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label
11-10-2005, 07:34 AM
What are your thougths on pre nups?
Would you suggest it? Would you agree to if it were suggsted?
I think your a retard to go into ANY relationship these days without a prenuptial agreement doesn't matter how much you love them
dwarfthrower
11-10-2005, 08:11 AM
I don't think it's a particularly healthy attitude to take into a relationship. Practical, sensible and realistic in this day and age as it might be. I wouldn't personally ever suggest it... but if it was suggested to me then I wouldn't have any qualms about it.
A prenup only covers assets you had prior to the relationship, so it all comes down to what you stand to lose. If the sum total of your worth prior to the marriage is a laptop and a holden gemeni then it's probably not really worth it.
Deimos
11-10-2005, 08:14 AM
I would like to think that I would only marry someone if I loved them and trusted them so completely that if the marriage were to break down then money would be the last thing I would care about. That being said, if I use that criterion before ever marrying someone, I may never get married.
Hairyman
11-10-2005, 08:15 AM
You're in big trouble if you start out with a pre-nup.
Your in even worse trouble if you don't and the relationship doesn't work out.
StudMuffin
11-10-2005, 08:25 AM
seems a bit like going into marriage assuming it's going to fail
FireHart
11-10-2005, 08:43 AM
You should take it, if she's right for you she'll understand that it's just a precaution. Otherwise all seven hells will get loose.
ms edeity
11-10-2005, 08:45 AM
As Ed and I head into marital bliss we are of a common understanding that I will indeed take him to the cleaners and if he ends up with serious assets - fuck half - it'll be two thirds. It makes us both feel all warm inside.
Cassa
11-10-2005, 11:44 AM
I would like to think that I would only marry someone if I loved them and trusted them so completely that if the marriage were to break down then money would be the last thing I would care about. That being said, if I use that criterion before ever marrying someone, I may never get married.
It's a pity more people don't have that attitude though. It's scientifically proven that love isn't enough.
I didn't get a prenup and I probably wouldn't bother, money and possessions mean very little to me. It would be small consolation to clean someone out if they'd ripped my life apart.
Something Fast
11-10-2005, 11:48 AM
seems a bit like going into marriage assuming it's going to fail
What's the statistic for divorces in the first few years of marriage nowadays?
The sad truth is a hell of alot of really good marriages do fail. So it's just a basically good idea nowadays.
scathing
11-10-2005, 11:52 AM
A prenup only covers assets you had prior to the relationship, so it all comes down to what you stand to lose. If the sum total of your worth prior to the marriage is a laptop and a holden gemeni then it's probably not really worth it.
Hey, that Gemini holds significant emotional value to me.
And the laptop lets me browse pr0n in bed..........
Whiskers
11-10-2005, 11:53 AM
18 years, 18 years
She got one of yo kids got you for 18 years
I know somebody payin child support for one of his kids
His baby momma's car and crib is bigger than his
You will see him on TV Any Given Sunday
Win the Superbowl and drive off in a Hyundai
She was spose to buy ya shorty TYCO with ya money
She went to the doctor got lypo with ya money
She walkin around lookin like Michael with ya money
Should of got that insured got GEICO for ya moneeey
If you aint no punk holla We Want Prenup
WE WANT PRENUP!, Yeaah
It's something that you need to have
Cause when she leave yo ass she gone leave with half
18 years, 18 years
And on her 18th birthday he found out it wasn't his
Kanye West doesn't know what the shit.
Seeing as I am a law student, I should probably know the answer to this- but, what if you never get married? What if you live as a de facto couple? Can you still make some kind of agreement as to how assets will be split if you break up? And would it be binding?
dwarfthrower
11-10-2005, 11:54 AM
Hey, that Gemini holds significant emotional value to me.
They seem to do that... my brother wrote a song about his.
JumpinJez
11-10-2005, 01:05 PM
She earns more money than me and came into the relationship with more money than me, so I don't care that we don't have on. 50/50 split is fine......Not that it will happen of course
Colonel Kurtz
11-10-2005, 01:36 PM
SHould always bea 50/50 split of the marital assets, and what you brought in is yours.
The unfortunate trend with Hollywood these days, marriage is just a next step from going steady, not a serious lifetime commitment.
