话说十多年前United Airlines被Southwest打得满地找牙,穷极思变,决定创立一个子品牌,也搞廉价航空那一套和西南竞争。 品牌公司花掉千万级别的绿纸头以后想出来个名字叫Ted, logo是这样滴: 品牌出街以后大众是这样解读这个品牌的含义的: Ted is United without U 'n I, Ted is the end of United.
A state trooper is on patrol looking to get some speeders. All of the sudden his radar gun lights up as someone flies by doing 95 mph. He chases after the car with the lights and siren blaring. No response. Finally he pulls up beside the car and sees a little old lady sewing a sweater while driving! He rolls down his passenger side window and yells PULL OVER. She yells back......NO, CARDIGAN!
California: The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out, bites the Governor and attacks his dog. 1. The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie "Bambi" and then realizes he should stop; the coyote is only doing what is natural. 2. He calls animal control. Animal Control captures coyote and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it. 3. He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases. 4. The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged. 5. The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish and Game conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is free of dangerous animals. 6. The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a "coyote awareness" program for residents of the area. 7. The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the world. 8. The Governor's security agent is fired for not stopping the attack somehow and for letting the Governor attempt to intervene. 9. Additional cost to State of California: $75,000 to hire and train a new security agent with additional special training re: the nature of coyotes. 10. PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files suit against the State. Texas: The Governor of Texas is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A Coyote jumps out and attacks his dog. 1. The Governor shoots the coyote with his State-issued pistol and keeps jogging. The Governor has spent $0.50 on a 45 ACP hollow point cartridge. 2. The Buzzards eat the dead coyote. And that's why California is broke! 笑话的背景故事:德州州长 Perry慢跑的时候带着他的Ruger LCP 380口袋枪,遇到一只郊狼要攻击他和他的狗,被他一枪放倒。 这事就这么简单的了结了。成本就是一发子弹而已。 于是有人拿这个事拿加州打趣,挖苦加州把程序搞得这么复杂,成本搞的这么高,于是最后政府破产了。