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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

The Ingenuity of the Middle Classes: A Comparative Study

In a desperate bid to stay relevant, interesting, or at least busy -- idle hands, the devil's workshop! -- the Formula 1 folks have created this high-tech, "data rich" $30,000 bike. Why did they do that? Because a traditional in-hub watt meter performs all the same functions at the totally unimpressive, pre-recession price of about $1,000.


In a separate announcement, the Treasury's Tim Geithner has announced a special Public-Private Investment Initiative to purchase the F001 for all present and former AIG executives.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet in China, there were clear indications of why the West is totally fucked.


I'll bet he has a little wooden patch kit and a wooden pump in his pocket, too!

1 comment:

TOMMY GUN said...

You'd have wood, too, if you lived in "Shan-DONG." Oh boy...