things it was just me an my wife with no kids yet. while dumbass had a wife and 4 kids and made less money than me. how do i know this? I lived in base housing, i was a E-5 and he was a E-4.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: Farang
I bet for all the money you spent on that useless crap I could've lived comfortably for 6 months in a tropical paradise. $1800 for something that cuts grass? That's 2-3 months right there, more if you live cheaply.

Your thought process is ridiculous because while you hassle her for buying something that "cuts grass", you encourage her to spend money on a place to live for a few months... and she already has that.

 

[Kirby]

$700 for that lawnmower?!! :Q

 

[Epic Fail]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
$700 for that lawnmower?!! :Q

Should keep a cow, when it is dead, you can have bulk beef.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Farang
I bet for all the money you spent on that useless crap I could've lived comfortably for 6 months in a tropical paradise. $1800 for something that cuts grass? That's 2-3 months right there, more if you live cheaply.

to be fair, she said they spent less than $700 on it. its retail price was $1800

Still 1 month in paradise or. . . something that cuts grass. I guess most people don't price things how I do though

so i assume you're 12 and your parents cut the grass or you live in an apartment or something where you have no grass? its something that has to be done. (normal) people can't just take vacation all the time.

There are much cheaper ways of cutting grass. Normal people can take vacation 90% of the time but choose instead to buy massive quantities of useless crap.

i didn't notice this before, but are you saying that people can take vacation 90% of their lives or that 90% of the time, they choose items over vacation?
i hope you mean the latter, because there's no way you could mean the former.

 

[Capt Caveman]

What's this thread about? I'm confused.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
What's this thread about? I'm confused.

It's about making fun of Farang I think.

 

[beat mania]

Originally posted by: yamadakun

Originally posted by: nkgreen
$700 for that lawnmower?!! :Q

Should keep a cow, when it is dead, you can have bulk beef.

You need 2 cows to make it bulk.

 

[crystal]

Originally posted by: beat mania

Originally posted by: yamadakun

Originally posted by: nkgreen
$700 for that lawnmower?!! :Q

Should keep a cow, when it is dead, you can have bulk beef.

You need 2 cows to make it bulk.

I beg the differ. It is a given fact that bulk beef is 10 lb alternator cube shape in size.

 

[Jhill]

Just buy a fucking rice cooker and try it out once. It's way better and more convienent than a damn pot on the stove.

 

[waffleironhead]

Originally posted by: Jhill
Just buy a fucking rice cooker and try it out once. It's way better and more convienent than a damn pot on the stove.

But if they buy a rice cooker then the neighblrs will. :thumbsdown:

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: puffff

Originally posted by: PeeluckyDuckee
lol I love how this thread has backfired. OP needs to keep her attitude in check.

Dudes...
when i read the original post, nowhere did I get the feeling that the OP was trying to show off.

Agreed. There are a few posters in here who apparently have reading comprehension problems.

 

[Jhill]

Originally posted by: waffleironhead

Originally posted by: Jhill
Just buy a fucking rice cooker and try it out once. It's way better and more convienent than a damn pot on the stove.

But if they buy a rice cooker then the neighblrs will. :thumbsdown:

Thats why they need to get the $300.00 rice cooker. The neighbors won't be able to afford one and they will have better tasting rice.

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: Descartes
You seem awfully snooty about the whole situation. You're doing the same thing they are; you're staring out the window and evaluating what they own, trying to make yourself feel better by saying what you bought is better. You're both trying to keep up with each other.

I can't think of a single time I've ever cared about what my neighbor bought.

Exactly what I thought when I read this. The OP also felt the need to explain how each and every item they got a "steal" on...that is a telltale sign of someone who has to "keep up with the joneses". I've noticed that a lot of the worst offenders of this behavior also tend to deny it the most.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: waffleironhead

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: eleison

maybe they are "into" buying the same suburban cr*p that you are into? Just go over and congratulate them on joining the "collective"; I'm sure the 3.5 children is just waiting in the wing.

This reeks of "desperate house wifes" sort of drama. Maybe joining a club or starting a hobby will make life more interesting.

A couch, a washer, a dryer, and a lawnmower are "suburban crap?"

Hip modern city type folk dont have washer and dryers, they send the stuff to the cleaners, no lawn=no lawnmower.

it's true.

doing your own laundry is for total plebs.

