Dumpster-diving accountant: I've saved a fortune

Dangerous Man

Why is it that whenever someone lives their life in a fashion that is out-of-the-ordinary people rush to say 'mentally ill?' I saw the show and saw the woman and she is NOT mentally ill; she's just a tight-fisted miser.

3ndahalfof6

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Would she not just use a some type of reusable cloth to wipe her hole?

Face cloth.

phasers

3ndahalfof6 wrote: »

Face cloth.

Arse cloth

juan.kerr

One side for face, the other side for arse.

Pottler

sparksfly wrote: »

Whats a "Level 42 B-side" and what relevance has it to arse wiping?

They both involve old shyte, a hole in the middle and are better off not thought about too much?

senorwipesalot

This should do the trick http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paladone-Arse-Face-Novelty-Bath/dp/B000FBWI4U

Greentopia

Father Damo wrote: »

What is the point in being on holiday if you are eating absoloute crap and not going to see any attractions that have a cover charge? If you are walking 3 miles to avoid paying a dollar on the bus? My idea of having a good time abroad does not involve living on a wartime ration book diet, because that is exactly what it is.

Oh I agree, when I'm on holiday I might be careful with my money but I will spend it on nice food and drink and experiences I think are worthwhile.
No point coming back home with loads of dosh left but you've had a miserable time because you wouldn't spend the money to have a decent holiday experience.
Walking 3 miles to avoid paying a dollar is obviously pointless and irrational behaviour.

Perhaps it was just the particular Germans you met that were so extremely parsimonious??

Father Damo wrote: »

...She then proudly told me she had been here six months and had paid for internet twice. She would rather sit using a jamming, stalling 15 year old Windows than pay a dollar for something decent. I half felt like asking her what the tastiest piece of food she ever found in a bin was.

And you ask who the pathetic ones are? Out of curiousity did this German lad ever buy you....well,....anything? Ever?

Again, that's extreme yes but maybe she was a student back home or unemployed and so searching out for freebies and the best deals came naturally because she was used to being on a tight budget? You can't paint a whole nation of 80 million + people as pathetic misers based on the experience of a few backpackers you met in Australia.
I work with a German girl-Bavarian-and yes she seems prudent with her money but certainly not to the extremes you mention.

Yes, he did buy me things. When we would go out for a meal he'd always want to pay for me-which I never agreed to- and he offered on more than one occasion to give me money if I needed it when I was preparing to move back to Ireland and money was tight for me.

He was a decent guy, just because it's culturally ingrained in him to be cautious and prudent with money doesn't mean he's a tight fisted scrooge nutjob!
You seem to think all Germans must follow the pattern of a few people you met.
I've been to Germany a few times and found no evidence of this extreme stinginess you encountered that seems to be so rampant when they go to Australia! And the people from the region I most visited Baden-Württemberg where Uwe lives, is reputedly known for it's people being very tight-fisted and stingy with money!

weemcd

A cúnt like that couldn't even enjoy a quarter of a million if they did have it

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Well personally I wipe it off rather than just around, but then maybe not everyone has an extra 15-20 seconds to do it.

You think wiping with dry paper is going to remove everything? OK. Using a hose/bidet and actually washing with soap seems a lot more hygienic to me, but maybe I'm a crazy hippie.

goat2

she is on birth control for five yrs free due to taking part in medical trials, she does have fun also, while washing herself with soap

goat2

Greentopia wrote: »

Oh I agree, when I'm on holiday I might be careful with my money but I will spend it on nice food and drink and experiences I think are worthwhile.
No point coming back home with loads of dosh left but you've had a miserable time because you wouldn't spend the money to have a decent holiday experience.
Walking 3 miles to avoid paying a dollar is obviously pointless and irrational behaviour.

Perhaps it was just the particular Germans you met that were so extremely parsimonious??



Again, that's extreme yes but maybe she was a student back home or unemployed and so searching out for freebies and the best deals came naturally because she was used to being on a tight budget? You can't paint a whole nation of 80 million + people as pathetic misers based on the experience of a few backpackers you met in Australia.
I work with a German girl-Bavarian-and yes she seems prudent with her money but certainly not to the extremes you mention.

Yes, he did buy me things. When we would go out for a meal he'd always want to pay for me-which I never agreed to- and he offered on more than one occasion to give me money if I needed it when I was preparing to move back to Ireland and money was tight for me.

