Warning: Imported from old college This post was moved from an older website hosted on a college server. These have been unedited and contain many mistakes. But, whatever.
A small story on being frugal... it obviously doesn't just apply to the Chinese mind:
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The Chinese Mind A Chinese man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He tells the loan officer that he is going to China on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer tells him that the bank will need some form of security for the loan, so the Chinese man hands over the keys to a new Ferrari parked on the street in front of the bank. He produces the title and everything checks out. The loan officer agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the Chinese man for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral against a $5,000 loan..An employee of the bank then drives the Ferrari into the bank's underground garage and parks it there. Two weeks later, the Chinese man returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. The loan officer says, "Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multi-millionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?" The Chinese replies: "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there when I return?" |
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Would you continue?
Her name is Tara, I think, anyway, she does anything you tell her to do at Virtual Bartender
So, here are the future war-mongers of the United States.
WTF? Are you kidding me?!
http://www.cockeyed.com/personal/photos.html
http://www.yolatengo.com/fun.html
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/readings/articles/frequency.html
http://rack1.nethosters.com/~charles/russell/russell.ram