Perhaps a stoopid question for all us achievers, but if the Dude is unemployed, how can he afford a constant supply of vodka and Kahlua? Granted, half and half is only 69c a quart at Ralph's (...I wish). But that, plus his bowling fees, and all those oat sodas...
Based on the movie, one could say most of his White Russians were made in locations other than his apartment, but still... he had a good supply on his tiki bar.
Just pondering...
Quote from: Hominid on September 19, 2011, 10:42:52 PM
Perhaps a stoopid question for all us achievers, but if the Dude is unemployed, how can he afford a constant supply of vodka and Kahlua? Granted, half and half is only 69c a quart at Ralph's (...I wish). But that, plus his bowling fees, and all those oat sodas...
Based on the movie, one could say most of his White Russians were made in locations other than his apartment, but still... he had a good supply on his tiki bar.
Just pondering...
Some dudes have long speculated that the dude sold some Ganja on the side here and there. You know, to keep his stock full and to help feed the monkey. Personally, I think this is a worthy theory. ;D But it is only a theory, nothing proven.
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Actually I thought there was some reference to him having made a bit of money in the past, an inheritance or something like an investment that paid off, that he was living off still.
Thanks for that pic DB. Yummy! ;D
Quote from: meekon5 on September 20, 2011, 07:47:47 AM
Actually I thought there was some reference to him having made a bit of money in the past, an inheritance or something like an investment that paid off, that he was living off still.
In the uncompromised first draft he was the heir to the Rubik's Cube fortune.
In the uncompromised first draft he was the heir to the Rubik's Cube fortune.
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Sounds like a Steve Jobs thing to invent, about right for any Dude
;D How to Solve A Rubik's Cube the easy way............
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Maybe make your own booze? Oat soda can be done by the jug pretty cheap and depending where you live you could set up to do your own vodka. I think maybe if you where to make your own vodka in the US it might fall under religious freedoms to do so if its for you own white russians. You would have to get caught then argue it in court so that would be a PIA but I would assume anyone who is not human paraquat would not have a problem with it.
I am not much of a drinker but found brewing up stuff to be relaxing. One unemployed friend of mine currently hits the dumpster at a fruit store and makes dumpster wine. He pulls stuff that is still in boxes and just past sell-ability so its not like it even touched the dumpster. I like hitting the place to feed my worms.
"cookiemeat"? Interesting nick you got there! ;D
Welcome to the party dude. Smoke em if you got em! 8)
He hunted for spare change in the seats of his '73 Torino.
Ya cookiemeat - grab an oat soda, find a rug, and remember to slip the rent under the door... it's past the 10th. Welcome to our little beach party!
I'm thinking that this wasn't the dudes first rodeo man. I know plenty of dudes that keep themselves in khalua and vodka by picking up the odd job here and there. Little of this.. Little of that...
I just recently had some solutions on this matter
http://dudeism.com/smf/index.php?topic=3503.msg30706#msg30706
Perhaps he was only temporarily unemployed.
We know that he dabbled in the roadie trade.
I don't know for sure, but I expect Walter paid all the bowling fees. And for the burgers.
I know this might not be a popular theory on here since it seems like a lot of fellers round these parts take a libertarian interpretation of dudeism. I myself dabbled in libertarianism, not in 'nam of course... Say what you want about the tenets of liberal socialism, at least its an ethos. Anyhow, isn't it possible that the dude, having no job sir, is on the dole? I mean, 1991 when this here story unfolded was before that facist Bill Clinton gutted the welfare laws. He could be buying his oat sodas with unemployment or welfare. Gotta feed the monkey.
I didn't see him signing on...
And I think if he did there would be huge scope for some undudely reactionaries in the dole office to try and upset his day...
Oh and if he was on benefits he would get his rent paid for sure....and then there would be the weekly visits to the job centre to ensure he was hunting for a job...etc!
All in My Dudely opinion of course!
Peace dude.
You're not wrong ceasar dude :-) good point
Well, the innerestin aspect here dudes is; He wrote a post dated cheque for his 1/2+1/2 so he was evidently skint. He told the cops he was unemployed.And I don't know the American system but maybe he was responsible for paying his own rent! Was dole money payed directly to his bank account or was he given a cheque/cash? Unfamiliar with the process even on this side of the damp patch, never having been between jobs.
Quote from: Zen Dog on October 08, 2012, 07:57:25 AM
Well, the innerestin aspect here dudes is; He wrote a post dated cheque for his 1/2+1/2 so he was evidently skint. He told the cops he was unemployed.And I don't know the American system but maybe he was responsible for paying his own rent! Was dole money payed directly to his bank account or was he given a cheque/cash? Unfamiliar with the process even on this side of the damp patch, never having been between jobs.
I know a lot of people just like assume he wrote a post dated check, but there is nothing in the movie that indicates he wrote the $0.69 check in the same month as when Marty asks The Dude for the rent.
There are quite a few scenes that could have taken place on different days or even different months.
Are we to assume that Donny died on one day and then was cremated and his ashes spread on the next day just because that is how we see the events in the movie?
Donny could have died in one week, been cremated the next and his ashes dispersed the next week, the next month, or even the next year for all we know.
Quote from: cckeiser on October 08, 2012, 01:52:19 PM
Quote from: Zen Dog on October 08, 2012, 07:57:25 AM
Well, the innerestin aspect here dudes is; He wrote a post dated cheque for his 1/2+1/2 so he was evidently skint. He told the cops he was unemployed.And I don't know the American system but maybe he was responsible for paying his own rent! Was dole money payed directly to his bank account or was he given a cheque/cash? Unfamiliar with the process even on this side of the damp patch, never having been between jobs.
I know a lot of people just like assume he wrote a post dated check, but there is nothing in the movie that indicates he wrote the $0.69 check in the same month as when Marty asks The Dude for the rent.
There are quite a few scenes that could have taken place on different days or even different months.
Are we to assume that Donny died on one day and then was cremated and his ashes spread on the next day just because that is how we see the events in the movie?
Donny could have died in one week, been cremated the next and his ashes dispersed the next week, the next month, or even the next year for all we know.
Absolutely. Like many movies, TBL is cut together with the assumption that the viewer will interject a reasonable timeline, without any hints from the script itself. I think the continuity is self explanatory...
I don't know how the dude does it, but I try to make my own beer and mead to lesson the cost
Relax man and you find the money
BigDudeA - welcome to our little beach community! Grab a rug and an oat soda - bar's over there.
Judging by the knowing looks he exchanged with his landlord, I presumed that he paid his rent with a few grams of Mary J every couple of weeks.
Quote from: Reverend Rudolph on October 01, 2013, 06:41:25 PM
Judging by the knowing looks he exchanged with his landlord, I presumed that he paid his rent with a few grams of Mary J every couple of weeks.
Yeah, Marty did look a little bit like "wink wink, nod nod," when he hit the dude up for the "rent money." Some ganja would be a cool way to pay the rent and keep the monkey off your back.
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