I ran across this on the net someplace.

How Greeks do Business

Costa (father): ‘I want you to marry a girl of my choice.’
Son: ‘I will choose my own bride!’
Costa: ‘But the girl is Bill Gate’s daughter..’
Son: ‘Well, in that case… ok’
Next Costa approaches Bill Gates.
Costa: ‘I have a husband for your daughter….’
Bill Gates: ‘But my daughter is too young to marry!’
Costa: ‘But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank.’
Bill Gates: ‘Ah, in that case… ok’
Finally Costa goes to see the president of the World Bank.
Costa: ‘I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president.’
President: ‘But I already have more vice- presidents than I need!’
Costa: ‘But this young man is Bill Gate’s son-in-law.’
President: ‘Ah, in that case… ok’

And that my friend is how Greeks do business


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Order of Nobility. (British)

I'm always trying to remember the ordering of this list, and I haven't found it on the net anywhere in a concise list like this, so I decided to make my own. If you know of any errors, please drop me a line: cwholemaniii [at] yahoo [dot] com.

    1. King.
    2. Prince.
    3. Royal Duke (Must be a Prince to get this?)
    4. Noble Duke or Duke (Non-royal.)
    5. Marquis.
      • Count (Also known as Earl.)
      • Earl (Also known as Count.)
    7. Viscount.
    8. Baron.
    9. Baronet. (It is hereditary, but is not a peerage.)
    10. Knight. (Non-hereditary. But the title Esquire was inherited instead.)
    11. Esquire (In the early days, also known as Squire. At first it was what you were before you become a Knight [Ages 14-21 years old]. Later it became it's own title.)
    12. Squire (The stage before becoming a Knight. Ages 14-21 years old)
    13. Page (The stage before Squire. Ages 7-14 years old)




"I used to say that politics was the second oldest profession, and I have come to know that it bears a gross similarity to the first." - Ronald Reagan  



A busload of politicians was driving down a country road when the bus suddenly ran off the road and crashed into an old farmer's field.

The farmer heard the tragic crash so he rushed over to investigate. He then began digging a large grave to bury the politicians.

A few hours later, the local sheriff drove past the farmer's field and noticed the bus wreck. He approached the farmer and asked where all the politicians had gone.

The farmer explained that he'd gone ahead and buried all of them.

"Were they ALL dead?" asked the puzzled sheriff.

"Well, some of them said they weren't," mused the old farmer, "but you know how them politicians lie."

Factoids

Interesting fact: in Over the summer of 2008 U.S. forces fighting in the war in Iraq were only about ten times more likely to be killed in action than any random person just living in Chicago.

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