For me it's a serious life commitment and honestly, pre-nups aren't something I'd consider. Might be right for some but not for me and astro. :) He's agreed with me on this one, the last thing on our minds in the tragic event of a divorce would be stuff /things and money. I know you can't predict the future but I can safely stand by this. :)
trust no one. people can turn on you at the drop of a hat. i know it seems cruel, malice and detached from emotion, but its the unfortunate truth. it really is every man/women for themselves and when it comes down to the nitty gritty the vast majority of people have claws. as for pre nup, i would hope to marry the type of person with some fundamental morals, but people change and if you break up it'd suck to come out homeless. i guess it comes down to the situation.
Cassa
11-10-2005, 01:50 PM
trust no one. people can turn on you at the drop of a hat. i know it seems cruel, malice and detached from emotion, but its the unfortunate truth. it really is every man/women for themselves and when it comes down to the nitty gritty the vast majority of people have claws. as for pre nup, i would hope to marry the type of person with some fundamental morals, but people change and if you break up it'd suck to come out homeless. i guess it comes down to the situation.
Sad but true. Very few people would go into marriage thinking that it might end badly (or even end at all) but the statistics don't lie.
Supreme_Cmdr
11-10-2005, 02:12 PM
From what I understand there is not real equivalent to the American pre-nup in Australian law so if you are trying to get one it would fall under normal contract law and I am not sure it is enforceable.
But as someone else said earlier, if you are going into marrage with one you really aren't expecting it to last, and maybe you should think a bit harder about the whole thing.
From what I understand there is not real equivalent to the American pre-nup in Australian law so if you are trying to get one it would fall under normal contract law and I am not sure it is enforceable.
But as someone else said earlier, if you are going into marrage with one you really aren't expecting it to last, and maybe you should think a bit harder about the whole thing.
That's pretty much correct from my understanding of the law. Pre-nups in Australia aren't worth shit.
Oh, and relationships fail, but i'd break up with someone well before it reached the crazy shit stage. Even when i broke up with my gf of 5 years, it didn't end well at all, but we were totally fine when it came to splitting stuff up.
Cassa
11-10-2005, 02:18 PM
From what I've read, pre-nups aren't legally binding but they make it a bit harder to rort everything from your former partner. Say if in the pre-nup you said they could keep the house, you'd have to argue pretty well to win that back.
DumHed
11-10-2005, 02:42 PM
I reckon post nuptual agreements are the go.
They usually involve things like, "wash the dishes bitch!" and "take the friggin bins out!"
Cassa
11-10-2005, 02:47 PM
And yet you still don't do it!
From what I've read, pre-nups aren't legally binding but they make it a bit harder to rort everything from your former partner. Say if in the pre-nup you said they could keep the house, you'd have to argue pretty well to win that back.
My ex, who was studying to be a lawyer told me they're not worth the paper they're written on. It's 50-50 end of story.
Cassa
11-10-2005, 02:50 PM
I stand corrected. Why would people bother then?
beerbaron
11-10-2005, 03:04 PM
because if i buy the house and my g/f or wife moves in and the relationship ends x amouunt of years later, that is still my house and wouldnt want to lose it
Girl.
11-10-2005, 03:36 PM
As I understand it, pre-nups can be easily set aside. When it comes to dividing assets after a divorce, the Court looks at what each party has contributed to the household, both in financial and non-financial support, and also (from memory) to the needs of the parties. Non-financial support is viewed as being as valuable as financial support, which is why you hear stories of 'housewives' who haven't worked during the marriage but have cleaned or cared for children being given a large percentage of the matrimonial assets. Because pre-nups deal with assets held before the marriage, they're not that relevant (I think).
I think Sagacious practices family law so maybe he'd know more about it?
dwarfthrower
11-10-2005, 03:42 PM
Sagacious practises family law
Maybe we'll ask him when he gets good at it then.
boom tish.
I stand corrected. Why would people bother then?
I think mostly as a formalised agreement agreement between two people? The misconception that they are binding? I'm not really sure...
Happy Camper
11-10-2005, 03:57 PM
Simple solution. Marry a christian girl. She'll cook, clean, pop out a zillion babies, be a a nice tight virgin on your wedding night, defer to you like a backwards 1600's chick and best of all will not ever devoice in fear of going to hell :P
The Cunt
11-10-2005, 04:31 PM
It's scientifically proven that love isn't enough.
It's a shame that science doesn't prove what is enough.
Cassa
11-10-2005, 04:40 PM
Yes well I never said I had all the answers, just the disappointing ones.
locust
11-10-2005, 05:37 PM
because if i buy the house and my g/f or wife moves in and the relationship ends x amouunt of years later, that is still my house and wouldnt want to lose it
Where x = 7/12, I believe?
