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Re: April Moron's Day approaches

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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: April Moron's Day approaches
Date 2 Apr 2015 00:40:27 GMT
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On 2015-04-01, Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> wrote:
> On 4/1/15 12:32 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
>> In article <551be9b3$0$58006$b1db1813$65575428@news.astraweb.com>, Joe
>> <joe@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/31/2015 3:53 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>>> Nobody uses a coffee machine these days ... they all go down the road
>>>> to the coffee shop and pay five times the price for a coffee in a
>>>> plastic / polsytrene / eco-degradable cup.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The coffee is free at work, so most coffee drinkers take full advantage
>>> of it.  Not being a coffee drinker, this doesn't benefit me at all.
>>> There's also free soda (two fountain dispensers in two separate areas of
>>> the building).  The free soda mostly doesn't benefit me.
>>
>> But the free tea and hot chocolate did benefit me.
>
> Ya' see, that's the thing-- calling it free. It ain't free.
>
> It comes out of the pocket of the owners of the company-- likely the 
> boss and his family if the company is privately held-- or the stock 
> holders if it's publicly traded. And if it is publicly traded, some of 
> the stock is no doubt owned my mutual funds of which I have several. So 
> I probably paid for it.

Spoken like a true 1%-er. You have hope yet! 

Yes, you pay for ~.0005 cents (your share of the total divided by...
How many outstanding shares are there right now? : D

> Do I even get a "thanks" or an offer to come by and wash my car or mow 
> my lawn? Hell no, that's gratitude for ya'.

Well gee, yes, thanks, for your "contribution", I guess. I mean how much
were you inconvenienced for your own investment? : )

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