If my toilet is clogged, you just gotta pay the going rate.

Whamdangler: If my toilet is clogged, you just gotta pay the going rate.

Too bad he's not a real plumber.

//And I'm going with "no" as my official answer.

No, but I'd pay $1000 to be the guy who paid $1000 for a private meeting with Joe the Plumber.

/no, I wouldn't actually

No, but I'm betting a lot of republicans and evangelicals might.

In Zimbabwean dollars maybe, but even then probably not.

Is there an extra fee to cockpunch him or is that included?

In the past cocaine was God's way of telling you you made too much money.

Today, Joe the Plumber is the same litmus test.

Things were cooler back in the day.

pay a grand to meet a guy who's name is not joe and who's not really a plumber? boy, i'd have to be a farking idiot rabid republican to do that!

interesting - my strikethrough got filtwned - yet it somehow came out better.

Full release massage, or just meet & greet?

$1000 doesn't seem like that much to feel make you feel better about yourself in every way. Gotta be cheaper than therapy.

Fido McCokefiend: $1000 doesn't seem like that much to feel make you feel better about yourself in every way.

Depends on if you're the one urinating or being urinated upon.

"Just five minutes, Worm, Your Honour, Him and me alone."

/pacifist
//but a boy can dream

Pay ME the $1000 and then maybe...

The Onanist: Too bad he's not a real plumber.

Anybody can call themselves a plumber. Maybe he lacks certain certifications that a plumber may acquire, but personally I handle all of my own plumbing, a dummy with no brains could do it.

I'd consider paying $1000 to have Joe the Plumber go away and never be heard from again. Not killed, just STFU.

Can I bring weapons?

I would say that you could have him come over and unclog your toilet but it wouldn't even be worth your time - let alone the money - to make that joke

Depends if I can bring my own bat for his wife beating ass...

$1000 to talk to someone for a little while? Hell no.

So, spreading the wealth from the wealthy to the unemployed is okay after all.

Oh, wait...the money goes to a political campaign. So now he's just a whore being pimped out.

Never mind.

Wow, and I thought Governor Spitzer was getting ripped off.

Am I allowed to bring my brass knuckles and is cleanup included in the fee?

Gloves and pads, or bareknuckle?

nekom: The Onanist: Too bad he's not a real plumber.

Anybody can call themselves a plumber. Maybe he lacks certain certifications that a plumber may acquire, but personally I handle all of my own plumbing, a dummy with no brains could do it.

he claimed to be a professional plumber.

FlashHarry: nekom: The Onanist: Too bad he's not a real plumber.

Anybody can call themselves a plumber. Maybe he lacks certain certifications that a plumber may acquire, but personally I handle all of my own plumbing, a dummy with no brains could do it.

he claimed to be a professional plumber.

He claimed to be such a pipe-sweatin' motherfarker that he was going to buy the plumbing business until his abject lack of understanding of "Marginal Tax Rates" was trumped by his abject lack of a plumbing license and the sad realization that he probably had to take out a mortgage on a plunger before he started getting so many offers to speak at conservative events.

Yes. And I hope he gives me my money's worth.

(I've always found republicans kinda loose)

Samuel The Unlicensed Plumber is still in he news?

Really?

There are no missing white girls or cops raiding empty houses or high school pitchers pitching consecutive no-hitters to report?

usually people spend that money to get to talk to someone who might be able to do something for them in the future... seems like you'd be flushing your money down a toilet if you met with this guy.

No.

I'll give you $5 if I can kick him in the balls though.

Does this "meeting" include a "happy ending"?

Only if I can arrange an alibi and frame Sarah Palin.

I will freely admit to not knowing a damn thing about this guy -politics aren't my strong suit-..but.. err, wasn't he famous for being a regular guy and asking a simple question?
That's it.. right?

If that's the case, or close to it, then who the hell would pay this guy to chat with him? Is he some sort of political savant discovered by pure luck?

TommyymmoT: No.

I'll give you $5 if I can kick him in the balls though.

Does this "meeting" include a "happy ending"?

Maybe if you kick him hard enough.

Only if I can watch him pull Jessica McClure out of a well...

I hear that he only does outcalls.

/from a friend.

wait - I thought prostitution was still illegal?

FlashHarry: nekom: The Onanist: Too bad he's not a real plumber.

Anybody can call themselves a plumber. Maybe he lacks certain certifications that a plumber may acquire, but personally I handle all of my own plumbing, a dummy with no brains could do it.

he claimed to be a professional plumber.

Anybody who does something for money can claim that they are a professional. I'm not defending the guy, just saying the word `Plumber' doesn't have any legal definition. Anyone who can put some pipes together could call themselves a plumber. Anybody who does it for money can call themselves a professional plumber. There may be various certifications one could get or organizations one could join that he hasn't, but I've never heard of someone being sued for malplumbing.

shivashakti: Only if I can watch him pull Jessica McClure out of a well...

It would have to be her daughter now.

hubiestubert: Depends if I can bring my own bat for his wife beating ass...

He beats his wife?

/somebody married him?

nekom: but I've never heard of someone being sued for malplumbing.

Plumbing without a license can indeed be a crime, subject to penalties, and future restraints in licensing and trade. (^) This is illegal in many states. (^) You might even have some difficulty in advertising yourself as a plumber if you do not have a license. Such as in Illinois, where it states this:

(225 ILCS 320/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 1104)
Sec. 5. Advertising. (^)
(b.5) Any person who advertises plumbing services (i) who fails to display the license number required by subsection (a) in all manners required by that subsection, (ii) who fails to provide a publisher with the correct number under subsection (b), or (iii) who provides a publisher with a false license number or a license number of a person other than the person designated under subsection (a), or any person who allows his or her license number to be displayed or used in order to allow any other person to circumvent any provisions of this Section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor with a fine of $1,000, which shall be subject to the enforcement provisions of Section 29 of this Act.

He's probably ok just claiming he's a plumber, but he cannot misconstrue that his services are publicly available for contract.

Why not just go to one of his book signings? You'll be the only one there and it is free.

Has it been 15 minutes already?

Isn't this the sort of thing David Vitter got in trouble for?

No, and I'm sure he wouldn't want me to.

If too many give him $1,000 bucks, he might make more than 250K and if that happens, he'd have to pay more taxes. It's clear he doesn't want that to happen, so as favor to Joe, I'm keeping my money.

No, thread over.

Did Vince, the shamwow guy, beat the fark out of him too?

Does it include a nail-studded two-by-four? If so, I may be interested.

/Mr. Warhol? Could you tell this guy to go away now, please?

If liberals are pissed, you know it's a good idea.

godofusa.com: If liberals are pissed, you know it's a good idea.

Liberals and conservatives should both dislike Joe.

godofusa.com: If liberals are pissed, you know it's a good idea.

You idiots are so funny. We are not pissed, but I might have pissed my pants laughing though. Your party has become a huge joke.