“Honorificabilitudinitatibus” is also the longest word in the English language that strictly alternates between consonants and vowels. No consonant has another consonant next to it and no vowel has another vowel next to it. Believe it or not.
Due to the our multiple income sources, after every tax filing I do anually, I have to calculate an estimated tax for the following year and make quarterly payments as a retired married couple. What makes it complicated is that I have to forecast all our pensions that generally increase with respects to COLA increases, and any all interest income that will accrue for the next year, and any “required distributions” for tax deferred savings. . There’s an instructions sheet to follow for calculating taxable social security income based on serveral tax laws that were enacted. So far, I don’t require a distribution from my tax-deferred account until I reach 73, two year from now. It is very, very complicated. We used an accounting firm a few years back to do our taxes when my wife had two 7-Eleven store franchises as a business, but now I’m on my own. If people are in my situation, they’d see how a flat tax would be beneficial but most the economist that I read don’t see where that’s possible based on the tax codes enacted by previous legislation. It’s a Gordian Knot without a simple solution.
jasonsnakelover 25 days ago
One time I was five times bigger than any of Shakespeare’s works.
May the Lord be with you as He is with me.
The Duke 25 days ago
I think it’s time to break out the copper underwear.
Bilan 25 days ago
Copper does not actually kill germs, but like stainless steel, germs cannot survive on a nonporous surface.
pearlsbs 25 days ago
“Honorificabilitudinitatibus” is also the longest word in the English language that strictly alternates between consonants and vowels. No consonant has another consonant next to it and no vowel has another vowel next to it. Believe it or not.
comixbomix 25 days ago
So, “A Penny a Day Keeps the Doctor Away”?
Radish the wordsmith 25 days ago
Its takes a lot of words for rich Americans to keep their money offshore to avoid taxes.
Bilan 25 days ago
Not only is the tax code longer, but it’s even harder to understand.
goboboyd 25 days ago
I imagine there were a few that got their pantaloons in a knot because they were sure he misspelled it.
ladykat 25 days ago
That’s a really long word…
Pickled Pete 25 days ago
He said, “Of course. Which one?”
I said, “William.”
SwimsWithSharks 25 days ago
Four times longer than all Shakespeare’s works?
Proof 1000 monkeys on 1000 typewriters can produce SOMETHING.
SwimsWithSharks 25 days ago
I guess you could say, Ripley’s honorificabilitatibusificated Shakespeare today.
artegal 25 days ago
At least I can understand Shakespeare.
watcheratthewell 25 days ago
honorificabilitudinitatibus? I think he just made that up
Peabody N. Sherman 25 days ago
And the tax code was written not by four, but by only three times the monkeys theoretically required to write Shakespeare’s works.
Will E. Makeit Premium Member 25 days ago
all the more reason why I hate Shakespeare…indecipherable
Angry Indeed 25 days ago
Due to the our multiple income sources, after every tax filing I do anually, I have to calculate an estimated tax for the following year and make quarterly payments as a retired married couple. What makes it complicated is that I have to forecast all our pensions that generally increase with respects to COLA increases, and any all interest income that will accrue for the next year, and any “required distributions” for tax deferred savings. . There’s an instructions sheet to follow for calculating taxable social security income based on serveral tax laws that were enacted. So far, I don’t require a distribution from my tax-deferred account until I reach 73, two year from now. It is very, very complicated. We used an accounting firm a few years back to do our taxes when my wife had two 7-Eleven store franchises as a business, but now I’m on my own. If people are in my situation, they’d see how a flat tax would be beneficial but most the economist that I read don’t see where that’s possible based on the tax codes enacted by previous legislation. It’s a Gordian Knot without a simple solution.
oakie817 25 days ago
US Tax Code should be one sentence “Everyone pays 5%”
Stephen Gilberg 24 days ago
I am not at all surprised that the term was used in “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” which focuses heavily on elitist snobs.
dv 24 days ago
In the Day after Tomorrow they were happy for the tax code, it burned well and nobody felt guilty about burning it
catmom1360 24 days ago
I think brass too.