An Australian definition of globalization ....
Posted By Rob Millard - 0 Comments -
Finally, a definition of globalization to which I can relate .....
Question : What is globalization?
Answer : Princess Diana's death.
Question : Why?
Answer : An English princess, with an Egyptian boyfriend, crashes in a French tunnel, in a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian, who was drunk on Scottish whisky (spelled whiskey in America,) followed closely by Italian paparazzi, on Japanese motorcycles. She was treated by an American doctor, using Brazilian medicines. This was originally written by an Australian, and is now being posted on a blog by a South African, living in The Bahamas, using American technology (my Mac computer) onto a blog being hosted on Lexblog's server, also in America. You're reading it in any one of the 195 countries in the world, probably on your computer that uses Taiwanese chips, and a Korean monitor, and software packaged in Ireland that is supported by a help desk in India. That computer was probably assembled by Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant, transported by Indian truck-drivers, hijacked by Indonesians, shipped on a Panamanian registered ship with a Greek captain unloaded by Maltese wharfies, and (if you're in the USA) trucked to you by Mexican freeloaders.
Tongue firmly in cheek but that, my friends, is Globalization!
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