China Sunday 5
Stimulus Economics
It is the month of August on the shores of the Black Sea. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt and everybody lives on credit.
Suddenly, a rich tourist comes to town.
He enters the only hotel, lays a 100 Euro note on the reception counter, and goes to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one.
The hotel proprietor takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the butcher.
The Butcher takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the pig grower.
The pig grower takes the 100 Euro note, and runs to pay his debt to the supplier of his feed and fuel.
The supplier of feed and fuel takes the 100 Euro note and runs to pay his debt to the town's prostitute that in these hard times, gave her "services" on credit.
The hooker runs to the hotel, and pays off her debt with the 100 Euro note to the hotel proprietor to pay for the rooms that she rented when she brought her clients there.
The hotel proprietor then lays the 100 Euro note back on the counter so that the rich tourist will not suspect anything.
At that moment, the rich tourist comes down after inspecting the rooms and takes his 100 Euro note, after saying that he did not like any of the rooms and leaves town.
No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now debt free, and looks to the future with a lot of optimism.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is economic recovery stimulus!
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The Ross Sisters
Skip the first 50 seconds, but then see an amazing display of dancing, yoga and strength
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Indian Weather
It was late fall and the Indians on a remote reservation
asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to
be cold or mild.
Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never
been taught the old secrets. When he looked at the sky,
he couldn't tell what the winter was going to be like.
Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe
that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that
village members should collect firewood to be prepared.
But, being a practical leader, after several days, he
got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the
National Weather Service and asked,
'Is the coming winter going to be cold ?'
'It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,'
the meteorologist at the weather service responded.
So the chief went back to his people and told them to
collect even more firewood in order to be prepared.
A week later, he called the National Weather Service
again. 'Does it still look like it is going to be a
very cold winter?'
'Yes,' the man at the National Weather Service again
replied, 'it's going to be a very cold winter.' The
chief again went back to his people and ordered them
to collect every scrap of firewood they could find.
Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather
Service again. 'The winter is going to be very cold ?
Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be
very cold? 'Absolutely,
' the man replied.
'It's looking more and more like it is going to be
one of the coldest winters we've ever seen.' How
can you be so sure?' the chief asked.
The weatherman replied, 'The Indians are collecting
firewood like crazy.'
Something to remember whenever you get advice from a
government official!
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Gruyeres, Switzerland
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Name of Czech photographer Vlad Artazov is well known to all photography fans.
His works are full of humor, irony and their execution is great. Don’t miss it!
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The dog and the pool Play Dead Baillie
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The Wongs
Su Wong marries Lee Wong. The next year, the Wongs have a new baby.
The nurse brings over a lovely, healthy, bouncy, but definitely a Caucasian, WHITE baby boy.
'Congratulations,' says the nurse to the new parents. 'Well Mr. Wong, what will you and Mrs. Wong name the baby?'
The puzzled father looks at his new baby boy and says, 'Well, two Wong's don't make a white, so I think we will name him....
Are you ready for this?
