Take the Freeze, quickly knock some holes in the wall to the Burn and Voila! a moderate climate…just don’t let in anyone from the fossil fuel industry.
Back in the 80’s I did real estate closings for about five years. If you haven’t worked on this stuff you have no idea boring anything can be. I realized I had reaching my breaking point at a closing that went on and on after five o’clock on a Friday while buyers and sellers argued over a pile of half-rotten fireplace wood worth maybe $20. Sellers wanted buyers to pay them $20 for the wood. Buyers wanted sellers to remove the wood from the property.
Finally I found myself slamming the table with the palm of my hand. Looking the brokers in the eye, I said something like “It’s after 5 on a Friday and I want to go home. Who has $20 for the sellers and a truck to haul the wood away to save this deal?” After a few seconds of awkward silence the brokers rose to the occasion.
Both buyers and sellers looked triumphant. The brokers didn’t speak to me again for a long, long time.
I used to live in Winnipeg. I once rode a motorcycle all the way around Australia during the southern summer. Neither of the first two choices holds any terrors for me.
Most people really don’t get it: True Hell starts long before death. It entails sitting in some random Church every Sunday morning listening to some brain-damaged preacher twist scripture to his own interpretation while hypnotizing you into transferring money from your pocket to his. And like the comic shows— you can attend the hell of your choice! :D
What about the choice of a room full of people learning to play banjos & bagpipes? By the way, Eddy Peabody was quite accomplished on both of these instruments!
I do not like temperature extremes, so I would take the paperwork; it is the best way to become a mindless zombie. Now as for the ones that created the paperwork……….
A Laura Nyro song just came into my head. Can anyone guess which one? {Oh, could we add a 4th door? Standing in line at the DMV for hours, only to find you have the wrong paperwork, forever.}
If you actually read The Inferno (translated, I presume) you find that the various sins are punished in various appropriate ways. And that “choice” isn’t a big part of the equation.
kakaako.fixtures over 5 years ago
I hope this guy is a real estate lawyer or a loan officer.
Prescott_Philosopher over 5 years ago
He worked in an escrow office.
sirbadger over 5 years ago
I’d sleep better with the paperwork.
in.amongst over 5 years ago
just jump off!
mr_sherman Premium Member over 5 years ago
“I forgot to tell you, it’s written in Esperanto.”
dadoctah over 5 years ago
Least popular holodeck program on Star Trek Deep Space Nine: “A day at the DMV with Dr Bashir”.
Watcher over 5 years ago
And of course the coin has 2 heads or 2 tails. No matter what your do, you lose.
DanFlak over 5 years ago
And for particularly bad sinners, Help Desk. People are pissed before they call you and you are not responsible for their issue.
uniquename over 5 years ago
Fine. I’ll start going to church again.
SusieB over 5 years ago
I don’t like extreme heat or cold so it’s paperwork for me
Darsan54 Premium Member over 5 years ago
or……..watch nothing but cable news.
david_42 over 5 years ago
It’s easy: this one is a CYA for the agent, this is a CYA for the broker, this is a CYA … and this single sheet of paper transfers the legal title.
MichaelHelwig over 5 years ago
Take the Freeze, quickly knock some holes in the wall to the Burn and Voila! a moderate climate…just don’t let in anyone from the fossil fuel industry.
Troy Premium Member over 5 years ago
That’s an easy choice.
Lynnjav over 5 years ago
This is so close to what I said after dealing with my mom’s insurance paperwork for years! LOL
rlaker22j over 5 years ago
the old joke of time to go back standing on your heads coffee break’s over
psampson over 5 years ago
Back in the 80’s I did real estate closings for about five years. If you haven’t worked on this stuff you have no idea boring anything can be. I realized I had reaching my breaking point at a closing that went on and on after five o’clock on a Friday while buyers and sellers argued over a pile of half-rotten fireplace wood worth maybe $20. Sellers wanted buyers to pay them $20 for the wood. Buyers wanted sellers to remove the wood from the property.
Finally I found myself slamming the table with the palm of my hand. Looking the brokers in the eye, I said something like “It’s after 5 on a Friday and I want to go home. Who has $20 for the sellers and a truck to haul the wood away to save this deal?” After a few seconds of awkward silence the brokers rose to the occasion.
Both buyers and sellers looked triumphant. The brokers didn’t speak to me again for a long, long time.
Kveldulf over 5 years ago
I used to live in Winnipeg. I once rode a motorcycle all the way around Australia during the southern summer. Neither of the first two choices holds any terrors for me.
DCBakerEsq over 5 years ago
How insulting. Attorneys were paid good money to write that drivel.
Snoots over 5 years ago
Most people really don’t get it: True Hell starts long before death. It entails sitting in some random Church every Sunday morning listening to some brain-damaged preacher twist scripture to his own interpretation while hypnotizing you into transferring money from your pocket to his. And like the comic shows— you can attend the hell of your choice! :D
Godfreydaniel over 5 years ago
Is the motto on the coin, “In Satan We Trust”?
Nick Danger over 5 years ago
Paperwork – now, if it had been “Fill out real estate paperwork”, then it gets more painful
Banjo Gordy Premium Member over 5 years ago
What about the choice of a room full of people learning to play banjos & bagpipes? By the way, Eddy Peabody was quite accomplished on both of these instruments!
Lablubber over 5 years ago
Hot and cold running souls.
nikpromo over 5 years ago
I do not like temperature extremes, so I would take the paperwork; it is the best way to become a mindless zombie. Now as for the ones that created the paperwork……….
Bill Löhr Premium Member over 5 years ago
Or read the terms and conditions from websites and determine what’s changed from the prior versions.
Rick Smith Premium Member over 5 years ago
But I forgot to tell you: The cold and paperwork open into the same room.
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 5 years ago
Relax. Eternity isn’t as long as it used to be.
Bicycle Dude over 5 years ago
The only time I had more paperwork to read than real estate was entering and exiting the military.
Redd Panda over 5 years ago
A Laura Nyro song just came into my head. Can anyone guess which one? {Oh, could we add a 4th door? Standing in line at the DMV for hours, only to find you have the wrong paperwork, forever.}
Concretionist over 5 years ago
If you actually read The Inferno (translated, I presume) you find that the various sins are punished in various appropriate ways. And that “choice” isn’t a big part of the equation.
dwane.scoty1 over 5 years ago
He left a space for a 4th option: arrow pointing down to the Never ending Abyss !
anomaly over 5 years ago
What the heck did he do to get punished for eternity?
keenanthelibrarian over 5 years ago
Ah, decisions, decisions …