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To: David in Ontario who wrote (24215)2/21/2004 8:11:20 AM
From: Richnorth  Respond to of 27666
 
Joke: Drinking beer in Iraq

An American, a Brit and an Iraqi are in a bar one night having a beer. The Yankee downs his beer and throws his glass in the air, pulls out a gun and shoots the glass to pieces. He says, "In the US our glasses are so cheap that we don't need to drink from the same one twice."

The Brit obviously impressed by this, drinks his beer, throws his glass into the air, pulls out his gun and also shoots the glass to pieces. He says, "In Britain we have so much sand to make the glasses that we don't need to drink out of the same glass twice either."

The Iraqi, cool as a cucumber, picks up his beer and downs it, throws his glass onto the floor, pulls out his gun and shoots the American and the Brit. He says "In Baghdad we have so many Americans and Brits that we don't need to drink with the same ones twice."



To: David in Ontario who wrote (24215)7/4/2004 12:44:12 PM
From: Richnorth  Respond to of 27666
 
Here's a worthwhile read that will put a number of things in perspective with regard to the Chinese in China not having enough money to buy consumer goods:-

nytimes.com

The article is a gold mine for Walmart-China bashers, too!

Is America threatened by the Chinese Juggernaut?