Feryl
11-10-2005, 07:17 PM
If any guy I was engaged to suggested a pre-nup, I'd give him back the ring. If you go into marriage planning for the divorce, there's a fair chance you'll end up getting one!
Feryl
11-10-2005, 07:19 PM
Simple solution. Marry a christian girl. She'll cook, clean, pop out a zillion babies, be a a nice tight virgin on your wedding night, defer to you like a backwards 1600's chick and best of all will not ever devoice in fear of going to hell :P
You haven't met many Christian women lately, have you? They come complete with tats and attitude where I come from! ;) Oh yeah, and brains too!
If any guy I was engaged to suggested a pre-nup, I'd give him back the ring. If you go into marriage planning for the divorce, there's a fair chance you'll end up getting one!
That's how I feel too. :) Although I'd keep the ring and move to Uzbekistan.
ms edeity
11-10-2005, 07:34 PM
Oh come on. We all ('cept for anna nicole hussy types) go into marriage believing (or hoping) that the relationship will last and be as fulfiling as we wish. In the event of ending we hope it'll be amicable. That's all la-de-da and all in the end because our govt. provides measures for division of assets. I wouldn't have a pre-nup because it seems to cheapen all of the risks you are committing to by being married - and because in reality it's very negotiable if things do go awry.
Zanadou
11-10-2005, 07:46 PM
http://www.dontmarry.com
http://dontmarry.proboards27.com/index.cgi?board=general
This guy sounds a little burnt...
Bifrost
11-10-2005, 07:52 PM
Well...I have to say if you're seeing someone and you think they're likely to take you to the cleaners simply because they think they can - something is not right.
Admittedly when my gf and I started going out, we both had a small TV each, a stereo each and I had a computer, but we've both come a long way since then. We've spoken about what we'd do if we ever broke up and we've both settled on the 50/50 thing. I mean she earns more than I do now, but maybe one day that'll change. I don't think there's any need for some sort of contract to say "you get x if we break up" because it's the start of a relationship. Why should "you get" anything? I think if you do split and you're going to split assets or whatever, then it should be straight down the middle from when you started out together.
And I think this is what Australian law says anyway.
But this is exactly the reason why I believe (as does my gf) that buying a house together is a bigger commitment than getting married. Marriages are easy to get out of - you try breaking a mortgage!
nah, i wouldn't want a pre-nup. SamBo and I have agreed that we share everything we have. I agree that having a pre-nup would seem like planning the divorce....
jambo
11-10-2005, 08:41 PM
I think your a retard to go into ANY relationship these days without a prenuptial agreement
*Walks up to a girl at a party*
Me: 'Can I get you a drink?'
Girl: 'Yea sure.'
Me: 'Cool, sign this...'
Happy Camper
11-10-2005, 09:57 PM
You haven't met many Christian women lately, have you? They come complete with tats and attitude where I come from! Oh yeah, and brains too!
Intelligence and Religion...wait, wait, wait no, are you sure ? Religion and intelligence. You can't have both, it just does not work. Look at bush his redneck, middle American supporters. And christian women with backbone, thats absurd. The bible clearly states women are not allowed to say or do anything their husbands doesn't want them to do.
A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
Back to the closer to the OP's subject. When children are involved isn't it split based upon who gets the most amount of children ?
scathing
11-10-2005, 10:40 PM
You haven't met many Christian women lately, have you? They come complete with tats and attitude where I come from! ;) Oh yeah, and brains too!
Yep...they're pretty much all fucking sluts. As for the brains out.....they had them, until someone fucked them out.
dozer
11-10-2005, 10:53 PM
christians with brains lol
Deimos
12-10-2005, 02:03 AM
christians with brains lol
I actually happen to know quite a few Christians with plenty of brains. I also happen to know quite a few Americans with brains, and Aborigines who don't sniff petrol and New Zealanders who don't fuck sheep, and lawyers who are actually decent human beings. The nutcases you see on TV and the Sun0ls of the world don't speak for all Christians/Americans/lawyers/etc you know...
dozer
12-10-2005, 02:09 AM
dont buck my sweeping stereotypical generalisations buddy! your statement simply cannot be true! i demand random urls to back up your incredulity!
the fact remains that if youre getting married then the pre nup is the least of your worries.
mjolnir
12-10-2005, 05:11 AM
18 years, 18 years
She got one of yo kids got you for 18 years
I know somebody payin child support for one of his kids
His baby momma's car and crib is bigger than his
You will see him on TV Any Given Sunday
Win the Superbowl and drive off in a Hyundai
She was spose to buy ya shorty TYCO with ya money
She went to the doctor got lypo with ya money
She walkin around lookin like Michael with ya money
Should of got that insured got GEICO for ya moneeey
If you aint no punk holla We Want Prenup
WE WANT PRENUP!, Yeaah
It's something that you need to have
Cause when she leave yo ass she gone leave with half
18 years, 18 years
And on her 18th birthday he found out it wasn't his
And the nicer approach...
