You know you're broke when . . .

**Shell** · 09-28-2003, 11:44 PM

You know you're broke when . . .

1. American Express calls and says; "leave home without it"

2. Your idea of a 7 course meal is taking a deep breath outside a restaurant.

3. You think of a lottery ticket as an investment.

4. You give blood everyday, just for the orange juice.

5. You finally clean your house, hoping to find loose change.

6. McDonalds supplies you with all your kitchen condiments.

7. Sally Struthers sends you food.

8. You go back for seconds at communion.

9. You've rolled so many pennies, you've formed a psychic bond with Abe Lincoln.

10. You rob Peter and then you rob Paul.

OK now it's your turn . . .

**PrairieRose** · 09-29-2003, 09:22 AM

11. You break into a cold sweat when you go into Wal-Mart for cleaning supplies (that you can't afford at the grocery store).

12. Your athletic shoes would be flip flops if not for duct tape.

13. You've finally used up all of the assorted bottles of cleaning supplies that you just had to try out in your spendy days, but now you're adding water to see if there is "one more use" even though you can't hear anything when you shake the bottles.

next..............

**homesteadmamma** · 09-29-2003, 09:28 AM

- you wonder where you'll find the postage for the stamp to put on the bill that is overdue and you need to get in the mail

- you take your pop bottles to the next province to turn in (you get a few cents for each bottle in that province). You haven't drank the pop, you've picked them up along the road.

- Duct tape is used for everything that needs fixing, even the toilet pipes

- you've used gum to stop the leak in your hose in your car so that you can use the car until you find some $$

Next....

(Great thread Shell)

**Jayne** · 09-29-2003, 09:38 AM

LOL

**Lori Biever-Launder** · 09-29-2003, 01:35 PM

You're gathering your junk mail NOT to recycle, but to start a fire to warm up the house!

You're telling the kids that it's OK to wear a dirty shirt--anything to save on the laundry!

**Missy** · 09-29-2003, 02:37 PM

(I heard this one somewhere else before)------->

: when your best salad bowls say "cool whip" on the side

**sunshine** · 09-29-2003, 02:48 PM

- when you use dishtowels and breadwrappers for diapers and covers.

- when you have to borrow money from your kids to buy groceries/gas

-when you're digging in the frozen garden, hoping to find a forgotten potato or two, so you can eat today.

-when you take a walk, hoping to find some aluminum cans to recycle for cash.

**guest2** · 09-29-2003, 03:01 PM

~when the food bank calls you and asks if everything is okay since you have not shown up that day
~you are thankful when the neighbors leave zuchinni on your doorstep and run away
~you are praying that you get a case of toilet paper for Christmas instead of anothe video, perfume, etc.
~you don't pick up cans alongside the roadside to help the environment, but rather to cash in for money to buy groceries
(all of these are things that I can relate to on a very personal level

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**Shell** · 09-29-2003, 06:00 PM

Those are great!

**bamamomto4** · 09-29-2003, 06:16 PM

I can't think of any to add but these are great!! thanks for the laughs!!

**couponchic** · 09-30-2003, 07:08 PM

Those are cute.

**dolphin** · 09-30-2003, 11:36 PM

You Know You're Broke When..........

Discover Card calls and wants a payment and you ask them to take up a collection to buy you toilet paper...he he, I did this and I was serious! The girl on the phone said she would note that in my account. LOL

**Shell** · 10-04-2003, 10:18 PM

OK here is some more . . .

You're formulating a plan to rob the food bank.

Long distance companies don't call you to switch.

You look at your roommate and see a large fried chicken in tennis shoes.

You count your change to see how many ramen noodles you can afford.

**MANDERS** · 10-06-2003, 10:21 AM

These are too funny!I've got a few

-You and your husband share the shower to save on water and energy and you tell the kids to hop in at the same time.

-You have a school bake sale come up and you have no money to go to the store to buy supplies,you turn around look at your over stocked stockpile of tuna and rice and wonder if combined with some sugar it may somehow make a good dessert.

-You scrounge up change to get the sunday paper for the coupons.

-You take a babysitting job,watching the 2 world's worst kids in the world just to pay for groceries.

-You force your child to potty train because you don't have the money to buy diapers and pay the rent.

**PrairieRose** · 10-06-2003, 10:27 PM

You feed your dog table scraps (although you hear it's not good for her.....) and she lives to 18, MUCH older than all of her litter mates! (true.....)