I knew about theremins. I did not know about singing Tesla coils: [link]
Kaylee: You're nice, too. Mal: No, I'm not. I'm a mean old man.
'Serenity'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
dcp - Jun 26, 2007 7:16:08 pm PDT #4937 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
amych - Jun 26, 2007 7:16:42 pm PDT #4938 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
So if someone without a ton of money knows they're dying, is there really any incentive NOT to run up a ton of fun debt?
Is this for some sort of ficcy purposes? Because if not, and you're dying, you have to take us all out for drinkies first.
§ ita § - Jun 26, 2007 7:18:12 pm PDT #4939 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
LOTS of drinkies.
Vortex - Jun 26, 2007 7:34:35 pm PDT #4940 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Wasn't there a case in England where a guy was told he had three months to live, so he quit his job and ran up his credit cards, and then the doctor said "oops, got that a bit wrong, you'll be fine" and now he's suing?
meara - Jun 26, 2007 7:36:18 pm PDT #4941 of 10001
Because if not, and you're dying, you have to take us all out for drinkies first.
As far as I know, I am not dying any more than anyone else. Which is to say, I do not believe myself to be immortal.
But I"ll totally take you for drinkies if I am dying faster.
tommyrot - Jun 26, 2007 7:41:26 pm PDT #4942 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Enough drinkies will make you die faster.
Kathy A - Jun 26, 2007 7:51:09 pm PDT #4943 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Seems like Kristen and meara were on the same wavelength as the Daily Show tonight--they talk about that very issue (what happens to credit card debt if you die).
meara - Jun 26, 2007 8:04:06 pm PDT #4944 of 10001
Seriously? Cool!!
Kristin and I are like, so in telepathic touch with Jon Stewart, see...
bon bon - Jun 26, 2007 8:35:15 pm PDT #4945 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
And it was a Demetri Martin trendspotting piece-- I haven't seen him in like forever!
Polgara - Jun 26, 2007 9:10:55 pm PDT #4946 of 10001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
Only the estate is liable. Heirs normally are not liable for anything beyond the what the estate can pay
While this is legally true, debt collectors will assume you don't know this, and try to get money out of you ("you" being the heir(s)) anyway. For months. And they will outright lie to do it.