Arith-meh-tic?

@Thumperchick Then the tax should have been listed as $0.50, yes?

@bluedyn perhaps that rounding calculation is done at the Total line, and the tax line calculated to the 3rd decimal, but only shows to the 2nd decimal.

@Thumperchick You're trying too hard to rationalize this in their favor. Taking all the fun speculation about evil schemes out of it.

@bluedyn sorry. Scapegoat/funsucker

@Thumperchick Don't let it happen again ;)

@Thumperchick I totally read that as "goat fucker." Actually it makes more sense as "caped goat fucker."

@joelmw Does it though? Does that really make more sense?

@JonT If @joelmw is gonna do things to goats, he does need a disguise.

@bluedyn

@JonT

@JonT I merely meant to suggest that "caped goat fucker" makes more sense as a misreading of "scapegoat/funsucker". "Scapegoat" to "caped goat" requires the transposition of only one letter and then changing that one letter to a letter immediately adjacent to it a standard keyboard: "Scapegoat" becomes "capesgoat" becomes "capedgoat." "Funsucker" turns to "fucker" by simply removing "uns" or "nsu" (all consecutive)--and note that the repetition of the "u" makes the misreading that much more likely. Who's the pervert now?

@JonT I think you're trying to trick me into saying that it makes sense (which it might, but I'm not making that argument. I'm just saying that the one "caped goat fucker" makes more sense (as a misreading, and not even necessarily as a concept, though, again, someone could make that argument).

Well, damnit, meh, I was trying to edit that garbled mess. Goatfuckers.

Is it too early to start nominations for November's Scapegoat? [Silently glancing sideways at @joelmw]

@bluedyn @JonT Hey now, I'm no goat fucker (caped--which, sure, it seems like a cape would be a good idea--or not). I'm not even accusing @Thumperchick of doing such things. I was just saying that it looked like that's what she was calling herself. Sheesh. You people. This is obviously @Thumperchick's fault.

@bluedyn @JonT BTW, those are some ugly sons-o-bitches.

@joelmw You know the pervert is still you. Funsucker.
But I got tremendous laughs out of all of your protests and explanations, so thank you. The unmolested goats thank you, too.

@joelmw

@Thumperchick WTF is he doing to that kid!?

@bluedyn Sigh. I do what I can. Often it's not exactly what I meant to do, but, well, you know . . .

@bluedyn

@joelmw And now you have me laughing hysterically at work again. I'm so nominating you for November. You're full of win. :)

@bluedyn Aw shucks.

@katylava If it's you snatching pennies, then I approve. Just let us know what you do/buy with them. :)

@bluedyn farthings.

@katylava #RoundGate.

@katylava Actually, it's 0.4 penny, not an entire penny. Which is to say about 0.4 cents purchasing power, but it takes a penny to mint that much penny (about 2.4 cents to make a penny... I know, insanity).

@PocketBrain Well, maybe not exactly 0.4 cents, as in the hypothetical example Thumperchick gave, but something between 0 and 1 cent. Most states have rules concerning rounding partial cents (i.e. up, regardless), so I'm guessing that's the driving factor with the gigantic half-cent jump. Also I'm guessing that their software didn't round the tax shown like the finance software does (in compliance with state regulation), giving you the life-changing increase in price. That value, between .49 and .50, incidentally lines up nicely with an 8-and-a-quarter percent tax, giving you a clean 49.5 cent tax. So if your state+local tax is 8.25%, it gives you the whopping, national-debt-canceling increase of 0.5 cents.

@pitamuffin My thoughts exactly. Being that they've already shown us a prior clue...

@KDemo Not sure, it's best to just let sleeping dogs lie.

@The_Baron Which suggests there IS something suspicious going on. #RoundGate

@The_Baron - that was great. After all, it's a doggy-dog world! ;-)

@KDemo

@The_Baron - POINTS!

@KDemo Doggy-Dog world?

@tightwad - But I put a winkie face!