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November 09, 2007 |
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Expenses
FOUND by Ana
in Madison, Wisconsin
List of someone's expenses. I found it while walking home.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
It's like Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
what we all need first is transportation, food, clothes and to gamble. This person's got their priorities straight.
P.S. First!
I agree with Gold. They do have their priorities straight.
But I wonder, is gambling really a priority?
Just wanted to let you all know I was inspired by the "I warship satin" bathroom graffiti, and I have started writing it in bathroom stalls wherever I go.
Recently, I found some responses to my graffiti that I thought you might enjoy:
"You sunk my battleship" and
"I worship silk"
quite witty, i thought.
A tip to all would-be budgeters: your gambling expenses should not exceed you food and gas spending for the month. Just sayin'.
maybe this is a budget for a holiday in vegas ... where the person is planning to either stay with friends or live in the casino.
I can't figure out the math, and it's bothering me. There's an unaccounted-for $100 and $70. And is the $300 + $300 = $600 also for gambling?
This is a budget for a road trip to Vegas.
The two collumns represent the expense for one person versus if they brought two others with them. The formula illustrates that the per person cost is less with the 2 additional people. The dollar amouts vary because of their separate incomes I am assuming.
What about Lodging? Alcohol? Prostitues? Drugs?
These people must be straight-shooting Mormon Gamblers.
Here's the deal: two people are planning to spend three days gambling and are allowing themselves $120 a day. Then, some other kind-hearted person is gifting these gamblers $600, thus leaving the travelers a mere $570 for the balance of the trip. Good for them and I hope they win, but I cannot think of a worse vacation than spending three days in smoky, dimly-lit, noisy casinos.
OMG- my mother used to (still does) keep detailed lists of all expenses incurred during trips. She even includes things like Maxi-pads if she had to buy them on the road.... This is SO something she would have created while passing through Vegas. 'cept she probably would have details about what she won on and what she lost on. Her spending column would have been flushed out more too. After years of therapy, I still have an aversion to lists.....
I was surprised to learn that casinos in LV have neither clocks nor windows...they don't want you to realise how long you've been at the tables. Does this mean gambling is a right-brain activity?
Still worrying that the gambling budget is nearly double the everything-else budget...one does hope they got home OK.
@Surprised this isn't...I hear you! My mother was a compulsive list maker, even when she spoke! I do write things down sometimes, but never make lists...each reminder gets its own little personal post-it note.
If I ever tried to keep accounts by hand, I'd be bankrupt before the end of the month.
BLECH!!! All those numbers for a FRIDAY find?
My mind is too fried to even make sense of all of this. In my opinion, you can't afford to gamble if you have to budget for it!
Glad to see gas and food take precedence over spending and gambling! Besides that, what happens in Vegas should stay in Vegas! (or Atlantic City, Tunica, anywhere gaming is the prime source of entertainment.)
I honestly go to Vegas for the shows...and the buffets! It's unreal to me casinos are popping up EVERYWHERE! I'm not anti-gambling, but I bet Gambler's Anonymous is growing in record numbers.
And as you can see from my post above, I have my own addiction to battle.
I'm addicted to exclamation points!!!!
To me, it is an account of this persons budget/wins and losses. In the gambling protion, they started with $120, tripled it and so on, ending up with $570.
if this was my boyfriends list, weed would replace gambling. :(
If this was my list, booze would replace the gambling. But we all have out vices. I call mine "Miami".
Speaking of booze, tomorrow our loverly Found will be in Tulsa at the Coffee Shop on Cherry Street. I will be there. Anyone who can FIND me, I will buy you a beer. No fucking coffee. Beer.
*our*
1-800-BETS-OFF
I'm not so sure they are headed to Vegas, $150 for gas would only get them 1,500mi from Madison, and Vegas is about 2,000 mi away from Madison.....
Maybe they were headed to some of the river boat casinos on the Oh-hi-o.
Ah Man, Turbo, I won't be in Tulsa for two weeks. I love Cherry street. That's too bad. Is your brother the cop going to be there?
Turbo, if I wasn't in SC I would be sure to seek you out. Blue Moon ok? :)
Looks like someone has their own nice little gambling addiction. or has just been to Reno.
what?! i thought it was 7:57? 9:57?? when did this happen?
I thought, at first, that it was going to be a spoof on those mastercard commercials, and was going to end with something like, "Losing everything except your tighty whiteys at the casino? Priceless. For everything else, there's Mastercard."
Secret Admirer in Toronto: You write "I warship satin" graffiti whenever you use a public bathroom? Hmmm. I find that more disturbing than this person's gambling habit.
I love that this person put gambling into their budget. But their calculations don't make sense...to me, that is.
To Dr. Worm play - Madison is closer to the Mississippi riverboat casinos. The ohio river is much too far to go for a gambling trip especially with all the stank floating on it. Check your geography books please.
Secret Admirer: Thanks for sharing the responses you've received to "I warship satin." I especially like "I worship silk."
To the rest of you: High marks for figuring out this was a two-person road trip to Vegas! I'd still be scratching my head when the proctor said put down your pencils and pass your tests forward.
Writer, rejected, you just need to catch up on your Foundmagazine.com comments. the I Warship Satin is from a previous day's banter. It's okay, and Secret Admirer is doing things for the Greater Good.
As for the find, it really doesn't do much for mr.
for ME. doesn't do much for me. But it might not do much for mr, either. I don't know.
*I need to go back to bed.
this is definitely someone planning a trip to vegas or atlantic city. as a frequent public transportation user, i many of the hardcore gamblers are taking the bus (no need for gas) and leave their hundreds of losing scratch tickets behind.
