“*political

Bleeding cuts.”

“What she said.”

“Anon-Geoff, what exactly is your gripe? I assume that as you fall in to the category of a high earner then you can survive. The following up to date information from HMRC website.
Child Benefit: Income Tax Charge for Those on Higher Incomes
Who is likely to be affected?
The charge will be applied to taxpayers whose income exceeds £50,000 in a tax year and who are in receipt of Child Benefit and to taxpayers whose income exceeds £50,000 and whose partner is in receipt of Child Benefit. In the event that both partners have an income that exceeds £50,000, the charge will apply only to the partner with the highest income.”

“MFL

I think it's a wind up. He is talking about 'hypothetical children'. The best sort in my opinion. :)”

“Did Jesus have children ? Or am I confusing him with Charles Darwin ?”

“We afre all god's children - or am I confusing him with Jesus as I believe they are the same anyway.”

“What the hell was that all about ??”

“hullbloke81_

Why past tense?”

“why not ,those posts are just that the past.
Or you after having a go at me about it ?”

“@AnonGeoff: If, as stated, this applies to people earning more than £50,000 a year (currently more than US$80,000), I do think that you ought to have clarified the issue a bit. Hardly the sort of folk who have to sit down on Saturday morning and choose between Pot Noodles and bog roll for the coming week, eh? But if this assertion is false, well, let's sort that out, all...

I don't get the 'hypothetical children' bit. No comment there. Help please??

As for dragging Yeshua ben Jehosephat into the whole bleeding mess... What??? Are you trying to get smacked with an antiSemitism accusation? Or what?”

“MrSeptic

Why does he need to clarify the issue? The majority of his readers understand the £50,000 cap that he mentions, and as to you converting it to $, again, why? Why stop there? What about Indian rupees or Botswana Pula?”

“hullbloke

I think the word I'm looking for is paranoid.”

“MrSeptic,
Hi there, welcome back it's been a while. I agree with you on the clarification! I think it is one big drunken rant, it makes very little sense and I still have not managed to figure out where Jesus fits in to all of this.
With regards to the benefit and tax, this is a generous perk that has been paid to the parents/carers of all children in the U.K regardless of income. It is paid from birth until the child leaves full time education. The majority of my circle feel the new threshold is fair.”

“Woah now. "Drunken rant"? In the middle of the day? Bit harsh.

He doesn't mention the £50,000 cap. He just mentions his HYPOTHETICAL children. As in "not real" "imaginary" "dreamed up to make a point"

The point I think he's making is that as he is childless there is a benefit that he has never received which has now been cut but you don't see him making a fuss (except on here obviously).

Having to explain jokes/arguments makes the liddle bebby Jesus cry :'-(”

“Exactly.

"I didn't earn it, I don't need it, but if they miss one payment I'll raise hell!" - Simpson.

I don't need to clarify anything, you take what you will.

Not drunk, not on over £50k, and no children. All this reminds me of the comprehension exercises from GCSE English.”

“Anon_Geoff

It's a good job that two of us understand what you are talking about.

Still don't understand the $ conversion though :( I'd rather know the equivalent in Japanese Yen.

Especially as it's 6,946,345.60 JPY. Thank goodness for Google - even if they aren't paying UK tax. Or is that Starbuks? Or am I getting confused with Amazon?”

“Is hypothetial like virtual? Only that means we are all hypothetical members-on-here and so be it. Best way to be I've always tought, er, thought.”

“No of course hypothetical isn't like virtual.”

“I think the $ thing is because he calls himself Septic.

Whether he actually is a Yank or is aiming for a HILARIOUS online character I'm not sure.”

“Not as hilarious as Richard Briers though:)”

“hullbloke81

Your last post sums YOU up nicely. Thanks for that”

“It's high time this country stopped the practice of taxpayers sponsoring citizens to have children.

Pay for em yourselves.”

“hullbloke81_

Yes my posting name is almost 'ghostwriter'. 8 out of 10 for that”

“grow up”

“hullbloke81_

make up your mind. But I will if you do ... :)”