Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for October 16, 2009
October 15, 2009
October 17, 2009
Transcript:
Dad: Tia Carmen, would you lie to your family about gambling? Tia Carmen: No. Dad: Would you commit an illegal act to support a gambling habit? Tia Carmen: Of course not! Dad: Would you risk significant relationships for gambling? Tia Carmen: ¡Nunca! Never! Dad: Where are your clothes?!!! Tia Carmen: I sold 'em to that nice lady over there for $10.
margueritem about 15 years ago
Oh Tia, tsk tsk!
Edcole1961 about 15 years ago
Tomorrow, Carmen sells the barrel.
carmy about 15 years ago
Not the purple outfit?!
ejcapulet about 15 years ago
Oh mercy!
Wildmustang1262 about 15 years ago
Tia’s favorite color is purple on her dress. She always wears it everyday.
auricle about 15 years ago
Tia has no clothes on under the barrel and she has cleavage? Very impressive for a lady her age.
Xrystalia about 15 years ago
I wonder if “that nice lady over there” was from YoVille. lol
bald about 15 years ago
hummmm…. they have gamblers anonymous info pamphlets in the casino? good idea
wxman927 about 15 years ago
And she had to buy the barrel for 12 bucks…looks like a lesson from government spending.
cynof3 about 15 years ago
ha ha atleast she didn’t lie or commit an illegal act for the money. Immoral maybe but not illegal. lol
Lawrence Stetz Premium Member about 15 years ago
Step 1 is admitting you have a problem.
Step 2 is admitting your bad at poker.
Step 3 is remembering where you left your hotel key.
fritzoid Premium Member about 15 years ago
JAD, in addition to being humor impaired, you know nothing about AA.
Twelve Step programs (of which AA was the first) are built on the idea that one’s Higher Power IS essential in removing the problem. If your Higher Power is God, then that’s fine. There are some in AA who insist that God is the ONLY Higher Power that can remove one’s addiction, but that’s the position of those individuals and not the position of AA. If your Higher Power is The Force, that’s fine with AA. If your Higher Power is AA itself, that’s fine too. Whatever works.
While characterizing itself as a “spiritual program”, AA is not in the business of saving souls; it’s in the business of getting people to stop drinking. Some people NEED to go to a meeting every day. Some people go to a meeting a month. And if the guy you met IS “addicted” to AA, it ain’t destroying his liver or cleaning out his bank account or driving his family away from him.
For some people it works, and for some it doesn’t. It works as well as, if not better than, any other way of dealing with addiction. There’s no guarantee, but hey, it costs nothing to join.
fritzoid Premium Member about 15 years ago
I’ve got personal experience with it as well, and some recovering alcoholics can use mouthwash and some cannot.
The documented proof that AA works is the guy in the back who has 40 years of sobriety, through AA. What documented proof do you have that anybody has had their alcoholism “healed” by the Holy Spirit?
AA and religion are neither identical nor mutually exclusive. Pastors may send their parishoners to AA, and AA does not discourage anybody from attending church. I don’t know the relative success rates of those who call their Higher Power “God” and those who don’t, but I’ve seen successes and failures among both segments.