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The WTF thread... - Oh_hunnihunni - 08-04-2022
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/crime/phillip-john-smith-faces-30-fraud-related-charges-totaling-119-000/?fbclid=IwAR1odOOUetqWY1C2C0B9vmf4SkbiEseEOKCvdSPkJCeWuUgBz2qwkm2yKoY 
RE: The WTF thread... - Magoo - 08-04-2022
toupees arent free.
RE: The WTF thread... - Olive - 08-04-2022
Reminds me of one of the Rainbow Warrior saboteurs, Dominique Prieur, who complained about being maltreated in prison because she wasn't supplied with her preferred skin cream.
RE: The WTF thread... - Oh_hunnihunni - 08-04-2022
But how can someone in prison run a business?
RE: The WTF thread... - Lilith7 - 08-04-2022
(08-04-2022, 11:44 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: But how can someone in prison run a business?Just what I was wondering - how the hell is that possible & is it legal?  
If he was making money, is that now classed as 'the proceeds of crime?'
RE: The WTF thread... - Lilith7 - 08-04-2022
Apparently, there's a queue of people wanting to buy this bloke a beer.
Scot Morrison accosted by angry pensioner.
https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/pensioner-roasts-scott-morrison-newcastle-pub/
RE: The WTF thread... - Oh_hunnihunni - 09-04-2022
A friend on farcebook posted a link to the stuff article on misogyny this morning and I replied to it saying ' We seem to be addicted as a society to electing our leaders and then burning them at the stake.'
Facebook has advised me it has blocked viewing of the comment because it breaches their standards on violence.
Comprehension is becoming a lost art.
RE: The WTF thread... - Olive - 09-04-2022
You need to start using Algospeak! Fascinating piece in WaPo about this:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/08/algospeak-tiktok-le-dollar-bean/
RE: The WTF thread... - Lilith7 - 09-04-2022
Humans generally find ways to get around things.
RE: The WTF thread... - Oh_hunnihunni - 09-04-2022
Sheesh, my generational innocence reveals itself again. Aren't people clever! Thank you for that link, I love learning new stuff!
RE: The WTF thread... - Lilith7 - 09-04-2022
I've had a look - but I bet I'll forget half of those!
RE: The WTF thread... - Oh_hunnihunni - 09-04-2022
Ah, but now we can make up our own words and no one can tell us we're losing it!
RE: The WTF thread... - Lilith7 - 09-04-2022
(09-04-2022, 03:11 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Ah, but now we can make up our own words and no one can tell us we're losing it!Excellent point!
RE: The WTF thread... - Lilith7 - 10-04-2022
Unbloodybeievable! Dickheads r us.
Perhaps we should all carry a small spray bottle of water for spraying them if they get too close; or perhaps a brightly coloured but harmless vegetable dye. Preferably one which lasts for weeks to allow others to steer clear of this lot.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/128324123/unmasked-protesters-enter-wellington-supermarket-but-numbers-small
And then there's this....
A much nicer & more interesting kind of crazy. ")
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/home-property/128305356/man-builds-railway-line-in-his-backyard-complete-with-400kg-jigger
RE: The WTF thread... - Magoo - 11-04-2022
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/128324123/unmasked-protesters-enter-wellington-supermarket-but-numbers-small
i dont think i could tolerate that, and would have almost certainly lashed out.
i would claim later that i felt threatened and had a panic attack.
RE: The WTF thread... - Oh_hunnihunni - 11-04-2022
I would be holding my breath...
RE: The WTF thread... - Magoo - 11-04-2022
im all vaxxed up, they can try to do their worst
but im still going to have that panic attack and lash out.
that bits carved in stone, i'll not be denied.
RE: The WTF thread... - king1 - 23-04-2022
Insurance fraud idiots
Quote:The phone advisor at an insurance company took the call: The┬áwoman on the other end of the phone┬ájust wanted to check┬áthat sheÔÇÖd┬ábeen paying her home insurance premiums, she said.
The insurance advisor told her the cover on her Auckland house, worth approximately $650,000, had lapsed a year earlier.
Thirty minutes later, she phoned back. This time, she wanted to buy a new insurance policy for the house.The insurance company's phone advisor asked whether the house had suffered any loss or damage.No, she replied, blithely.
Later that same day, the woman made a third call to the insurance company to lodge a claim, saying a fire in the roof had damaged her house.https://www.newsroom.co.nz/liar-liar-house-on-fire-insurance-bid-shot-down-in-flames
RE: The WTF thread... - The BDI - 24-04-2022
(08-04-2022, 02:41 PM)Lilith7 Wrote:Perhaps he wasn't making money?  Just presenting IRD with false docs to get a refund on expenses he'd never incurred in reality. IRD would have to do an audit to find that out .(08-04-2022, 11:44 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: But how can someone in prison run a business?Just what I was wondering - how the hell is that possible & is it legal?  
If he was making money, is that now classed as 'the proceeds of crime?'
RE: The WTF thread... - Oh_hunnihunni - 24-04-2022
Trying to scam IRD is a way of making money. Which is the very basic definition of business, isn't it? Even scams are a trade of sorts, like highway robbery...