And I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow today
And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest babe
Hurts, but it might be the only way
druid
12-10-2005, 07:59 AM
If any guy I was engaged to suggested a pre-nup, I'd give him back the ring. If you go into marriage planning for the divorce, there's a fair chance you'll end up getting one!
That sort of idealism is really cute.
scathing
12-10-2005, 10:19 AM
That sort of idealism is really cute.
Don't go there. Christians don't put out before marriage....and don't ask her if you can drive the Chocolate Highway..............
ms edeity
12-10-2005, 10:24 AM
Mmmmm chocolate.
druid
12-10-2005, 11:53 AM
Don't go there. Christians don't put out before marriage....and don't ask her if you can drive the Chocolate Highway..............
I wasn't as much concerned about christianity as the possibility that some of the replies in this thread may be part of a gold digger plot.
mªrty
12-10-2005, 12:24 PM
american. christian. electrical engineering student.
personally, i think the latter says the most about who i am :P
but aren't we a little off topic?
Whiskers
12-10-2005, 12:37 PM
I wasn't as much concerned about christianity as the possibility that some of the replies in this thread may be part of a gold digger plot.
Buffy and I have decided that Gold Digger is superior to Don Cha.
"Gold Digger"
(feat. Jamie Foxx)
[Jamie Foxx]
She take my money when I'm in need
Yea she's a trifflin friend indeed
Oh she's a gold digga way over town
That dig's on me
[Chorus:]
(She takes my money)
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm Need)
But she ain't messin' wit no broke niggaz
(She takes my money)
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm need)
But she ain't messin' wit no broke niggaz
Get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
Get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
Get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
Get down girl gone head
[Verse 1:]
Cutie the bomb
Met her at a beauty salon
With a baby louis vuitton
Under her underarm
She said I can tell you ROC
I can tell by ya charm
Far as girls you got a flock
I can tell by ya charm and ya arm
but I'm lookin for the one
have you seen her
My psychic told me she have a ass like Serena
Trina, Jennifer Lopez, four kids
An I gotta take all they bad ass to show-biz
Ok get ya kids but then they got their friends
I Pulled up in the Benz, they all got up In
We all went to Den and then I had to pay
If you fuckin with this girl then you betta be payed
You know why
It take too much to touch her
From what I heard she got a baby by Busta
My best friend say she use to fuck wit Usher
I dont care what none of yall say I still love her
[Chorus:]
(She takes my money)
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm Need)
But she ain't messin' wit no broke niggaz
(She takes my money)
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm need)
but she ain't messin' wit no broke niggaz
get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl gone head
[Verse 2:]
18 years, 18 years
She got one of yo kids got you for 18 years
I know somebody payin child support for one of his kids
His baby momma's car and crib is bigger than his
You will see him on TV Any Given Sunday
Win the Superbowl and drive off in a Hyundai
She was spose to buy ya shorty TYCO with ya money
She went to the doctor got lypo with ya money
She walkin around lookin like Michael with ya money
Should of got that insured got GEICO for ya moneeey
If you aint no punk holla We Want Prenup
WE WANT PRENUP!, Yeaah
It's something that you need to have
Cause when she leave yo ass she gone leave with half
18 years, 18 years
And on her 18th birthday he found out it wasn't his
[Chorus:]
(She takes my money)
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm Need)
But she ain't messin' wit no broke niggaz
(She takes my money)
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm need)
but she ain't messin' wit no broke niggaz
get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl gone head get down (I gotta leave)
get down girl gone head
[Verse 3:]
Now I aint sayin you a gold digger you got needs
You dont want ya dude to smoke but he can't buy weed
You got out to eat and he cant pay yall cant leave
There's dishes in the back, he gotta roll up his sleeves
But why yall washin watch him
He gone make it into a Benz out of that Datson
He got that ambition baby look in his eyes
This week he moppin floorz next week it's the fries
So, stick by his side
I know his dude's ballin but yea thats nice
And they gone keep callin and tryin
But you stay right girl
But when you get on he leave yo a** for a white girl
Get down girl gone head get down
Get down girl gone head get down
get down girl gone head get down
get down girl gone head
(lemme hear dat bak)
Bifrost
12-10-2005, 02:02 PM
HAHAHA!!! All this talk of intelligent Christians is funny.
