Everybody else pays for someone else's mistake

Spunkie
Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
in The Porch
What does this mean to you?
What do you think PJ means?
I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
Except for little Turtle
I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
Gurgle Gurgle

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  • BF89905
    BF89905 Posts: 1,449
    Ineffective leadership is everywhere nowadays...... and the unfortunate rise of me over we 

    Dark Matter is a great song..... April 19 the can't get here soon enough. Have a nice and healthy week
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,066
    Spunkie said:
    What does this mean to you?
    What do you think PJ means?
    No one helped PJ with Ticketbastard in the 90s and now we are all paying higher prices because of it :angry:

    definitely about our dumb political leaders 
  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,130
    BF89905 said:
    Ineffective leadership is everywhere nowadays...... and the unfortunate rise of me over we 

    Dark Matter is a great song..... April 19 the can't get here soon enough. Have a nice and healthy week

    ... and a lack of accountability.
    All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,962
    Hit home hard after doing my taxes….
    hippiemom = goodness
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,551
    Courts and lawmakers write/overturn laws that cause problems for the rest of us.
  • Travels With
    Travels With Posts: 615
    Spunkie said:
    What does this mean to you?
    What do you think PJ means?
    I see it as clearly about our government/"leaders" - but also I think it could apply to how a microcosm of our society does something stupid that necessitates a rule/law for us all to follow.  One person screws up - and the rest of us have to pay.  
    “I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.” ― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America
  • rw160510
    rw160510 Posts: 1,083
    edited February 2024
    Not sure if this should really be posted in A Moving Train but this is what the lyric makes me think of https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/30/liz-truss-uk-economic-crisis
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  • covered in bliss
    covered in bliss chi-caw-go Posts: 1,332
    When someone makes a mistake and the people around them suffer because of it.
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    covered in bliss said:
    When someone makes a mistake and the people around them suffer because of it.
    Ya smart-ass! :rofl:
    I was swimming in the Great Barrier Reef 
    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
    Gurgle Gurgle

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