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Jake's House...

posted 8 years ago by ladybyron68
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I can understand how he and Farmer Ted cleaned up the whole house before the 'rents came home. But... HOW IN THE HELL did he pay for the damage done to the ceiling and the floor thanks to The Singer's Jock Girlfriend with those weights... not to mention all that EXPENSIVE BOOZE! I can probably see him having enough money in his personal bank account from allowances and summer jobs to pay for 2 brand new wine shelves (especially at mid 80s prices). He MIGHT be even able to afford the contractor to make repairs to the 2 floors & 2 ceilings. But all that wine/champagne? No.

[–] robocop-37224 7 years ago

Not to mention sharpening the scissors that were used to cut Caroline's hair..

[–] dazzaler44 7 years ago

Well...thats the magic of Hollywood for you haha

[–] bing-57 7 years ago

> But... HOW IN THE HELL did he pay for the damage done to the ceiling and the floor

Well, firstly, I didn't really see that they did do a lot of cleaning up, except to scoop the empty beer cans and party cups into the trash. You could see in the later scenes that there was still trash all over the kitchen counter and trash all over the front lawn.

But, more importantly, Jake's family was rich. Sure, the parents will be mad as heck that there are holes in the ceiling and lots of furniture destroyed. But, it's nothing that money can't fix. Hire a few maids and contractors and the house is back to normal. Then, it was probably time to redecorate the living room anyway.

Jake may be grounded for a month, but, hey, no big deal.

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What Would Jesus Do For A Klondike Bar (WWJDFAKB)?

[–] Eddym123 (156) 6 years ago

The costs would be in the 10's of thousands of dollars of money...at least.

[–] MoviemanCin 7 years ago

It's only a movie, lady.

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.

[–] Washingtonnative (2613) 7 years ago

Grounded him for a month, Ha! I wonder if they let him live!

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Anyone think Jake’s house was kind of ordinary for people who owned rolls royce and a porsche? The wine cellar also seemed out of place in that suburban 4 bed/2.5 bathroon house. It was more Brady Bunch house than Downton Abbey.

[–] thewaitress (1616) 6 years ago

When I first saw this movie, the pizza on the turntable cracked me up. WHO DOES THAT?