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DG is a mighty pirate...

>>> I bet the roses smelling of steak would be quite popular.
>>
>> Uhm...I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot Pole.
>
> I think the ten foot Pole ate the steak long before you'd be able to come close 
> to touch him.

Nah, he wouldn't. Polish people are genetically incapable of eating 
steak. All they eat is pierogi, which is a shameless copy of the 
Chinese jiaozi.

However, even though the Poles are Aglami's number one enemy, I must 
say I've always kind of liked them in real life.

>>> It's amazing how bad water from flowers can smell. Which is why I try
>>> not to have dead flowers.
>>
>> Roses should be grown in wool, not in water.
>>
>> source: I worked in the rose industry 10 years ago
>>
> Translation: Reinder had an underpayed summer job as a laborer in one of the 
> more unpleasant industries. Every labor law in the book was likely broken there. 
> You know, silly stuff like health and safety, maximum number of hours worked, 
> minimum wage and the employement of minors in hazardous conditions. He probably 
> peeled flower bulbs too on a pay per crate bases instead of hourly rates. It 
> inspired him to go to university and flee to a much more pleasant country with 
> vastly better labor conditions.

Actually, it was not underpaid, but one and a half gulden above the 
minimum wage (per hour). Also, conditions were pretty good, and most 
of the time we only had to cut roses. All in all it was a pretty good 
way for a 16 year old to save money to travel around Australia two 
years later. 

Of course working conditions here in China are awesome, especially in 
the mines or at construction sites. 

If you want to read up on something interesting by the way, have a 
look at the story of the Chinese real estate bubble. All over the 
country they are building literally thousands of high-rise apartment 
blocks, yet most of them are as good as empty because people cannot 
afford the apartments. There are even a few cities meant for a 
population of more than a million, yet the streets are as empty as 
Dutch streets are when the Netherlands is playing at the football 
world championship thing.

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