I think this is a planning list......the column in the lower right is a recapitualtion. Looks like they've saved $600.00 so far towards their trip...only $570.00 to go. Though they may have to re-evaluate that gas budget a little higher.
Hey Turbo, I hope someone can find you. I'm lucky and get to see Found tonight! Huzzah!
Definitely a trip...maybe they are planning on coming home with $300 each of gambling money? And the 800 was wishful thinking? It feels like a puzzle... and I am so not focused enough to figure it out :(
god hates gambling and gamblers. gamblersanonymous.org, bitch
They could've been planning a trip to one of the numerous Indian casinos nearby. In fact, I think Dejope bills itself as "a little bit of Vegas right here in Madison" or something, despite it being (from what I've heard) predominantly a bingo parlor.
Marla, God doesn't like it when his good little christian soldiers call people bitches.
This Find reminds me of the Monthly Budget Find. I haven't seen it online here (yet?), but it can be seen in all its glory on page 20 of Found Magazine number 3. (caps, punctuation and typos are presented for you as they are in the Find. Don't hurt me.):
MONTHLY BUDGET
RENT 600.
CELL PHONE 50.
TELEPHOE 50.
ELEC/Gas 45.
CABLE 60.
Bus/TAXI 60
FOOD 500.
LIQUOR 600 INCL BArs ($20.00 per day)
LAUNDRY 30
CRACK 600
ATTORNEY 250
MISC 250.
ASVINGS 100
TOTAL INCOME NEEDED $3195.00
YEARLE INCOME NEEDED $38,220.00
The Captain in Tenille: That is one of my all time favorite finds, good call
just in case you: Just guessing dude, just trying to ballpark what casinos might be about 700 mi away. $150 would be what I personally would budget for a 700 mi trip. *shrug*
I'm digging this find, it's almost like a lateral thinking puzzle, and it's interesting to see the strong reactions from some of the commenters. Is it really that big of a deal if you want to blow your vacation budget playing some cards?
Turbo,
As your fan and sometimes translator, if I were at the Tulsa event I would ask Davy for the mic and request that you stand up so everyone (but especially I) knew you were there and could get to meet you after the event. Totally not kidding.
Here's a tip: Davy likes Corona XX beer in the bottle, but he also gives tons of beer away to the crowd, so if you'd like to help him out or just make points, take him a couple of cold six-packs. He drinks them as he reads his favorite finds.
Much love,
Midlife
I think just about everyone in this country is less than 3 hours driving away from some sort of casino or gambling boat. So maybe the gas budget is ok, no matter where these 2 are going. There are about 6 casino boats in the Chicago area, and that is only about 3 hours from Madison, maybe 4.
and that monthly budget above...isn't something missing? Like taxes?
Good suggestions, all, Midlife.
Again, I find myself whining... Why didn't they have tons of beer in Olympia?? boooo! (I'm guessing it was the venue and its woeful lack of liquor license or something)
'Course I was driving, so I'd have declined anyway, but still! I suppose I could have sipped *ahem* iced tea or some other mysterious amber-colored substance from an aquafina bottle. hee hee.
And D.. taxes..? with $600 in the monthly budget for CRACK, well, I guess taxes are whack.
Turbo, I hope you have a great time!
I hope all of you have a chance to see a Found event in person. I haven't even been there yet and I am already hungover.
Thanks for the tip, Midlife. I hope I don't get pointed out to everyone, as I enjoy my anonymity. But I'll give everyone a hint as to what to look for if they are
in Tulsa that night: Take your mental picture of what you think I might look like then put my face to it.
P.S. You're my favorite translator.
the relationship i have with god is a sexual one. i'm sure, like many other men, he'll let me get away with being a little erratic every now and then
So, does god prefer it missionary style?
or Goddie style?
Ya freaks!
Baby basil, they pump oxygen into casinos in Vegas, too, to keep the players awake. That's what I read somewhere.
I personally can't believe any of you are trying to figure out the math.
Damn, Turbo, the booty don't stop. Have a fan-fucking-tastic time at the Coffee Shop tomorrow! (And same to Kitten for tonight!) And I agree with Midlife Crisis that you should stand up and be introduced to the crowd. Turbo, if you drive down for the Dallas show, I'll buy YOU a beer.
Dr. Worm, there are casinos at the Indian Reservations in northern Wisconsin.
Dave, I always thought they were called "tidy whities", but tighty makes more sense. Haha!
"Go to Las Vegas, lost wages, go to Las Vegas..." -Steely Dan
Turbo, my impulse would be to jump up and down and yell, "Wake up, motherfuckers!! You're in the presence of Turbo!!" But I totally respect your desire for anonymity.
Please forgive my lapse.
Midlife
This looks like my boyfriends budget worksheet... Also, Sean S. Alcohol is taken care of under food. This is likely a bachelor Food: Beer, mayonnaise, bread, jelly, coke, fuzzy tomato.
Sean S in MD, love how you reminded said person they couldnt forget the whores and booze.
he couldnt figure how much gambling he wanted to do, so he double or nothing'd it. lawl.
That gambling really adds up.
@ The Captain- I laughed so hard (I cried!) when you showed us that Monthly Budget!!!!
I can't believe I missed that one?
Anyhoo, funny how this person has all his expenses written down, and then how much they need for the month, and then for the year!! Like...WTF? They DON'T have a job yet?? They have to find a job that'll pay them as much to cover what they want their lifestyle to be!
Too funny!!
Also, CRACK takes priority over their savings...ummm...is ANYONE home? Or is the porch light just on for the heck of it?
Sorry for 'typos'...*his expenses* should be *their expenses*...OOOPS!
Between the time you gamble, be sure to buy/read books!
Even if you are not in school, that's no excuse for not improving your brain power. Don't be too lazy to READ!