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Curmudgeoness

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41. I have said that for years, from personal experience,
Sun Dec 29, 2013, 09:30 PM
Dec 2013

but there is no one listening. I worked at a business in Houston that had mostly illegal Mexican workers. I did the payroll. These guys were not using their own SS numbers, since they didn't have one. But we took payroll taxes from them just the same as from everyone else.

Was he? Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #1
he was certainly undocumented. niyad Dec 2013 #10
How was Jesus an illegal immigrant? DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #2
When he appeared on the side of a refrigerator in Dimebox Texas. Walk away Dec 2013 #4
I had a cousin that lived near Dime Box TexasTowelie Dec 2013 #17
Texas has the best town names! nt Walk away Dec 2013 #18
It's called Dime Box not Dime Bag! TexasTowelie Dec 2013 #19
Not too far away is Cut and Shoot, north of Houston. Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #22
And Gun Barrel City, near Tyler. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #23
Weed, CA is up near the Oregon border. LeftyMom Dec 2013 #24
And then there's Hell, Michigan. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #25
Not to mention... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #26
Don't you have to go through Intercourse to get to Paradise? Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #27
Let me sleep on it...I'll give you my answer in the mornin'... :) pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #28
No, you can get there from Fucking..... lastlib Dec 2013 #35
Right down the road from Blue Ball..... jdadd Dec 2013 #32
Hey, I live withing spitting distance from Moonachi, NJ. If you speak Greek... Walk away Dec 2013 #33
Makes sense: There's also Marlin and Winchester. Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #29
My favorite is Muleshoe! greatauntoftriplets Dec 2013 #34
I used to live in a wide-spot-in-the-road town not too far from Dime Box, Tx. :D ladyVet Dec 2013 #31
Dimebox or Old Dimebox? nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #42
I'm thinking one has to ignore the Roman Empire thing Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #5
Wasn't Jesus cutting lawns RoccoR5955 Dec 2013 #7
Yeah. Joe Arpaio busted him years ago and he's been wearing pink ever since. madinmaryland Dec 2013 #15
Joseph, Mary & Jesus supposedly fled to Egypt to escape Herod..... lastlib Dec 2013 #13
You didn't need "permission" to travel in those days... brooklynite Dec 2013 #16
Illeagal immigration: The Flight to and from Eygypt, etc. Berlum Dec 2013 #30
I can certainly understand the stunned silence, blank stares and dropping jaws legcramp Dec 2013 #3
ROFL!! WillowTree Dec 2013 #39
Jesus wasn't an immigrant. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #6
What about when his family fled to Egypt? Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #11
But wasn't Egypt rickyhall Dec 2013 #14
That doesn't mean Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #38
Outsider and foreigner are not the same thing as illegal immigrant. DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #40
Tell 'em about this thing here... Bring a mop... freshwest Dec 2013 #8
I got my sister in law with something similar Arger68 Dec 2013 #9
STUN! maced666 Dec 2013 #12
75% of Illegal Immigrants Give Billions to Medicare, Social Security With No Hope of Benefit ErikJ Dec 2013 #20
I have said that for years, from personal experience, Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #41
Tell them to report the immigrants to Homeland Security lpbk2713 Dec 2013 #21
I like that one! lastlib Dec 2013 #36
They are way behind on this treestar Dec 2013 #37
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