I drop all my laundry off once/week on my way to work, pick it up on my way home, and it's ftw :thumbsup:

Err, you knock plebs and then do the same thing? real people don't wear a piece of clothing more than once. wear and donate buddy.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Farang
I bet for all the money you spent on that useless crap I could've lived comfortably for 6 months in a tropical paradise. $1800 for something that cuts grass? That's 2-3 months right there, more if you live cheaply.

I'm thinking that in the future, you can do advertising on the internet, just like actors who play doctors do "I'm not a doctor in real life, but I play one on television."
Except, in your case, it's "I'm not an idiot in real life, but I play one on the internet."

Please explain how a decent quality riding mower is "useless crap". (Very good riding mowers can cost 10k or more.) Oh, wait. Never mind - you think that people should get a reel mower, spend 30 times as much time mowing their lawn and save the money so they can relax some other day.

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: puffff

Originally posted by: PeeluckyDuckee
lol I love how this thread has backfired. OP needs to keep her attitude in check.

Dudes...
when i read the original post, nowhere did I get the feeling that the OP was trying to show off.

Agreed. There are a few posters in here who apparently have reading comprehension problems.

You haven't been around a bunch of "competing housewives" then. The way the OP talked is exactly how women talk about other women who are "competing with them" in an attempt to put down the other women when they in fact are just as bad at the act as anyone else. I despise the whole group of them...the ones who try to keep up and the ones who feel the need to put them down...they are all in the same lot.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: PricklyPete

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: puffff

Originally posted by: PeeluckyDuckee
lol I love how this thread has backfired. OP needs to keep her attitude in check.

Dudes...
when i read the original post, nowhere did I get the feeling that the OP was trying to show off.

Agreed. There are a few posters in here who apparently have reading comprehension problems.

You haven't been around a bunch of "competing housewives" then. The way the OP talked is exactly how women talk about other women who are "competing with them" in an attempt to put down the other women when they in fact are just as bad at the act as anyone else. I despise the whole group of them...the ones who try to keep up and the ones who feel the need to put them down...they are all in the same lot.

"She's trying to destroy me!!!!" ~Chris Rock

 

[sdifox]

Here is my postulate on what happened
M= Man who lives from across the street
F= Said man's wife

M sees delivery trucks, tries to divert W from seeing them and fail miserably. Starts cursing neighbour across the street for what he knows will come
F is fuming that neighbour across the street is getting new washer, dryer and couch, nags M to get the same thing, never mind her exising ones are only 5 year old
M tries to talk F out of it, spents a week on the forementioned couch, find it not very comfortable and gives in, warning F that it is the vacation money she is squandering
F happily goes shopping, notices the big sign from Rent-a-Centre, figures renting is cheaper than buying, she gets to get the new stuff and go on vacation too! Walks in and rent everything for 3 year contract, with extended warranty
M fumes when F describes the amazing deal she got on the stuff, storms off to home depot and buys a mower. But since he is really short on money, buys a cheaper one.

fixed references.

 

[gingerstewart55]

Originally posted by: PricklyPete

Originally posted by: Descartes
You seem awfully snooty about the whole situation. You're doing the same thing they are; you're staring out the window and evaluating what they own, trying to make yourself feel better by saying what you bought is better. You're both trying to keep up with each other.

I can't think of a single time I've ever cared about what my neighbor bought.

Exactly what I thought when I read this. The OP also felt the need to explain how each and every item they got a "steal" on...that is a telltale sign of someone who has to "keep up with the joneses". I've noticed that a lot of the worst offenders of this behavior also tend to deny it the most.

Sorry, but we're not trying ot keep up with anyone. No, wati....I drag my desktop computer outside all the time to "show it off".....including the new Thermochill 120.3 radiator I just got for it.......

As for the washer/dryer....they're LG's.....the washer is called a Tromm. Nice washer. Didn't want to flaunt it, but since you asked, pup.

We're not flaunting or bragging.....well, maybe because we got deals. But I'm a Ferengi, much as RossMan is.....and he certainly crowed about the car he bought below cost a year or so ago. Seems some can do it and some cannot.

C'est la vie.......

Was just trying to provide a laugh and smile..........


And for suburban crap.........ever mowed 3+ acres of grass with a push mower, kid? Or don't you think owning a mower worthwhile? Want neighbors that don't mow their grass?

Or what do you use to wash your clothes.....from your comment, certainly not a washer and dryer? How's the rock and stream working for you?