Here is a surprisingly well-made (although very crude and crass) parody of the intro to Fresh Prince:
The guy looks similar to Maurice “Rich Boy” Richards:
February 10, 2009
If Fresh Prince was Rich Boy
Chinese factoid of the day
“60% of car sales in the US use a car loan, while in China this number is only 8%.” – via ChinaStakes
Loans are not inherently bad. But wow, be sure to read the story to see why the person who said that quote is a blockhead (to use Thomas Woods favorite word).
According to that staff writer at CSC, the fact that Chinese consumers pay for cars in cash is a negative, unsustainable trait.
Last year more than 9 million cars were bought in both China and the US. The fact that Chinese people managed to buy as many cars as Americans — despite paying in full, in cash — illustrates just how fiscally responsible Chinese consumers are.
And given the present economic climate, it is conceivable that while auto sales in China will decrease for the next several years, very few consumers will be defaulting on their auto loans. The same cannot be said for the average American household, who as of last summer only had $392 in savings and owed $117,951 on items such as a home mortgage, car, and student loans and credit cards.
Oh, but the Chinese consumers… not enough of them take out loans! Horror! Hard landing alert!!!
Wait, I said mother instead of horse?
Yea, so don’t even get me started about trying to speak Chinese or Japanese or even Korean. By far, Korean is the easiest (primarily because Hangul is character based). And Japanese sounds the most euphonic.
I briefly took a Chinese-speaking course six years ago and thought the language was pretty crazy. Ignoring for the moment that each province has its own slang and twang, each word basically has four tones. Screw that up and you will be the butt of every joke.
And things have slowly progressed out here. For instance, several words I learned in Taiwan are meaningless because the area I currently live in does not use that word to describe the idea (in fact, Taiwanese has five tones).
Here is the best illustration I have to explain the situation: