So, as part of their bailout, the Greek government was told it needed to privatize a lot of its government owned stuff. Everything from banks to the national lottery had to go on the auction block, to the highest bidder, as part of the IMF's requirements for the loans.
The problem is, no one wants to buy. No one in the EU or Greece itself, anyway. China and Russia are all over it, however, and that has the rest of the EU eyeing the sales warily.
I wonder, though, who did the IMF think was going to try to buy the stuff they Greeks were supposed to get rid of? Venture capitalists from Silicon Valley? Bill Gates? Angela Merkel?
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Greece is such a mess no one wants to buy any of it? 
I'm shocked.
I'm shocked.
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
I guess my main question is how big was the "Garage Sale" sign, and if they used balloons and streamers.
I guess it would be a ΓΑΡΑΓΕ ΣΑΛΕ, huh. And no, not accurate at all.
Edited, Feb 7th 2013 12:52pm by lolgaxe
I guess it would be a ΓΑΡΑΓΕ ΣΑΛΕ, huh. And no, not accurate at all.
Edited, Feb 7th 2013 12:52pm by lolgaxe
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lolgaxe wrote:
ΓΑΡΑΓΕ ΣΑΛΕ
My old fraternity!
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Jophiel wrote:
lolgaxe wrote:
ΓΑΡΑΓΕ ΣΑΛΕ
My old fraternity!
ΓΑΡΑΓΕ ΣΑΛΕ = RAPARE EAVE = Raper Eve? Hmm...
Clearly it says "reaper eave", which means "deadly overhang", which translates to "killer hangover". It's so OBVIOUS.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
You wouldn't know it by sight but I rated you up.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
The fate of those with a default Excellent rating is truly harsh. Having reached the pinnacles of karma they will now never again know the sweet satisfaction of a rate up.
Jophiel wrote:
You wouldn't know it by sight but I rated you up.
But I would!
(Yeah, he rated you up)
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
The fate of those with a default Excellent rating is truly harsh. Having reached the pinnacles of karma they will now never again know the sweet satisfaction of a rate up.
On the other hand having Zam assume that every random thought that pops into your head is excellent is its own giddy thrill.
Does make it hard to reciprocate the good will though.
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
You could just rate up everything I post. Just in case I rated you up.
Edited, Feb 7th 2013 9:34pm by Aethien
Edited, Feb 7th 2013 9:34pm by Aethien
someproteinguy wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
The fate of those with a default Excellent rating is truly harsh. Having reached the pinnacles of karma they will now never again know the sweet satisfaction of a rate up.
On the other hand having Zam assume that every random thought that pops into your head is excellent is its own giddy thrill.
Does make it hard to reciprocate the good will though.
Zam thinks all your posts are excellent+
Seriously you've gotten too many rateups.
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LockeColeMA wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
You wouldn't know it by sight but I rated you up.
But I would!
(Yeah, he rated you up)
I'm livid that Samira got a perfunctory and superfluous rate-up for piggy-backing on my joke, while I got bupkis.
Not that I'm unused to going unappreciated for my contributions. I mean, I'm worth at least 2.6 someproteinguys. Where'd he get his Guruship, eh? Probably some game-specific forum, I bet, where they give 'em out like they're nothing.
Edited, Feb 7th 2013 3:38pm by Eske
Jophiel wrote:
You wouldn't know it by sight but I rated you up.
Any time I want to rate either of you guys up, I just rate gbaji down instead.
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
You could just rate up everything I post. Just in case I rated you up.
Edited, Feb 7th 2013 9:34pm by Aethien
Edited, Feb 7th 2013 9:34pm by Aethien
Sometimes I do, other times I don't. I'd like to do it more, but it took be a while to get used to you being green, and I'm not sure I'm ready for red yet.
Sir Xsarus wrote:
someproteinguy wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
The fate of those with a default Excellent rating is truly harsh. Having reached the pinnacles of karma they will now never again know the sweet satisfaction of a rate up.
On the other hand having Zam assume that every random thought that pops into your head is excellent is its own giddy thrill.
Does make it hard to reciprocate the good will though.
Zam thinks all your posts are excellent+
Seriously you've gotten too many rateups.
What comes after guru anyway? You know since we have more than 4 stars now, why not just break down another barrier?
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
Kavekk wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
You wouldn't know it by sight but I rated you up.
Any time I want to rate either of you guys up, I just rate gbaji down instead.
Haha. That's... wait a minute!
King Nobby wrote:
More words please
Kavekk wrote:
Jophiel wrote:
You wouldn't know it by sight but I rated you up.
remorajunbao wrote:
One day I'm going to fly to Canada and open the curtains in your office.
someproteinguy wrote:
What comes after guru anyway? You know since we have more than 4 stars now, why not just break down another barrier? 
Dalai Lama I believe.
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Eske Esquire wrote:
I mean, I'm worth at least 2.6 someproteinguys. Where'd he get his Guruship, eh? Probably some game-specific forum, I bet, where they give 'em out like they're nothing.
WoW hunter forum. So basically you can blame Xsarus and Aethien for it.
Also, a lot of people who aren't here anymore. Now that I suddenly have the urge to look back...
Edited, Feb 7th 2013 1:10pm by someproteinguy
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
Did you really? Damn... I don't think I remember anything from before the BDT anymore.
Olde.
Yeah found it funny/ironic people complained about the down-rates in there.
By the time I moved to the druid forum I was already one of those low posts count guru things. Edited, Feb 7th 2013 1:24pm by someproteinguy
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
The fate of those with a default Excellent rating is truly harsh. Having reached the pinnacles of karma they will now never again know the sweet satisfaction of a rate up.
someproteinguy wrote:
Olde.
Quote:
Yeah found it funny/ironic people complained about the down-rates in there. 
By the time I moved to the druid forum I was already one of those low posts count guru things.
By the time I moved to the druid forum I was already one of those low posts count guru things.Edit: Holy crap, I just noticed that you have 6k posts Protein. How the bloody hell did you do that? I thought you had like, 2k or something.
Edited, Feb 7th 2013 11:14pm by Aethien
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Edit: Holy crap, I just noticed that you have 6k posts Protein. How the bloody hell did you do that? I thought you had like, 2k or something.
remorajunbao wrote:
One day I'm going to fly to Canada and open the curtains in your office.
Spoonless wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
The fate of those with a default Excellent rating is truly harsh. Having reached the pinnacles of karma they will now never again know the sweet satisfaction of a rate up.
$10 or I karma camp your green arrow until you're default excellent.
One of us, one of us...
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
someproteinguy wrote:
Olde.
Quote:
Yeah found it funny/ironic people complained about the down-rates in there. By the time I moved to the druid forum I was already one of those low posts count guru things.
By the time I moved to the druid forum I was already one of those low posts count guru things.That's how I remember it. You rarely downrated people, more likely just called them #$%^ing idiots or some variety thereof (I don't remember you being nearly as bad as Theo though). People then got grumpy and lashed out, which led to karma bombing.
It was entertaining to watch.
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
Friar Bijou wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Edit: Holy crap, I just noticed that you have 6k posts Protein. How the bloody hell did you do that? I thought you had like, 2k or something.
That monster in the mirror, he just might be you. -Grover
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