My Idiot Neighbour
Our houses here are narrow, very narrow. All of the driveways on our street are 18 feet wide and about 22 feet long before you hit the street. With 2 cars in the driveway, you really don't have a lot of snow to shovel, even with a good snow storm.
Enter my neighbour, the idiot. The guy purchased a $1200 snowblower for doing that little patch of area. He also plows out two other people (and no I am not one of them nor do I want to be) so that he can feel like a big man of the street.
I am not an environmentalist however he ran that two-stroke snow blower for a good hour, mostly shooting the breeze with others rather than plow out the snow. I went outside and in 10 minutes had my driveway, sidewalk and deck shoveled. The amount of exhaust and "carbon" that blew out of that snow-blower is a waste.
What they say is true, you can't pick your neighbours unless you own all the land around you.
Define the word “Idiot”
Websters defines the word as:
1: usually offensive : a person affected with extreme mental retardation
2: a foolish or stupid person
I would like to append the definition with the addition of:
3: US Vice President, Joe Biden
Why? For the lovely quote of the day from July 16, 2009:
‘We Have to Go Spend Money to Keep From Going Bankrupt’
WHAT?!? We have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt. THIS MAKES NO SENSE!!! If one does not have money (ei, US Government) then how can you SPEND MONEY?!?
This fiscal theory makes about as much sense as: "What do you mean I have no money, I still have cheques left!"
I doubt Websters will take my changes, but a lot of US Taxpayers may agree.