tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post4299616063530976888..comments2024-02-17T12:34:01.400-08:00Comments on Illusion of Prosperity: The Sarcasm Report v.125Stagflationary Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-3943987924382701502011-08-15T15:21:56.883-07:002011-08-15T15:21:56.883-07:00dearieme,
I'm trying to picture being chided ...dearieme,<br /><br />I'm trying to picture being chided for buying extra goods from a store.<br /><br />As an American, this concept is foreign to me! ;)Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-55308208822646352402011-08-15T03:50:07.213-07:002011-08-15T03:50:07.213-07:00I remember our Great Bog Roll Crisis - I hadn'...I remember our Great Bog Roll Crisis - I hadn't known it was international. We also had a self-fulfilling sugar crisis. A grocer chided me when I bought a few bags of sugar: "What do you want those for?" "Wine-making." "That's disgraceful; you should leave them for peole who want sugar in their tea." "Nah, let 'em us saccharin."deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-14082889031602627252011-08-14T19:51:48.979-07:002011-08-14T19:51:48.979-07:00Invent a new, hyper-efficient, cheap, energy sourc...<i>Invent a new, hyper-efficient, cheap, energy source, duh!</i><br /><br />No! Every country needs to set the gasoline price at a nickel per gallon. We'll be hyper-efficient at burning it instead! Woohoo!<br /><br />And while we are at it let's fix the price of liver. Why? Better pâté than never! ;)Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-4820419114234722272011-08-14T19:17:30.348-07:002011-08-14T19:17:30.348-07:00Doh! "too pate" = "too late".Doh! "too pate" = "too late".Mr Slipperynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-74754508827675622792011-08-14T19:16:45.732-07:002011-08-14T19:16:45.732-07:00Better to panic one year too early than one day to...Better to panic one year too early than one day too pate. It has always worked for me. Unfortunately, sometimes my trades are also very early and that has not always worked for me. :)<br /><br />From the article, "the U.S. must do something to deal with the problem that rising gas prices pose for future economic expansion."<br /><br />Invent a new, hyper-efficient, cheap, energy source, duh!Mr Slipperynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-17731552844469856132011-08-14T16:50:45.929-07:002011-08-14T16:50:45.929-07:00Watchtower,
I'm a believer in pre-panicking t...Watchtower,<br /><br />I'm a believer in pre-panicking theories. I had a large rice supply heading into the following and have since boosted my reserves.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_global_rice_shortage" rel="nofollow">2008 global rice shortage</a><br /><br /><i>While no one single cause is blamed, the dependency of rice supply on oil prices and six years of drought in Australia's rice-growing regions appears to have tipped the scales toward a worrisome reduction in global rice supplies, and the commensurate rise in global prices.</i>Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-89933029329523232372011-08-14T16:23:12.335-07:002011-08-14T16:23:12.335-07:00"Various secondary effects occurred, notably ..."Various secondary effects occurred, notably toilet paper panics in Japan and the United States"<br /><br />I don't know who came up with this saying originally, but "he who panics first, panics best" surely applies in this case!Watchtowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08833772067989549769noreply@blogger.com