I hate the WTO
Demented Hamsters
14-12-2005, 03:08
I really hate the WTO.
On Sunday I went shopping for some furniture. I saw a corner desk perfect for the computer I intend to buy in the very near future. It was on sale - half-price - so I quickly paid for it.
I was then told that they can't deliver it until Thursday 23rd at the earliest, due to the roads around Hong Kong CBD all being closed for the WTO conference.
Those bastards. I now have a lovely desk gathering dust in a warehouse somewhere due to them.
So, if you see some guy on TV at the WTO protests waving a placard saying 'Fuck you WTO, I want my fucking desk!!' you'll know who it is.
I'm seriously thinking of going down there and getting the Korean farmers to join me in a chant:
"What do we want?"
"His fucking desk!"
"When do we want it?"
"This week, ideally between the hours of 5pm and 8pm!"
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
14-12-2005, 03:10
So, if you see some guy on TV at the WTO protests waving a placard saying 'Fuck you WTO, I want my fucking desk!!' you'll know who it is.
Best. Slogan. Evah.
Melkor Unchained
14-12-2005, 03:11
I don't like the WTO either [which may surprise some of you], but there is a metric fuckton of better reasons to hate it than this.
Celtlund
14-12-2005, 03:13
I was then told that they can't deliver it until Thursday 23rd at the earliest, due to the roads around Hong Kong CBD all being closed for the WTO conference.
What's the problem? Get some friends, find out from the store where the warehouse is located, get the desk, and carry it home. Easy, just make sure you have plenty of cold beer at home for your friends. :D :D
Dobbsworld
14-12-2005, 03:17
Well, I like that the WTO ruled in Canada's favour (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051205/wto_ruling_051205/20051206?hub=Canada).
Funky Evil
14-12-2005, 03:22
Well, I like that the WTO ruled in Canada's favour (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051205/wto_ruling_051205/20051206?hub=Canada).
they did what!!!? Oh, wel,, hust another reason to hate the wto - an orginization founded for the purpose of over-regulating industries of sovreign states.
Demented Hamsters
14-12-2005, 03:23
What's the problem? Get some friends, find out from the store where the warehouse is located, get the desk, and carry it home. Easy, just make sure you have plenty of cold beer at home for your friends. :D :D
Naw, it would mean carrying it through the Kowloon-HK tunnel, which is closed. I think trying to sneak a large heavy box past several hundred armed police through a closed tunnel is probably asking for trouble.
Dobbsworld
14-12-2005, 03:31
they did what!!!? Oh, wel,, hust another reason to hate the wto - an orginization founded for the purpose of over-regulating industries of sovreign states.
Not in this case. It upheld the terms of the U.S./Canada Free Trade Treaty, which was supposed to 'level the playing-field' between our two nations. Hey, it was the Americans who approached us on Free Trade, not the other way 'round.
I'm glad the WTO was there to stick up for us!
Celtlund
14-12-2005, 03:35
Naw, it would mean carrying it through the Kowloon-HK tunnel, which is closed. I think trying to sneak a large heavy box past several hundred armed police through a closed tunnel is probably asking for trouble.
You could put it in the water, get on top, and paddle it across. :D