Tips on How to Live During a Government Shutdown

Ask Kathy_edited-1First, ask yourself if you notice anything different. Chances are you do not. Consider that scary.

Cancel your trip to Yellowstone National Park. You won’t be able to get in. Besides, if you believe what you see on cable TV, the whole place is due to go up in one big volcanic explosion any minute now. You are being given a chance to avoid being turned into a fossil before your time.

It probably isn’t a good time to apply for a job with the CIA.

Any similarity between whoever is in this car and the person I am talking about in this post is purely coincidental.
Any similarity between whoever is in this car and the person I am talking about in this post is hopefully coincidental.
No, you cannot squat on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean and declare yourself an independent country. No, you cannot bring stolen money along with you.

Yes, you can still get arrested for doing 50 mph in a 35 mph zone, having defective turn signals and no rear-view mirror and driving with an expired license with a kilo of Marijuana on the back seat and a water bottle full of cheap vodka in your hand. The local police have NOT been shut down. Neither have the local courts.

It is perfectly acceptable to email Republicans in Congress and encourage them in a nice, sweet, tactful, genteel way to please stop being assholes.

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4 thoughts on “Tips on How to Live During a Government Shutdown”

  1. Ah Kathy, can I squat on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean and declare myself an independent country, if I don’t bring stolen money along with me?

    1. Why not? Your currency could be pineapples and seashells. Ten seashells = one pineapple.

    1. It certainly is. But party platforms are formed by people, and if the people are determined to be assholes the party platform will follow.

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