Buy an island

[Angrist]

http://www.privateislandsmag.com/

[Happydude]

that's freakin awesome! when i have a few million to spend, i am so buying an island!...although i wonder how much property tax is going to be lol

[Teuthida]

I'd be too afraid of a late night pirate invasion.

[MrCoffee]

buy an island 250 km away from the nearest country and create your own *username here*land!

[GameMaster]

Ooh la la!

[The Germanator]

Even better, buy some land that won't surface for 10,000 years.

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_11431.aspx

[Dyne]

I wonder if we can buy anything at 4 8 15 16 23 42 :sneaky:

[bobcat]

ah....the islands. I'm sure Opera said that Islands make great tax right offs.....hahhaha that was the mad tv parody. Good times

[Ric]

Even better, buy some land that won't surface for 10,000 years.

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_11431.aspx


This is a load of bull. Ancient maritime law states that should you be at sea and witness what they call 'the birth of an island' that you, having then of course set foot on the island, have the lawful right to claim it as your own. Since the creation of the said island would be lawfully defined as an act of god no single person should be able to claim it before hand. This also means that no insurance can be placed upon your investment and as such any sale is void.

This is unless of course, and no offence is intended here, the U.S changes the law and using the might of their political fist, imposes it upon the rest of the world, as so often happens.

Of course the investors could still sell the land. The rip off merchants lol. But I am sure a few people or even governments would have a thing or two to say about that.

It's another of those anciennt laws that still stands.

For example, and this only stands for England and any countries that remain part of the commonwealth. It is said that England no longer carries the death penalty. WRONG. The penalty for High Treason, the murder or assassination of a daity/member of the royal family iiiiiiis..... Death... by public execution or hanging. Now go assassinate the queen and see what happens, lol.

One last point, then I'll shut up. Hey it's post quality, not quantity to me man, lol.

If this company can lay claim to land before, as we have established it is lawfully defined, an act of god creates the island, thus undermining existing maritime law. Then in conclusion, since it is ok for them to undermine law then I can too. So, I take us back several million years in earths history, (I can defy law so it does not matter that there is not a human race yet, lol) To a time when Geologists believe that all the worlds ...

[Ric]

... land masses were connected. The super continent known as Pangea. I hearby lay claim to Pangea. It is mine¦ As such even though 'act's of god' have shaped and formed the world into what it is today, I am the sole lawful owner off all of Earths landmass. I therfore decree that every living person on the planet must start paying me a land tax at the cost of one pound sterling for every year of their life, lol.

I would also like to take this opportunity to announce that I am suing the company that is trying to sell my islands before their creation, :roflol:


Not sure why I had to break that into two posts. Either a forum induced word limit for rambling old fools like myself. Or not enough memory on my Wii. It was starting to go really jumpy and un-responsive.

[Angrist]

You typed that on your Wii? :eek: Didn't that take forever? :p

[Ric]

It took a while but hey, s'all good. Tavern access on my Wii is better than no tavern access lol

[GameMaster]

You typed that on your Wii? :eek: Didn't that take forever? :p

Can't you plug a USB keyboard in?

[Ric]

Can't you plug a USB keyboard in?

Yeah, probably but that would involve having some money to buy one in the first place... I would like, have to get a job or somthing :eek:

I am already logged in to some random unsecured wirless connection. I get free internet, woo hoo.

[Angrist]

And so far I don't think the Wii supports USB keyboards.

[GameMaster]

Well I know the Xbox 360 does.

Here's a story I forgot to tell everyone:

A couple months back, I lent my Wii out to someone from work because I was busy with school, so I wasn't really playing that much. About a month later, the kid gets fired. Then goes to Ireland for a month. Then comes back. And I've asked for it back a couple of times now. So a couple weeks ago, me and a some friends call him up and ask if we can come and pick it up. And he says he sold it to one of his friends for $70. What a jackass!

So the Wii + Zelda game = $300 I'll never see again.

What should I do?