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quiz: what are YOU giving up to focus on the economy?

Cthulhu why vote for the lesser evil?These are trying times, my friends. Even seasoned heros are finding themselves facing unimagined and unimaginable terrors as investment bankers endure periods of joblessness lasting up to three or even four days (psyche! everybody with a bonus of over $5k keeps their jobs) and the American economy craters.

In times like these, sacrifices must be made! One must prioritize! Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country!

John McCain is giving up meeting Bono and going on Letterman.

What great and terrible sacrifices will you make? Responses in the comments section, and pass the meme along in a post (with attribution) if you so desire.

Me? I’m giving up laundry. And paying attention to John McCain.

17 Comments

  1. Posted September 26, 2008 at 3:29 am | Permalink

    Wish I could give up laundry, but if I don’t do some soon, I’ll have to go naked. That wouldn’t bother me, except it’s a little too cold to walk the dog naked. And I would probably scare people. I think I’ll give up washing dishes and just use paper plates.

  2. Posted September 26, 2008 at 5:15 am | Permalink

    I am giving up on watching/following media that immobilizes people with fear and doesn’t empower them to take personal responsibility for their own success and happiness.

    Or is that too lofty a goal? :)

  3. Posted September 26, 2008 at 6:38 am | Permalink

    It might leave you with nothing to read or watch except Thoreau and that’s all reruns.

  4. G Eagle Esq
    Posted September 26, 2008 at 7:18 am | Permalink

    Your Grace

    Why not give up paying taxes

    Vote Cthulu

    & Paris, the next Vice-President

    Yr Grace’s obedt servt etc

    G E

  5. Posted September 26, 2008 at 7:21 am | Permalink

    I live in Canuckistan and don’t make enough to pay taxes. But I will hereby promise to give up paying American taxes if you, too, will swear to give up paying American taxes. I think we could start a real movement.

  6. Posted September 26, 2008 at 2:16 pm | Permalink

    I’m suspending my campaign for President.
    (The belt alone just wasn’t enough.)

  7. Posted September 26, 2008 at 11:16 pm | Permalink

    But it comes with a full scholarship!

  8. Posted September 27, 2008 at 2:59 am | Permalink

    I’m suspending my blog to find a solution for my country’s dilemma :P

  9. Posted September 27, 2008 at 6:35 am | Permalink

    Good luck with the swimsuit competition.

  10. Posted September 27, 2008 at 7:20 am | Permalink

    Silverstar####– How do you wash your paper plates?

    Shane– What? Personal responsibility? Naw. The Socialists will take care of you. Join a Union, you’ll see. They’ll pay you back for all the income you lose when they force you to go on strike, too! =)

  11. Wats Ina Naim
    Posted September 27, 2008 at 8:11 am | Permalink

    I thought about giving up beer, but every time read something about this economic mess everything goes hazy and I come to at the checkout in the local liquor store… come to think of it, I better go hit the fridge…

  12. Posted September 27, 2008 at 8:17 am | Permalink

    See, if you were a socialist like me you’d hit up your friends’ fridge! I confess myself addled by Barcamp Vancouver, where the drinks were mercifully free!

  13. Wats Ina Naim
    Posted September 27, 2008 at 8:38 am | Permalink

    … I think I may turn socialist just because of that, Boulevard has gotten quite expensive. I nearly depleted my entire stash playing “Drink every time Obama or McCain says one of their over-played catch phrases” tonight.

  14. Posted September 27, 2008 at 11:21 pm | Permalink

    CNN online just had a scroll that said Obama has dropped Biden as his running mate and replaced him with a case of Old Milwaukee Light. News as it happens…

  15. Posted September 27, 2008 at 11:47 pm | Permalink

    American beer is NEVER a winner in my experience!

  16. Posted September 28, 2008 at 3:22 am | Permalink

    No argument. [Insert "Makin' love in a canoe joke" here.]

  17. Posted September 28, 2008 at 5:46 am | Permalink

    Still better than American beer and I speak from experience!

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