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To: TobagoJack who wrote (34358)	5/25/2003 11:00:12 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 74559

The beginning of the end of LU. When a company starts relying on government contracts for survival, it is finished. Message 18973856

To: TobagoJack who wrote (34358)	5/26/2003 12:26:36 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

OT The guy dies. Was very bad and ended up in hell. There, he was given two choices: The American or the Brazilian hell. The guy asked: "What's the difference?" "Oh, the devil in charge says, you will be tormented and suffering in both of them, In the Brazilian hell, you'll be orced to eat a 20Kg can of shit, at breakfast, lunch and dinner while you are poked with a red hot trident " "Oh, that's nasty! How about the American section, what's the torment?" the guy asked. The only difference, really, in the American section the share of shit you'll eat is only a cup, at breakfast, lunch and dinner while you are poked with a red hot trident " The guy didn't think twice" "I will chose the American side of hell" and so he ended up in a place where everyone was gloomy, sad and distressed. While others cried as they were poked with red hot trident, constantly. At the other side of the wall separating the two hell's section, he hears music, laugh, and people were dancing samba!!! He asked one sad guy: "Why those guys eating a 20Kg can of shit are laughing about?" He says: "Have a peek above the wall. See by yourself how bad our decision to choose the American side of the hell was." The climb a chair on top of table -full with empty cups- indeed the guys who had chosen the Brazilian hell, were happily dancing and enjoying themselves. No devil on site. No cans of shit were there to be seen, and the tridents were piled at corner cold and no fire was lit!!! He asks: "Hey amigo! What's the deal, here people are eating a cup a day and are all sad, you are eating 20Kg of shit three times a day and in the Brazilian hell and you are all happy! "Well, the guy says, here is Brazil, one day they run out of cans, the other the shit doesn't come, when there are shit and cans, the devils are on vacation, when there are devils, cans and shit, is a public holiday, when everything is here, and is working day, there is no coal to run the fire to make the tridents red hot, then is all party, party, ... iiuuu!!... huuu!!... Skindo, skindo, skindo do do!!! And they kept partying.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (34358)	5/26/2003 12:53:36 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

No recession here: Analysts at Goldman Sachs estimate that the global beauty industry—consisting of skin care worth $24 billion; make-up, $18 billion; $38 billion of hair-care products; and $15 billion of perfumes—is growing at up to 7% a year, more than twice the rate of the developed world's GDP. The sector's market leader, L'Oréal, has had compound annual profits growth of 14% for 13 years. Sales of Beiersdorf's Nivea have grown at 14% a year over the same period. This growth is being driven by richer, ageing baby-boomers and increased discretionary income in the West, and by the growing middle classes in developing countries. China, Russia and South Korea are turning into huge markets. In India, sales of anti-ageing creams are growing by 40% a year, while Brazil has more “Avon Ladies” (900,000) than it has men and women in its army and navy. Although the industry's customers are predominantly women, it is increasingly marketing itself to men too. This week's The Economist. Elmat's comments: I don't think the US would consider an invasion to face 900,000 Avon ladies with more fire power than the Feddayn Saddam who throw away their weapons and ran away from the invaders <g>. USD1 billion is generated in sales yearly by the Avon Ladies "armed forces".

To: TobagoJack who wrote (34358)	5/26/2003 2:16:02 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

El-iminate got close... but the real joke is succinct: "Life is like a shit sandwich. The more bread you got, the less shit you have to eat." I might have bored you with copious URL references to the gambling proclivities of the Earl of Sandwich, the diabolical way that Monsanto hopes to corner the durum market and the privatization of excrement by the IMF, but I don't want to bore you with details. Or septicemia, tapeworms or the latest developments from the Office of Homeland Security via Ft. Detrick. Remember, Hong Kong, you are in the crosshairs. ******** Shockingly, you remain clueless, though class-ful. Reminders necessary? Touts alors....