Today marked the beginning of Oklahoma’s tax free weekend. This means that all the malls and shopping centers in Oklahoma are full of people out to take advantage of a whopping 8-9% discount on eligible items. According to the Oklahoma Tax Commission, eligible items include: “…any article of clothing or footwear designed to be worn on or about the human body…” Now, to me, clothing typically means jeans, tank tops, and flip-flops, but the tax commission has some different ideas. Here are some highlights from their list of tax-exempt items:
Beach Capes
Even after exhaustive 5 minutes of research on the internet, I’m not entirely certain what a beach cape is. A New York Times article claims they’re what hip people wear to the beach. Then again, that article was published in 1918.
Girdles
In sticking with the turn-of-last-century theme, consumers will not have to pay tax on girdles and other supportive undergarments, such as garters and garter belts.
Costumes
If your furry fandom costume needs updating, this weekend would be the best time to buy it. Then again, if you are a “furry”, you have bigger problems than merely saving on sales tax can solve.
Lab coats
Stock up on lab coats for your meth lab or dental office this weekend. Unfortunately, the cute doctor-type is not included in the tax-free price of the coat.
Rubber pants
Now, there are two thing the Oklahoma Tax Commission could have meant when they listed rubber pants. First, there are the type of rubber pants that I first heard about on HBO’s Real Sex 9 and are pictured above. Second, there are the underpants simply made of rubber to sheild against embarassing urination incidents. I choose to believe the OTC wants us to buy the first kind.
Wow…..I really wanted a beach cape too. Whatever the heck that is…..
I know why the OKC NBA team hasn’t been named yet: they were waiting for this weekend to get the discount on the mascot’s costume. There is a $100 per item limit, and I’m going to guess the head alone costs that much for the San Diego Chicken look-a-like, or even Robie the Redhawk.
We’ll probably have to settle for the stuff that’s always left on the rack at Wal-Mart, so we’ll probably wind up as the OKC Adult Sexy Vampires.
Oh steve hunt, such a potty mouth. And you wonder why Mayor Mick brushed you off like a piece of lint? Too bad Rogaine doesn’t fall under the list of tax-exempt items, huh?
What’s really funny is when you post something and then like…I dont know, eight minutes later come up with the perfect xenophobic comeback!
“ahh shit I should have said something about him having a boyfriend and use the word “lil’” to add icing to the cake”.
*reposts*
Steve is “that guy” that tried his entire life to be accepted, but never really quite made it. So he compensates for his failure to be cool by posting pictures of himself with random hot girls on college campuses that he doesn’t know.
Kind of reminds me of this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzrIb-HNvzw
http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/9/90/Bikerfox_rape.jpg
Maybe they’re related…
The “C” word carries an enormous amount of energy that might not be controllable once it is unleashed. It should only be used in the most desperate situations.
However, “tax free” is a cheap feel good gimmick. If you want feel real “tax free”, you need to own a BassPro, Dell telemarket center, or a Walmart.
No one is having a sale this weekend outside of the tax-free distraction. Last weekend there were several really good sales, with discounts more than compensating for the sales-tax paid.
The Oklahoma Legislature is laughing at the stupidity of the Oklahoma public. The corporate giants are laughing at the stupidity of the Oklahoma public. Meanwhile, our schools and our bridges are in a race to see who can crumble the fastest.
Does the tax free weekend include assless chaps? My lab chewed up the last pair.
Govmts evil, taxes bad. Hell Okies need to pay a bit more tax. Driven into Ok on I-40 westbound recently. Embarrassing. Just as you reach the welcome to Ok sign with the slogan “Experience the Excellance”, the internal organs are rattled about by the worst patch of road on I-40. At least chance the fricken slogan, or maybe someone has a sense of humor.
Japanese would probly be a better analogy.
uh…seems like some posts are missing. what gives, comrade?
Crimson, I was laughing and waiting for an assless chap joke to show up. Kudos to you for finding a smooth way to bring assless chaps back to social chatter.
This isn’t a message board, and there were a lot of comments that had nothing to do with the article, so we had to do some clean up to get rid of some vulgar comments, spam comments, and responses to spam comments that no longer made sense without the spam comments available. If one of your comments was one deleted for the latter reason, I apologize.
SONOFA…. Now I find out garter belts and rubber pants aren’t included. Well, there goes MY shopping trip.
Sure, come in early and it’s boring…come in late and everything interesting is deleted.
I think Texas still makes you wait until Monday to buy garter belts and rubber pants, but I guess it’s been a long time since I tried. Damn blue laws.