What have we here?

Disclaimer : this post is intended to give a light hearted view of the not-so comfy state of unrest that has been infecting the world today. So if you do not have a wicked sense of humour as well as the capability to perceive this post as it is intended to be, please, don't read on. ( =

I got this instant forwarded message on my ym today, which i found to be very weird. Let me give you a quote off of it.

"I ask you all to put your hands with other MUSLIMS and boycott the Holland's products. 1.6 billion Muslims could really slap the economy in Holland. Please copy this text and forward this text to as many Muslims as possible Via Email via SMS Via Scrap..... I ask u,as a Muslims... Can't u spare 5 minutes in order to spread this message among Muslims "

I have never been the one to diss any party, but i am not condoning it as well. So i might as well give you a list of stuff/things/products/etc to boycott if you intend to join in the movement.


Food&Beverages
1. Paddle POP icecream. lol.
2. Lipton tea =P
3. Bovril & Marmite (ya know, the stuff you add in with porridge)
4. Lady's Choice products (Gasp!)
5. Heineken!? damned. and any other beer/liquor products.
6. Drugs. lol. just kidding.
7. Knorr's seasoning.
8. Planta. (lol)

Home & Personal Care Products.
1. Impulse & Rexona (the deodorant)
2. Clear (shampoo, made famous by that guy named "rain". hehehe)
3. Dove&Lux (i ain't kidding, the soaps' from there!)
4. Pond's. (the facial thingie. don't cry girls *evil laugh*)
5. Sunsilk's on the list too.

Electronics.
Since Philips is a Dutch company, all TV's, computer chips, fans, etc are listed. What you don't know is this
1. PET scan machine in your hospital. Used to detect tumors.
2. ECG, MRI, X-rays, ultrasound.
3. Defibrillators (the name of the thing that the doc puts on your chest and yell "CLEAR!" before shocking you back to life)

Basically Philips can fill up a whole hospital adequately so if you're going to join the movement, choose one that offers cheap medicine, and no Philips machines. *lol*

Finance.
If most of you guys don't know this already, ING Group is actually a dutch company, one of the largest online banking institutions in the world (if not the largest) so their products in malaysia include
1. Banking
2. Investments
3. Insurance

So you have gotta choose a bank which is not associated with ING, wait ten years, and i'd open one for you:)

SPORTS!!
This is the pinnacle of the stuff listed here, so pay close attention!!

You cannot watch F1!! Cause ING is with Renault. lol. And also almost every other sports in the world except Sepak Takraw. =P

unto footie then

English Premier League
1. Man Utd - Because they have Edwin Van der Sar. *evil grin*
2. Liverpool - Kuyt, Babel :)
3. Arsenal - Robin Van Persie :)
4. Blackburn - Ooijer:)
5. Aston Villa - Bouma:)
6. Wigan - Melchiot:)
and almost every other team in epl has dutch players as well. lol. maybe except Chelsea. =P

Dutch League.
All are not permitted. *evil laugh* Includes teams like PSV, Ajax and Hamburger:)

La Liga
1. Real Madrid - Nistelrooy & Robben & Wesley:)
2. Barcelone - Dear Frankiee:)
3. Valencia - Maduro:)
4. Sevilla - Khalid Boulahrouz (hope i spelled his name right. *laughs*)
and also whichever team whom has dutch players.

Serie A
1. Ac Milan - Seedorf (NoooooooOOoOO!!!)
*I think this is the only one. hahahha*

Oh well, that's about it for my not so comprehensive listing. *evil laugh* anyways, i do believe that acts of extremism is to be avoided at all costs, and "flaming" issues should be dealt with swiftly. Chain reactions is something that we don't want to see, like in this case of the movie that some nut put on the internet, it has been a huge issue. And if such a strike of dutch products were to go through, estimated-ly (by me, lol) this will happen.

Roughly 5million or so Non-Dutch citizens will be out of jobs.
GDP's of countries having close economic ties to the Netherlands will be severly affected.
Losses of up to 500billion euros can be expected (Unilever group is already worth 100 billion or so, add in Philips...you get my view)

So, just take it easy, they have what they deserve coming. Just sip your Heineken (or Lipton tea), make some peanut butter and jelly with your fav Lady's Choice, watch your footie:)

that's all folks!

Cheers!