Play with the Budget.

[richardf8]

Snagged from the liberal community is this little link to a budget simulator. How would you balance the budget?

http://www.budgetsim.org/nbs/

Comments

[timtylor.livejournal.com]

Looks like a pretty wise project. We could do with something of the sort for our bottle of squid over here.

[richardf8]

Please tell me the etymology of "bottle of squid?" It sounds fascinating. Rhyming slang?

[timtylor.livejournal.com]

I just that moment made it up as a variation on "kettle of fish". Sorry. It doesn't make any sense, but neither does fish in a kettle, unless it's a different kind of kettle or something.

OK, I'm an etymology junkie, so I had to go find this

[morgan1.livejournal.com]

Etymologically, a kettle can be any bowl-shaped thingy for boiling liquids:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=kettle&x=15&y=9

So I'd like to propose that the :fine kettle of fish; is really a large cauldron full of hot oil used for deep-frying the fish in a nice beer batter.

But I do like "bottle of squid".

Re: OK, I'm an etymology junkie, so I had to go find this

[timtylor.livejournal.com]

Feel free to use it. I aint claiming royalties. :)

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Intriguing site .. but the results are onloy giving 'internal server errors..' :/

[richardf8]

Works for me in IE and Mozilla. There can be issues if you try to save the final budget. But the initial button works for me.