I personally know a very intelligent doctor of Medical Science (not a medical doctor - a scienist who did a Phd) who is also a very serious Christian.
I have always wondered how it works, but it seems to work for her. She is also a very nice person and a very dear friend.
Personally I think it's not the intelligence of a person which is called into question when they worship a Christian god, I think it's more their ability to question contradiction and prodominantly baseless conclusions regarding the universe.
What I'm saying is - you can still be intelligent and believe something which is relatively absurd, just as long as you can intelligently justify it to yourself.
OneSwo
12-10-2005, 02:18 PM
HAHAHA!!! All this talk of intelligent Christians is funny.
I personally know a very intelligent doctor of Medical Science (not a medical doctor - a scienist who did a Phd) who is also a very serious Christian.
I have always wondered how it works, but it seems to work for her. She is also a very nice person and a very dear friend.
Personally I think it's not the intelligence of a person which is called into question when they worship a Christian god, I think it's more their ability to question contradiction and prodominantly baseless conclusions regarding the universe.
What I'm saying is - you can still be intelligent and believe something which is relatively absurd, just as long as you can intelligently justify it to yourself.
Attractive, a geek, and intelligent. How dangerous is that?
As far as intelligent christians. Miss BiFrost basically nailed it right on. I personally am neutral to religion. I dont really know what to believe anymore, but the one thing I do know for sure is, even if all the scientist in the world pooled together and found out what the entire world (universe, stars, planets, everything) as we know it came from, the question again to me is still going to be, ok, so who the fuck put it there?
Anyways. w/e. I thought this thread was about prenups?
DumHed
12-10-2005, 02:23 PM
intelligence is all relative though.
Some supposedly intelligent people are really bad at simple things, and other "dumb" people can do the same things really well.
I reckon intelligence just depends on what it is you focus on.
Happy Camper
12-10-2005, 03:57 PM
intelligence is all relative though.
Some supposedly intelligent people are really bad at simple things, and other "dumb" people can do the same things really well.
I reckon intelligence just depends on what it is you focus on.
Yup
There are different types of 'intellgence'. Theres the intellgience used to calculate in your head the paths of projectiles used to play sport, Theres the intelligence used to empathise when another person, Theres the problem solving intelligence, Theres emotional intelligence (almost an oxymoron)
label
12-10-2005, 07:35 PM
The pre-nup was not set in the context of damning the marriage before it begins, but more of an insurance policy in the what if scenario.
If the marriage were to fail, then as well as losing your partner, the thought of losing your house, car, cash, savings etc is a bit much.
I agree if both parties have similar assets then it is not worth taking. But if either party has more going in, then they stand to los more and yes it is provide a safeguard against gold diggers.
skrappy
14-10-2005, 02:58 PM
intelligence is all relative though.
Some supposedly intelligent people are really bad at simple things, and other "dumb" people can do the same things really well.
I reckon intelligence just depends on what it is you focus on.
Funny you say that. There is a girl at my work, she completed her TEE high school thing recently and got 99.5 as her score (supposedly meaning she is smarter than 99.5% of WA high school students).
The thing is.. she can't fill up a jug even! She will look at it, put the water in and it will overflow for about 5-10 seconds before she realises she has filled it up to much.
When it comes to sarcasm with her she just won't understand it at all, just take it seriously.
It's scary to notice how some people can be incredibly academics, but when it comes to real life they are completely clueless.
locust
14-10-2005, 03:31 PM
Almost sounds like Asperger's.
Hopefully she ends up becoming some sort of mad scientist, rather than heading into medicine :)
Happy Camper
14-10-2005, 05:42 PM
When it comes to sarcasm with her she just won't understand it at all, just take it seriously.
It's scary to notice how some people can be incredibly academics, but when it comes to real life they are completely clueless.
Asperger or Autrism ? We touched this a bit in a uni subject. Austisic people just don't get humour, sarcarsm, but are very academically bright
Sagacious
14-10-2005, 05:57 PM
Prenups are documentary evidence that love is fallable and that trust is something that is subject to the predations of rage and/or disappointment.
When you sign a prenup you are saying here I love you and I trust that our relationship will endure so that we never need to rely upon this document.
