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Greasy Dra'ch'ma

With all the furor in the media around Greece for the past couple of years I thought it would be good to list all things Greek that people use in common parlance - 1. Some of us are familiar with Greek history as being where the world's largest organized scam was born - called the Olympics. At the time this courier delivered a message by running a large number of miles and that got converted into a spectator sport. Nobody thought about what this implied? Fedex does not use any of the marathon runners instead relying on bio diesel trucks so not sure where we went from courier delivery to extracting money for tickets to watch people balance themselves on a pommel horse - which by the way is quite different from a Trojan Horse - 2. which brings me to the next invention from Greek mythology that finds use today - except used in the computer virus arena. This innocuos program is accepted by a computer since it looks friendly only to unleash undesirable effects leading to loss of sanity for the user and some ulcers in the process.. 3. Whence the user can proceed to intake something more friendly towards his ulcer in the form of Greek yogurts..loaded with probiotic bacteria that only the Greeks know can help what ails the victims.. 4. After reading this moronic drivel the most obvious excuse one can find is 'its all Greek to me' implying there are some that are unaware of anything unusual going on in Greece ...most likely the Greeks themselves? Lastly there seems to be some affiliation between Indians and the Greeks more than the mythological mumbo jumbo that has parallels and that is in the use of a green leafy vegetable called Fenugreek. Lets hope if the Euro splits off the Drachma that the Indian states do not decide to bail on the Rupee to start their own currency. That possiblity can take up another blog.
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  1. RajendraMay 14, 2012 at 10:49 PM

    The rupee seems to be in need for a mouth-to-mouth treatment right now, hopefully preventing us from going the Greek way - 'going bananas'.

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  2. Diamond HeadMay 15, 2012 at 7:08 AM

    I have been observing the Rupiah taking it on the chin and Pranab's prarthanas for it to rise again ... the Rupee has shall we say a case of ED

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