another thing bringing me joy today

 is this exchange from the current iteration of the Giant Metafilter Politics Thread:

Boy, this seemed funny at the time: 

Chrysostom: “88th in my ward in my small town. I wrote myself in on all of the unopposed races, so I may have five jobs tomorrow." 

Sincerely, the newly elected Tax Collector for Ward 1. 
posted by Chrysostom at 3:09 PM on December 1 [358 favorites −] [!]

Congratulations Chrysostom on your historic ∞% margin of victory!
posted by theodolite at 3:13 PM on December 1 [55 favorites +] [!]

Tax Collector? Probably it’s just looking at spreadsheets and email, but let’s all imagine it’s riding about on horseback and demanding folks pay their due.
posted by notyou at 3:22 PM on December 1 [59 favorites −] [!]

brb moving to Chrysostom’s district to become that guy dressed in colonial clothes and yelling about how taxation is slavery
posted by zombieflanders at 3:26 PM on December 1 [59 favorites −] [!]

[In the spirit of communicating mod thought process in a time of change: while we are cracking down a lot on riffing and whatnot in these threads, we are not doing so robotically and so on special occasions we’re probably just gonna be okay with a short stretch of outright goofery when e.g. someone accidentally gets elected WTF MY DUDE. So carry on, though ideally not indefinitely so I don’t end up having to leave a mod note later retracting any of this.]
posted by cortex at 3:43 PM on December 1 [114 favorites −] [!]

HAHAHAHAHA. Now what, exactly, does the Ward 1 Tax Collector do, and does that mean nobody voted for the other guy?
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 3:53 PM on December 1 [17 favorites −] [!]

Nobody was on the ballot. I won with a total of two (2) votes. I can identify with certainty the source of 50% of my votes.

As for what they do…um, I guess I need to find that out? I only found this out about all this today when I got a packet of stuff from the county.
posted by Chrysostom at 4:05 PM on December 1 [133 favorites −] [!]

Chrysostom,
Congratulations and welcome to the Downballot Metafilter Caucus!
Sincerely,
Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor Cookiebastard
posted by Cookiebastard at 5:25 PM on December 1 [77 favorites +] [!]

God, I fucking love Metafilter sometimes.