▲Women buying luxury goods in cash is a fast-growing phenomenon. Women have this fear about their spouse's reaction to their shopping bills. Cash lets them avoid that confrontation.
(女人付現買奢侈品是個快速成長的現象,女人怕她們的伴侶對她們購物帳單的反應,付現讓她們可以避免衝突對立。)──貴婦買精品寧可付現,不願刷卡,專責市場研究的NPD集團分析師柯亨(Marshal Cohen)認為,主要理由是怕老公囉嗦,另外現金花了就忘
▲South Korea should stop clinging to the crotch of America and hiding behind the ass of the U.S.
(南韓不應該再抱住美國的大腿不放,更不應躲在美國的屁股後面。)──南韓總統盧武鉉為了挽回直直落的民調,最近頻頻發表反美言論,以討好年輕選民,被譏為南韓的倫斯斐
▲At home in England you can't even climb a tree without a safety certificate, so I hope it will ignite a little spark in some families.
(在英國老家,沒有安全憑證,你甚至不能爬樹,因此我希望這會在某些家中點燃一點火花。)──英國14歲少年波罕三日創下最年輕單人駕駛帆船橫越大西洋的紀錄,他老爸彼得.波罕(Peter Perham)鼓勵年輕人多冒險
▲We love all babies.
(所有貝比我們都愛。)──玩具反斗城年前宣布,要給美國2007年第一個誕生的寶寶25,000美元支票,結果中國籍的林玉琪(譯音)拔得頭籌,玩具反斗城因她母親是大陸非法移民而取消給獎,消息曝光後,引起民眾憤怒,玩具反斗城決定照發獎金