View From The Porch: Business opportunity in the Middle Kingdom:

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Business opportunity in the Middle Kingdom:

Open your own Rent-A-Gweilo franchise!

It's fun! It's profitable! You don't even need to speak foreignese!

15 comments:

Anonymous said...: "It continued: "There are job opportunities for girls who are pretty and for men who can look good in a suit."

I'd imagine there always are.

Is it cynical of me to note there were no clothing requirements in that for the ladies.; 8:59 AM, June 30, 2010
Jay G said...: I read that quickly and thought it said "Rent-a-guido".

I was about to ask how much it paid...; 9:46 AM, June 30, 2010
OA said...: So wait, commercials in the US didn't originate the totally out of place token? Damn...I'm crushed.; 9:48 AM, June 30, 2010
BobG said...: I should start a business like that.
"Roundeyes-R-Us", or "Rent-A-Token".; 9:49 AM, June 30, 2010
Anonymous said...: Extra points if you play with the latest iWonder while working the crowd.
Best,
McVee; 9:52 AM, June 30, 2010
Tam said...: "So wait, commercials in the US didn't originate the totally out of place token?"

Dude, everything was invented in China. Printing. The Compass. Powered flight. Racism. Nuclear power.; 9:54 AM, June 30, 2010
OA said...: Don't forget blown off thumbs.; 9:59 AM, June 30, 2010
Themadlemming said...: I visited mainland China a few years back and random people would come up to me and want to shake my hand and/ or get a picture with me. Evidently, there was a certain prestige in meeting a "real" Westerner.; 10:27 AM, June 30, 2010
Bubblehead Les. said...: I don't see the problem. Didn't George Soros and his Commie buddies do something similar in the last Presidential election? Might explain all the bowing at the White House photo-ops.; 11:41 AM, June 30, 2010
staghounds said...: Overqualified again- I act like I just got off of an airplane five minutes ago.; 12:28 PM, June 30, 2010
George said...: Of course, in China, 'foreignese' would simply be 'ese', much like Chinese food would just be food...; 1:26 PM, June 30, 2010
OrangeNeck said...: Okay, which one of yous can I rent for a week??; 2:59 PM, June 30, 2010
Tam said...: OrangeNeck,

I dunno; depends on what the rental's for.

If you want to rent me to shoot a bunch of ammo and eat all the venison steaks in your freezer, I'd imagine the rates would be pretty cheap. Cleaning grout and tile? Not so much... :D; 3:06 PM, June 30, 2010
OrangeNeck said...: Tam,

Ooooooh.......... :D; 4:19 PM, June 30, 2010
B Smith said...: Heh. A few years back, when I lived in western NC, I was fairly disgusted at all the flatlanders moving in and attempting to make their property look 'country' by festooning the yard with plywood cartoon kids peeing in the flower garden, and toilets full of foliage. I had a similar idea: to rent myself out as a 'real hillbilly', wearing overalls without a shirt, no shoes, toting a brown jug and a shotgun. I figured people would pay me to lay in the shade all day drinking, and taking the occasional potshot at trespassers 'n such.
Should have tried it.

PS: If you really want your yard to look country, plant a few rows of corn, and park a front-tine tiller out front, with a galvanized washtub over the motor. You could add a rusty Ford or two on cinder blocks.; 9:47 PM, June 30, 2010