The Armchair Spendthrift

Armchair Recliner Spendthrift© The link between spending and income(…or, how you’re getting screwed every year…)Shits Creek-Life’s going fine till its time to pay. Then nobody cares about what you say. Borrowing all the time, now you’re in debt. Moneys fun to spend… you bet. My arms are short and my pockets deep and all the money that I have I want to keep. Ill be making my payments over time. That was long ago now the lender whines Moving down the river of life Make your payments, grab a wife Then you try to float upstream Its much harder then it seems Finally you make your goal with no morals and no soul. Had to sell them on the way, so that you could live today You’re up shits creek, installments due last week Your bank book is looking bleak Because you’re up shits creek Traveling without a paddle for so long it doesn’t matter Now you’re in a new tax bracket Don’t forget your life jacket And if you hit some waves That’s all right the money saves But if your cash flow stops Will your life crumble and drop Now your debts are paid and you can relax Got shit in your ears, or is it wax I thoughT I saw your boat capsize bobbing in the creek getting shit in your eyes.----Kill Your Idols (This Is Just The Beginning)Question: What is the origin of the phrases "up the creek" and "up shit's creek," and which is the original version? Answerbag: This saying originates from Gosport England, Hasler to be exact. Its from where injured sailors would be sent up the creek, a river in Hasler and then loaded onto another boat that was on rails and then pulled up to Hasler Hospital (Parts of the rail system are still there) hens the saying UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE. The more powerful is the second phrase which a version of a WWII saying "Up shit's creek without a paddle" which summons up a mental picture more graphic than the current refined one... Imagine being in a rowboat at the top of Niagara Falls and you lose an oar! His first parachute wouldn't open, then the emergency one failed - you might say he was up the creek without a paddle but with more vigor. Special Reminder-The DEADLINE is Sunday, September 1stst, 2007 for submissions for the October Issue of The Shit Creek Review. The theme is: The Horror!He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision—he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath: "The horror! The horror!" —Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness "Like the proverbial dead parrot, Mr Kurtz may not be dead, but ‘only restin'’, waiting for an opportune moment to shake off his beautiful plumage and stun us with a full four million volts into reading his insightful take on the nature of what horror truly is."--Ernst