Chinese product quality

[Rich]

That might be true except that your quote leaves off a word (either the or a), depending on whose ads you are watching or listening to.

We should start a thread in cooler called Yodanisms

 

[ColinEssex]

YES. FOR THE FOURTH TIME IT WAS A JOKE.

Hmmm, no need to get the wig wet by shouting. I understood it was a "joke" when you posted it, I just couldn't actually see the humour in maligning what I consider to be a good quality made garment.

The fact it's Chinese obviously got up your nose, so you therefore resort to what seems to be a generalisation that all Chinese made goods are in some way illegal or faulty - which is patently not true.

Why would you need to stereotype a country in that way?

Col

 

[statsman]

Hmmm, no need to get the wig wet by shouting. I understood it was a "joke" when you posted it, I just couldn't actually see the humour in maligning what I consider to be a good quality made garment.

This is the first time you have acknowledged it was a joke. Perhaps shouting can serve some purpose.

The fact it's Chinese obviously got up your nose

No, that is your deliberate misinterpretation. Please stop trying to put your words into my mouth.

so you therefore resort to what seems to be a generalisation that all Chinese made goods are in some way illegal or faulty - which is patently not true.

Not all. Just the ones that are being recalled due to illegal and dangerous substances being found within them or that are faulty to the point of dangerous to the user.

Why would you need to stereotype a country in that way?Col

I didn't. Once again this is your deliberate misinterpretation. When it comes to stereotyping countries, I will leave that in your most capable hands (Colin and the USA).

 

[ColinEssex]

This is the first time you have acknowledged it was a joke. Perhaps shouting can serve some purpose.

Most Americans shout when they speak to foreigners.

Not all. Just the ones that are being recalled due to illegal and dangerous substances being found within them or that are faulty to the point of dangerous to the user.

What goods are those then?

I didn't. Once again this is your deliberate misinterpretation. When it comes to stereotyping countries, I will leave that in your most capable hands (Colin and the USA).

I don't sterotype the country of the USA - just the people as they've projected themselves in countless films and TV programmes.

Col

 

[statsman]

Most Americans shout when they speak to foreigners.

It's generally the only way they can get a word in.

What goods are those then?.

Food containing poisonous chemicals, toys with parts that can choke children which go to pieces when the child plays with them. This was the original point of this thread.

I don't sterotype the country of the USA - just the people as they've projected themselves in countless films and TV programmes.Col

Do you read your own posts? This last point is laughable. If it was intended as a joke, please include a smilie.

 

[KenHigg]

Hmmm, no need to get the wig wet by shouting.

How does shouting cause ones wig to get wet?

 

[Rabbie]

How does shouting cause ones wig to get wet?

When you get excited and start shouting you will start to sweat under your wig and hence it will get wet. Always assuming of course that you have a wig.

 

[KenHigg]

When you get excited and start shouting you will start to sweat under your wig and hence it will get wet. Always assuming of course that you have a wig.

I did notice Col getting a little thin on top - which I guess would explain why he has a hair piece.

He must have his eye on a sugar momma he carries around on his bus

 

[ColinEssex]

This last point is laughable. If it was intended as a joke, please include a smilie.

I would have done, had the necessity been there.

I did notice Col getting a little thin on top - which I guess would explain why he has a hair piece.

He must have his eye on a sugar momma he carries around on his bus

1) Explain where I said I have a hair piece please.

2) I don't drive a bus.

Please read the posts more carefully. It's so tiresome having to once again correct yet another American fabrication.

Col

 

[KenHigg]

1) Explain where I said I have a hair piece please.

2) I don't drive a bus.

Please read the posts more carefully. It's so tiresome having to once again correct yet another American fabrication.

Col

1) How else would you know about it getting wet?

2) You mean you carry disabled people back & forth to the clinic on your scooter?

 

[MSAccessRookie]

We should start a thread in cooler called Yodanisms

With that statement I agree. An interesting set of posts it would provide.

 

[KenHigg]

What's a 'Yodanism'?

 

[MSAccessRookie]

What's a 'Yodanism'?

I have assumed that he referred to any statements that sound like they were spoken by the character Yoda from Star Wars. Feel free to correct me if I am incorrect about that.

 

[KenHigg]

All I ever saw was the original Star Wars and I don't remember the character -

 

[MSAccessRookie]

All I ever saw was the original Star Wars and I don't remember the character -

That's why the Cable Guy has provided "On Demand". Go and Seek the Star Wars Experience, and "May the Force be with you"

 

[KenHigg]

That's why the Cable Guy has provided "On Demand". Go and Seek the Star Wars Experience, and "May the Force be with you"

I'm afeared cupcake has the re-mote and has me seeking the hunni-do experience -

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Steve R.'s post earlier made a good point related to Yoda-ism.

It was about the AIG executives who (paraphrasing) admitted to some really luxurious junkets and spa retreats and the like, then when confronted, they said, "We'll try to do better." To which Yoda would reply: "Try? There is no TRY. There is only DO - or NOT DO. There is no TRY."

I am from the USA, proud of my country most of the time, and totally ashamed of the greedy fat-cats who ran AIG into the ground while making a ton of money. That bit about removing the head of that Chinese agency (by execution) is a bit barbaric... but only a BIT. Not a lot.

I note sadly that the Democratic landslide is a serious possibility. I was actually hoping for a more specific result - in which one party won the house, the other won the senate. Or in which the president was of a different party than either the house or the senate. The idea being that the USA form of government works best when all are forced to compromise due to the gridlock that occurs when they get obstinate. Bush proved this when he had a Republican house and senate, so pushed through some legislation that I hope gets repealed. But I worry about what else the Democrats will do and just how much they will undo.

On the other hand, they might be able to address the issue of the really fat fat-cats. With a bad economy and money already tight, they would be committing political suicide to raise taxes across the board. In two years they would lose the House of Representatives if that happened. But if it is a more tightly targeted tax, I am unlikely to be too close to the target zone. If I am then I need to re-read the definition of "Middle Class" one more time... 'cause that's where I thought I was.

 

[Rich]

All I ever saw was the original Star Wars and I don't remember the character -

Then watch it you must

 

[KenHigg]

Then watch it you must

In what order should I see them, that always confuses me

(Keep in mind I saw the original Stars Wars movie when it came out)

 

[statsman]

I believe Yoda makes his first appearance in Episode 5, which was the second one to be released.

I don't get the numbering either but I guess it makes sence to Lucas and the followers of the Force. I'm still waiting for an explanation for how Alec Guiness became Ewan Macgregor.