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Article #450Re: Gasoline Riots in Iran
From: Don Homuth
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:19
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:19
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:07:22 -0700, "Gatt" <gatt@juggerFUbot.com> wrote: > >"Don Homuth" <dhomuthoneatcomcast.net> wrote in message >news:d61883p3ij77orcl0t02ibl5qk3jbktjt4@4ax.com... >>>> Iranians riot over gasoline price increase and rationing. Average >>>> price for gasoline in Iran is now 38 cents a gallon. >>> >>>Is it so wrong to giggle a little about that? 38 cents a gallon and they >>>can't get enough of it. >> >> What's their average income, denominated in US dollars? > >That's a relevant question. I wonder what they think about these eastern >oil barons floating around in hundred-million-dollar yachts or gold-lined >private jetliners while the common people are making whatever and can't get >gas regardless. It's known that the Iranians aren't all That pleased with the Arab Oil Sheiks and their lifestyles. But that may well be because the Oil Sheikhs are Sunni and the Iranians are Shia ftmp. Or it could be because the Iranians aren't Arabs. >>>"Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink" >> >> Water, in this country, is oftimes More expensive than gasoline. > >Odd, that, although it makes travelling to other cities a little less >gastrointestinally precarious. In most Murken cities, tap water is Just Fine. In other cities in the world, it's oftimes just fine, but in some it's better to boil it. Alternatively, drink the local beer or wine instead -- which was the way things were done in medieval societies. Or, for an even better take on the nature of drinking water, you might visit W.C. Field's comment on it: http://www.csmngt.com/w__c__fields.htm
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