People of Earth, I have another gripe.

Did you ever do something you knew you would regret but just had to do anyway? Well I did that today.. well last night actually ( 03:00) but since I was at work it was kind of my "day". So I have known for a week that I would have to get the finances sorted out this week and last night was the appointed hour. I sat down at my desk with a coffee and started to unfold the various bits of paper and read the accounts payable sections and what do you know?

Now I am pretty good at paying the bills, even when there isn't enough money but this month has me stumped. The way it works is that each week I calculate what I earn and what the bills are and what I need to actually purchase food etc and then I make the numbers work together in a kind of ballet untill there is a whoosh of air and everything settles into a magical kind of harmony. Well, that's not quite how it works but you get the picture right?

This month I have a couple of unusual bills to pay. There is a licence renewal ( no my american friends, that is not mispelled, it's english) and a registration renewal for the car and also... wait for it... a "rates" bill for the house. Now a rates bill is for the water, electricity and sewage connections to your house. As these are supplied by the local council, you have to pay for them and their upkeep. That is all well and good but what I don't get is why they have put the rates up by almost 40% this year!!! Has the quality of the water gone up by 40%? Has the quality of the electricity I use gone up by 40%? Has the quality of the sewage... ok well, let's not go there. The point is that not only do we pay rates for these services we also get a seperate bill every three months for the same stuff! That's right people, we also get billed four times a year for the water, electricity and sewage lines. So I ask myself now, what the hell am I paying rates for and why have they suddenly become more expensive? Did My wages go up 40% this year??? Cash prize for the first correct answer.

Well, I have decided that since the expenses this month outweigh the income by a factor of two to one, I am not paying the rates!!!! DO YOU HEAR THAT GUMBYMENT OFFICALS???        I - AM - NOT - PAYING. so there. Fuck you and fuck the donkey you rode in on.

 * puts thumbs to ears and blows raspberry while making finger wavey movement *

I don't want to end this blog on a sad and angry note so here is my favourite christmas quote:

"I got a sweater for Christmas. I really wanted a screamer or a moaner."

hehehe now that's funny!