-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/30/07 15:52, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: >> >> I mean, since the price difference is so HUGE and the quality is mostly >> as good or even better, why Aldi is not deluged by people from open to >> close, I'll never know. > > For the same reason people want SUVs. > For the same reason women like gold and diamond. > For the same reason people want brand clothes. > > I sometimes imagine how would I explain the human society to an alien > > ET: Why do people kill each other and go to wars over this "diamond" > substance? What is it for? > > Me: Well, aside from its industrial applications, people want it for the > precise reason that it is hard to get. If its abundance increased, people > would cease using it.
And sparkly. Very, very sparkly. Analogous is gold. Very very shiny. Which is why women like gold more than they like platinum. > ET: WTF!? > - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGDX9KS9HxQb37XmcRAgFOAKDAIW24SMGu8tBGzUWhMOjLopul7gCdGWo7 kuX/u5vrIfMdFtM2g09q92A= =EEFk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
