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Old 05-05-2006, 11:09 AM
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Would living with Joy (My Name is Earl) be worth it?

There's the oh-so-obvious hotness factor, but she'd probably spend all your money and screw around behind your back. Worth it?
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Old 05-05-2006, 11:10 AM
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Lord NO!!!!!
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Old 05-05-2006, 11:24 AM
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Let me be clear about this:

Hell no!


Good for sex -- nothing else.
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Old 05-05-2006, 11:24 AM
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No way on Earth. But I'd still think about it for a second. Jaime Pressly is ridiculously hot.
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Old 05-05-2006, 11:29 AM
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And, in fairness, she'd be tolerant of you being a low-life, and even of your low-life brother sleeping on the couch... hmm....she's dangerous psycho bitch though...hmmm....boy is she hot...how long would I be living with her?
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Old 05-05-2006, 11:34 AM
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And, in fairness, she'd be tolerant of you being a low-life, and even of your low-life brother sleeping on the couch... hmm....she's dangerous psycho bitch though...hmmm....boy is she hot...how long would I be living with her?
Until you moved out, until she got tired of you and moved out, or until she killed you for your lottery money.
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Old 05-05-2006, 11:39 AM
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Let's see, she can't cook (pours ketchup over spaghetti and calls it sauce)

She's not a good mother (children's birthdates tatooed on her body because she can't remember them)

She's an unethical business person (she told the non-native speaking Korean lady how to write her sign for manicures in English, and it turned out to be something like "I don't sterilize my equipment" or something)

but, OTOH

She acknowledges her mistakes (she apologized to Earl for cheating on him while married and tricking him into marrying her in the first place)

She can come through in a pinch (she called the police when Randy and Earl went missing because they fell into a water tower)

She loves Darnell (she was hurt when he wasn't jealous because Adam Goldberg had a crush on her.)

I guess it depends on if you're just using her for sex or if you actually have to share a roof with her. And yes, I love the show. Can't you tell?
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Old 05-05-2006, 11:48 AM
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Give her a fake name, get in, and get out.

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Old 05-05-2006, 12:58 PM
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As long as you could resign yourself to the fact that you wouldn't be the only fella drinking from that well, so to speak, I think it'd be kinda fun. When the lovely Mrs. Cliffy tells me to put the laundry away and I blow it off because I'm watching TV, I feel guilty about it. But with Joy, there's be no guilt, because four fifths of everything she asked you to do would be absurd.

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Old 05-05-2006, 01:20 PM
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And, in fairness, she'd be tolerant of you being a low-life, and even of your low-life brother sleeping on the couch... hmm....she's dangerous psycho bitch though...hmmm....boy is she hot...how long would I be living with her?
This described my thought process exactly. Scary. I think Rube and I must have been separated at birth.
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Old 05-05-2006, 01:32 PM
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No way on Earth. But I'd still think about it for a second. Jaime Pressly is ridiculously hot.

I get to bang Jaime Pressly and dress like a homeless person? How can that possibly not be better than my current situation of not banging Jaime Pressly and being told by my GF that I'm dressed like a homeless person?
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Old 05-05-2006, 01:36 PM
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Once maybe. She is hot. But no, the personality is just not worth it in the long term.
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Old 05-05-2006, 01:42 PM
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I don't think she's particularly hot. So no.
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Old 05-05-2006, 03:21 PM
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:shudder: :eye twitch:

y'know, there are plenty of women who would be fine sexual partners who aren't monstrous fiendish horrid awful shrewish slovenly slatterns.
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Old 05-05-2006, 03:55 PM
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Have never had the opportunity to "plow her" I can't render a worthwhile answer.

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Old 05-05-2006, 04:05 PM
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:shudder: :eye twitch:

y'know, there are plenty of women who would be fine sexual partners who aren't monstrous fiendish horrid awful shrewish slovenly slatterns.
Would you be so kind as to point them out? Much appreciated.
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Old 05-05-2006, 04:08 PM
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I think the better option would be the guy she cheats with.

"She's got somethin' that makes a man
Lay that money right in her hand.
The very thing that makes her rich will make you poor."
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Old 05-05-2006, 05:54 PM
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y'know, there are plenty of women who would be fine sexual partners who aren't monstrous fiendish horrid awful shrewish slovenly slatterns.
Yeah, but would they put out as much as Joy does?
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Old 05-05-2006, 06:09 PM
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Considering her history, how could I be certain that what I walked away with wouldn't be limited to her pyscho bitchery?
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Old 05-05-2006, 07:18 PM
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HELL YES, but only if you are a real man.

Whatever the hell that is, have your paycheck direct deposited, no joint accounts, no auto debits, no joint anything of any kind, etc. etc.
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Old 05-05-2006, 07:26 PM
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HELL YES, but only if you are a real man.

Whatever the hell that is, have your paycheck direct deposited, no joint accounts, no auto debits, no joint anything of any kind, etc. etc.

So yer saying yeah, but only if you keep your assets hidden from her assets.
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Old 05-05-2006, 09:01 PM
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This described my thought process exactly. Scary. I think Rube and I must have been separated at birth.

Hmmm... we're both lawyers... and my wife's a deputy small claims court judge and you're a magistrate...hmmm... funny world
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Old 05-08-2006, 01:40 PM
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Hmmm... we're both lawyers... and my wife's a deputy small claims court judge and you're a magistrate...hmmm... funny world
Ain't it though? C'mon down to Cleveland sometime!
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