You are also acknowledging that life can throw you curveballs and even the best laid plans of mice and men are apt to go astray.
Statistically 45% - 50% of marriages end in divorce so if you are into trust and faith and commitment then you are better off having unprotected sex because your odds of conception for any given instance of unprotected sex are lower than the likelihood of divorce for any given relationship.
So if you use rubbers you should have no problems signing a prenup.
It's been a long day.
skrappy
15-10-2005, 01:21 AM
Almost sounds like Asperger's.
Hopefully she ends up becoming some sort of mad scientist, rather than heading into medicine :)
I'll be looking into this 'Asperger's'
She is doing law. :fag:
Cassa
15-10-2005, 11:58 AM
Asperger or Autrism ? We touched this a bit in a uni subject. Austisic people just don't get humour, sarcarsm, but are very academically bright
No that's asperger's. They can function fine in society, hold down a job, maybe even have some friends but they're always seen as odd, they don't get social cues, they do and say inappropriate things without realising, and generally just don't fit in. And yes they can be quite intelligent.
The intelligence of autistic people is more of the idiot savant type, but they're pretty much socially illiterate.
They're disorders on the same spectrum with asperger's at one end and autism at the other.
Sagacious
15-10-2005, 12:38 PM
make sure and look up asperger syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergers) not ass purger's syndrome (http://www.redcoat.net/pics/tubgirl.jpg)*
* warning may contain traces of tubgirl
Happy Camper
15-10-2005, 02:32 PM
No that's asperger's. They can function fine in society, hold down a job, maybe even have some friends but they're always seen as odd, they don't get social cues, they do and say inappropriate things without realising, and generally just don't fit in. And yes they can be quite intelligent.
Like the blonde geeky chick on 24 then ?
johny_roberts
15-10-2005, 02:53 PM
my thoughts on this prenuptial agreement thing .......
She is ritch = No on the prenuptial hell I want something..
I am ritch = Yes Damm whore is not getting shit
Am I ritch = No
Is she ritch = No
Prenuptial = No
I fall in the second category, could care less and if you start that way its not a marriage but a contract. But hey most marriages fail despite the prenupt so whatever floats your boat mates......
Cassa
15-10-2005, 04:15 PM
who the fuck spells rich with a t? Srsly ppl.
And I've never seen 24 so I don't know who you're talking about happy camper. But there are plenty of completely socially inept people who don't have the excuse of aspergers out there.
johny_roberts
15-10-2005, 04:17 PM
who the fuck spells rich with a t? Srsly ppl.
someone who is drinking and could give a rats ass:D
Bifrost
16-10-2005, 12:41 AM
someone who is drinking and could give a rats ass:DNow this I've always found curious - what is it with Americans and this type of saying?
Is is that you COULD in fact give a rat's ass (ie. you have a rat's ass and you could actually be in a position to give one)? Much like you COULD care less (ie. there is a lesser amount of caring you could apply to this situation)?
As opposed to the standard Australian way of saying it in that we COULDN'T give a rat's arse (ie. I don't currently have possession of a rodent's rectum and wouldn't provide one if I did) and we COULDN'T care less (ie. this is the least amount of care possible).
What up with that?
johny_roberts
16-10-2005, 05:03 AM
Now this I've always found curious - what is it with Americans and this type of saying?
Is is that you COULD in fact give a rat's ass (ie. you have a rat's ass and you could actually be in a position to give one)? Much like you COULD care less (ie. there is a lesser amount of caring you could apply to this situation)?
As opposed to the standard Australian way of saying it in that we COULDN'T give a rat's arse (ie. I don't currently have possession of a rodent's rectum and wouldn't provide one if I did) and we COULDN'T care less (ie. this is the least amount of care possible).
What up with that?
mehhhh, Who knows always said "I could give a rats ass," and it stuck. Now I am confused and need a beer. Thanks........
Seeker
16-10-2005, 05:53 AM
BEEEEEEEEeeeeeee.....penalty Mr Roberts. That will be 10 rats asses please.
JumpinJez
19-10-2005, 03:17 PM
Asperger or Autrism ? We touched this a bit in a uni subject. Austisic people just don't get humour, sarcarsm, but are very academically bright
Aspergers is morelikely than autism for this person. Aspergers can badly be defined as high level Austism. Like Hoffman's character in Rainman. He is much more likely to have had Asperger's Syndrome than Autism.
*Thats about as much as I know. My wife is a Speech Pathlogist and assits with the Paediatrician and Psychologist in assesing kida with possible Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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