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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Contest #181 of 184, February 23, 2009

Winners:

1. "Tell me you kept the box and receipt."

2. "Typical client—wants a damn Parthenon on a Stonehenge budget."

3. "Dude, Athena's gonna be pissed."





Joel’s:

"You should see the size of the jacuzzi tub that's going in the master bathroom!"

"I was planning to flip it immediately, but I think I'll wait until the economy picks up."

"I hate modern architecture too, but hey, it pays the bills."

"The financing ran out, so I think we're going to have to stop here and just live with it as-is."

"You don't see a lot of remodels like this in the current economy."

"Sure, the owners are impatient, but I keep telling them that Rome won't be built in a day."

"If we get an INS inspection, we're really in trouble."

"Sure, it doesn't look like much, but I think it will be quite livable."

"It originally had an additional story, but the bank wouldn't approve the loan, so we scaled it down."

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