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Economics Humor

[1267] Of tricked by a miser

From Marginal Revolution:

Paddy O’Brien died and as is the Irish custom the mourners were throwing money into his coffin.  The town miser, whom everyone despised, cried out “I loved Paddy O’Brien.  Whatever anyone else puts into the coffin, I will double!”  Thinking the miser a little bit drunk the townspeople took this as an opportunity to teach him a lesson.  Gathering all their money they showered the coffin with $3012 in bills and coins, more than had ever before been given at a funeral.  The miser then gathered the money, wrote a cheque for $6024 and threw that in. [Hell Money. Marginal Revolution. June 20 2007]

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Earthly Strip

[1251] Of religious conservatives are driving on the wrong side of the road

Religious conservative Muslims have an odd siege mentality. They feel that everybody is trying to get them. They feel that:

The West is trying to get them.

Christians are trying to get them.

Hindus are trying to get them.

Buddhists are trying to get them.

Chinese are trying to get them.

Jews are trying to get them.

Thais are trying to get them.

Pagans, atheists, etc, are trying to get them.

The Liberal Islam movement is trying to get them.

The real liberals are trying to get them.

Feminists are trying to get them.

Communists are trying to get them.

Scholars are trying to get them.

Orientalists are trying to get them.

Secularists are trying to get them.

Project Petaling Street is trying to get them (ha, ha, ha!).

The moderates are trying to get them.

The progressive are trying to get them.

Even somebody in their group is trying to get them.

Paranoia? Maybe but an old story might offer better perspective of what is going on.

Once seemingly long ago, on one spring day while sitting on a bench somewhere in Ann Arbor, reading Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, I overheard two girls (later, we became friends) sharing joke with each other: There was a guy driving on a highway while listening to the radio. On the radio, an announcement warned motorist of a car driving on the wrong side of the road. He blurted out, “What? Just one? All of them are driving on the wrong side of the road!”

By Mohd Hafiz Noor Shams. Some rights reserved.

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Economics Humor

[1250] Of price control rendered useless

Hahaha…

PETALING JAYA: Following the painful raids against traders who overprice their food and drinks, most restaurants are sticking to their regular prices.

The difference, however, is that some restaurants may be dishing out smaller-sized roti canai as well as diluted Nescafe or Milo drinks.

Contrary to earlier complaints by restaurant operators that they would lose out following the government move to increase the price of flour, a random survey by The Star found that they would actually make a hefty profit if the price of roti canai goes up by 10sen a piece. [Roti canai getting smaller. Goh, Michelle. Nur Akmal. The Star. June 3 2007]

Instead of liberalizing the market, I suspect the state would engage in more stifling policy by regulating the size of roti canai.

We as responsible citizens on the other hand desperately need to upgrade the mentality of our politicians. I am in the opinion that all ministers need at least at a basic lesson in economics.

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Humor Liberty

[1243] Of the state chooses your religion

It is official. A Christian, if the state says so, is a Muslim!

PUTRAJAYA, May 30 (Bernama) — Azlina Jailani, the woman who converted to Christianity, today failed in her appeal to get the Federal Court to compel the National Registration Department (NRD) to drop the word “Islam” from her identity card.

In a 2-1 majority decision, the court ruled that Azlina, 42, who changed her name to Lina Joy, should obtain a Syariah Court order confirming her apostasy before the department could delete the word. [Federal Court Dismisses Lina Joy’s Appeal To Drop Islam In IC. Bernama. May 30 2007]

But oh well, if the majority says 1 plus 1 is 3, the majority wins.

On more serious note, there is really no point of having the identity card stating which religion does one belong to. Unless, of course, if one wants to practice discrimination.

In fact, if most Muslims in Malaysia are obsessed in keeping that label, they should label themselves just like how the Nazi labeled the Jews back in the 1930s and 1940s. These Muslims however would probably wear it proudly anyway.

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Humor

[1235] Of new bloggers’ union, the STFU

We have Bloggers United, we have All-Blogs and now we have PABS. Bah!

I want to form a blogger union too and mine shall be called as the IAABAIWTFMOATAYCSMFDSSSTFU. Given that the name of my union is undeniably too mouthful, the acronym of the acronym is IWTFMOASSTFU. For the sake of simplicity, let us just call it STFU.

STFU, or its full name, I Am A Blogger And I Want To Form My Own Association Too And You Cannot Stop Me From Doing So So Stop Taking Fresh Underwear, is dedicated to a union without fresh underwear.

I am currently the pro-tem president, deputy president, the secretary, the treasurer and everything an union should have. The union has its own god and guess who is that god?

Come, let us all join STFU.

And oh, free generic invisible condoms for the first 10 bloggers to sign up. To all pro-bloggers, we will offer you free high quality invisible condoms if you sell STFU some space on your blog. C’mon, throw your mind away and come and grab these free condoms!