He was a decent guy, just because it's culturally ingrained in him to be cautious and prudent with money doesn't mean he's a tight fisted scrooge nutjob!
You seem to think all Germans must follow the pattern of a few people you met.
I've been to Germany a few times and found no evidence of this extreme stinginess you encountered that seems to be so rampant when they go to Australia! And the people from the region I most visited Baden-Württemberg where Uwe lives, is reputedly known for it's people being very tight-fisted and stingy with money!

her reason for this stinginess is,
she lost her job way back in the dotcom crash, and knows what it is to have nothing, so she says that now that she has a job she saves and saves, because she beleives that jobs can go anytime and she could find herself unemployed again,

goat2

goat2 wrote: »

her reason for this stinginess is,
she lost her job way back in the dotcom crash, and knows what it is to have nothing, so she says that now that she has a job she saves and saves, because she beleives that jobs can go anytime and she could find herself unemployed again,

She is taking it a bit far, though. I'm all for being frugal, but it doesn't sound like she has any pleasure in life at all.

Greentopia

goat2 wrote: »

her reason for this stinginess is,
she lost her job way back in the dotcom crash, and knows what it is to have nothing, so she says that now that she has a job she saves and saves, because she beleives that jobs can go anytime and she could find herself unemployed again,

Yes I know, that's as I mentioned further back in the thread. I think the poor women is suffering some kind of post traumatic stress from losing her job and this is her reaction to it so that she'll never have to be faced with the prospect of having no money ever again. I feel rather sorry for her and I think she needs counselling or some kind of therapy to deal with that in order to get to grips with her obsessive behaviour.

ArtSmart

Greentopia wrote: »

Em, I don't think so. Remind me again which economy is still growing and which one is in debt crisis? yeah.



There is that yes, but it's also considered not the done thing there to get into debt. It's 'schulden'-debt, the same word as guilt. It's seen as a failing on your part if you have to get into debt (mortgage aside I would imagine).
I admire them for that. We could learn a thing or two in this country from that attitude.

Yes, but you want to go on a session, who you gonna call?

Debtbusters?

lol. (el Paddo and el Kraut are polar opposites, i know, it cool)

ArtSmart

phasers wrote: »

If she won't buy a pack of toilet roll then no way is she gonna buy separate soaps for her face and her arse

Man I just got it!

Arse Soap - specialist soap for de arse!!!


Dragon's Den, here I come!

ArtSmart

kraggy wrote: »

Many Asians regard wiping your arse as very unhygienic. It makes sense when you think about.

In South East Asia they use a power hose that's located beside the cistern. It's very effective and feels nice.

TMI

ArtSmart

juan.kerr wrote: »

One side for face, the other side for arse.

and pray you never forget which is which....

Greentopia

ArtSmart wrote: »

Yes, but you want to go on a session, who you gonna call?

Debtbusters?

lol. (el Paddo and el Kraut are polar opposites, i know, it cool)

Life is made up of more than going on sessions though, innit? and I have been out with German friends and find them a lot more thoughtful, cultured and interesting company than a lot of Irish I've met. At least they didn't make idiots of themselves getting wasted and picking fights.

Not suggesting all Irish are like that of course, none of my friends are anyway, or they wouldn't be my friends.

Pottler

kraggy wrote: »

Many Asians regard wiping your arse as very unhygienic. It makes sense when you think about.

In South East Asia they use a power hose that's located beside the cistern. It's very effective and feels nice.

From now on, I ecshew bog-roll - I'm heading down to the local car wash, trousers round me ankles for a quick shot of programme 2 "Gold wash". Heaven forbid I should be accused of being unhygenic.

ArtSmart

Greentopia wrote: »

Life is made up of more than going on sessions though, innit? and I have been out with German friends and find them a lot more thoughtful, cultured and interesting company than a lot of Irish I've met. At least they didn't make idiots of themselves getting wasted and picking fights.

Not suggesting all Irish are like that of course, none of my friends are anyway, or they wouldn't be my friends.

i see a new race of Uberhumans, half Paddy Half Hans.

we could call him Paddihans.

Edward Paddihans.

alphabeat

who said she was hot ? are you out of your fcuking mind ???

if she used lipstick i bet it would back itself back into the tube .

Amalgam

juan.kerr wrote: »

One side for face, the other side for arse.

ArtSmart wrote: »

and pray you never forget which is which....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wow-Stuff-PD-1001-Arse-towel/dp/B00080XPUY

..and something for the Ladies.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/zhe-Fanny-Face-Soap/dp/B00319JF9E/

Bruthal

alphabeat wrote: »

who said she was hot ?

A previous user