Sunday, November 23, 2008

Can you tell where this file is from?

I was running short on stationery so i went to the local departmental store to pick up some stuff. Hmm...just my luck,there was no sale!
So, as with most people, i chose the 'reasonably priced' items (fine, call it cheap...). One of the items included this file. And such items are synonymous with China….or am I just being stereotypical to think that the cheapest bloody things comes from the world’s largest republic???

Well, apparently not :-) And here's why...


1) The glaringly obvious Chinese letters is a giveaway but let’s pretend we don’t know its
Chinese.

2) So the next thing to look out for is the ‘product description’
Recently, China has been under a lot of international pressure because its rapid
development came at the cost of the environment. So this file is an attempt to
show the world that they too can be pro environment, by producing this file from
recyclable material….but someone forgot to hire the English teacher....again!

But I’m not complaining….cause I can tell everyone I have a ‘handsome file’

3) "Green Dove Award" sounded cheesy enough...you know how they print all kinds of
stuff to get you to buy their product.
Fortunately, the award does exist.


Ps. Other helpful pointers :

1) After consuming certain dairy products, if you develop lower back pain and
urinary problems you might wanna check where that milk is coming from!

2) If your house burns down after installing that very ‘affordable’ chandelier
supposedly from Italy, you know where it really came from ;-)

Cheers.

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