Remember To Pay Your Bills!

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-03-04 11:26am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2818611.stm

I think after he recovered from the initial shock that no doubt gave him cardiac arrest, he'd begin looking at what he had left in the piggy bank.

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-03-04 11:32am

Boy, there sure have been a lot of "clerical errors" lately.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-03-04 11:33am

Kelly Antilles wrote:Boy, there sure have been a lot of "clerical errors" lately.

If the guy could pay that bill off then maybe next year he can use his heating bill to pay off the US debt.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-03-04 11:34am

Yeah.....I'd go nuts if I ever got an electric bill that high.

Dammit, is Britain's GNP even that high?

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-03-04 11:34am

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-03-04 11:35am

Admiral Valdemar wrote: If the guy could pay that bill off then maybe next year he can use his heating bill to pay off the US debt.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeey, now there's an idea!

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-03-04 11:39am

Vorlon1701 wrote:Yeah.....I'd go nuts if I ever got an electric bill that high.

Dammit, is Britain's GNP even that high?

I think it's around $1.5T.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-03-04 11:43am

Vorlon1701 wrote:Yeah.....I'd go nuts if I ever got an electric bill that high.

Dammit, is Britain's GNP even that high?

the world's GNP isn't that high. LOL

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-03-04 11:46am

Col. Crackpot wrote:
Vorlon1701 wrote:Yeah.....I'd go nuts if I ever got an electric bill that high.

Dammit, is Britain's GNP even that high?
the world's GNP isn't that high. LOL

Dammit, British Gas is hogging the world's money! I always thought it was BT or Micro$oft!

Though in the far future, only Dave Lister and Norweb Energy own the world's money. Lister because the few pence he had in his bank account has become a massive amount over 3 million years of interest and Norweb because Lister left his bathroom light on all that time.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-03-04 12:55pm

See, that's why you don't leave the lights on at home when you aren't there.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-03-04 12:57pm

neoolong wrote:See, that's why you don't leave the lights on at home when you aren't there.

I'll remember that the next time I'm in stasis on a JMC spacecraft.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-03-04 01:21pm

YOWZA

There's something I never want to see in my mailbox.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-03-04 01:25pm

I would've ripped it up, thinking it was a prank...

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-03-04 01:40pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
neoolong wrote:See, that's why you don't leave the lights on at home when you aren't there.
I'll remember that the next time I'm in stasis on a JMC spacecraft.

*hehehe* And don't bring a cat on board either.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-03-04 02:12pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:
Vorlon1701 wrote:Yeah.....I'd go nuts if I ever got an electric bill that high.

Dammit, is Britain's GNP even that high?
the world's GNP isn't that high. LOL

How much is the pound in comparison to the US dollar? The entire US budget is something like 16 trillion dollars.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-03-04 02:17pm

Right now you can get $1.58 to the £.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-03-04 03:19pm

On behalf of LadyTevar:

Todays Computer Screwup: Lady orders certificate with credit card. Computer hiccups, charges her 40mil. Credit Card AUTHORIZES the amount paid.

I WANT that line of credit, dammit!

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-03-04 04:01pm

SirNitram wrote:On behalf of LadyTevar:

Todays Computer Screwup: Lady orders certificate with credit card. Computer hiccups, charges her 40mil. Credit Card AUTHORIZES the amount paid.

I WANT that line of credit, dammit!

Don't you wish there was some way to know about these things in advance? It would probably take Fleet several days to notice the aircraft carrier and Ferrari dealership I'd put on my debit card.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-03-04 05:21pm

RedImperator wrote:
SirNitram wrote:On behalf of LadyTevar:

Todays Computer Screwup: Lady orders certificate with credit card. Computer hiccups, charges her 40mil. Credit Card AUTHORIZES the amount paid.

I WANT that line of credit, dammit!
Don't you wish there was some way to know about these things in advance? It would probably take Fleet several days to notice the aircraft carrier and Ferrari dealership I'd put on my debit card.

MasterCard wouldn't notice too much until I had actually bought the continental United States as a late Xmas prezzie.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-03-04 05:53pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
RedImperator wrote:
SirNitram wrote:On behalf of LadyTevar:

Todays Computer Screwup: Lady orders certificate with credit card. Computer hiccups, charges her 40mil. Credit Card AUTHORIZES the amount paid.

I WANT that line of credit, dammit!
Don't you wish there was some way to know about these things in advance? It would probably take Fleet several days to notice the aircraft carrier and Ferrari dealership I'd put on my debit card.
MasterCard wouldn't notice too much until I had actually bought the continental United States as a late Xmas prezzie.

That's it? Why not get Canada and Mexico too? You could probably get Mexico for cheap

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-03-04 05:54pm

Why am I reminded of the Red Dwarf radio play:

"We're being pursued by two NorWeb Confederation fighters."

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-03-04 05:55pm

Vorlon1701 wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
RedImperator wrote: Don't you wish there was some way to know about these things in advance? It would probably take Fleet several days to notice the aircraft carrier and Ferrari dealership I'd put on my debit card.
MasterCard wouldn't notice too much until I had actually bought the continental United States as a late Xmas prezzie.
That's it? Why not get Canada and Mexico too? You could probably get Mexico for cheap

Hmm, well, I do like the idea of making areas go boom with nuclear fire. Okay.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-03-04 05:55pm

weemadando wrote:Why am I reminded of the Red Dwarf radio play:

"We're being pursued by two NorWeb Confederation fighters."

"Busy, Dave?"
"Well, yeah. I am, actually."
"Oh, then you won't want to know about the two super-light-speed fighters that are tracking us."
"What?!"
"I'll leave you to your bubble blowing, mate."
"No, Hol, come on, come on."
"They're from Earth."
"Three million years away?"
"They're from the NorWEB federation."
"What's that?"
"The North Western Electricity Board. They want you, Dave."
"Me? Why? What for?"
"For your crimes against humanity."
"You what!"
"It seems when you left Earth three million years ago, you left two half-eaten German sausages on a plate in your kitchen."
"Did I?"
"You know what happens to sausages left unattended for three million years?"
"Yeah. They go all mouldy."
"Your sausages, Dave, now cover seven-eighths of the Earth's surface. Also you left seventeen pounds, fifty pence in a bank account. Thanks to compound interest you now own ninety-eight percent of all the world's wealth, but since you've hoarded it for three million years nobody's got any money except for you and NorWEB."
"Why NorWEB? "
"You left a light on in the bathroom. I've got a final demand here for one hundred and eighty billion pounds."
"A hundred and eighty billion pounds! You're kidding!"
"April fool."
"But it's not April."
"Yeah, I know, but I could hardly wait six months with a red-hot jape like that under my belt." "

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-03-04 05:58pm

Bah, you cheapscates! Why not go for other planets? I hear Venus is nice this time of year.

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-03-04 05:59pm

Vorlon1701 wrote:I would've ripped it up, thinking it was a prank...

Are you kidding? I'd have it framed and stick it on a wall in my bathroom or something. That's hilarious! Why toss it?