Atenta a origem, talvez não fosse pior ser tomado a sério!
Entretanto, um velho amigo que me quer bem, chama a minha atenção para 20 factos.
Ora vejam.
"The following are 20 facts about the collapse of Europe that everyone should know...
1) 10 Months: Manufacturing activity in both France and Germany has contracted for 10 months in a row.
2) 11,8%: The unemployment rate in the eurozone has now risen to 11.8 percent - a brand new all-time high.
3) 17 months: In November, Italy experienced the sharpest decline in retail sales that it had experienced in 17 months.
4) 20 months: Manufacturing activity in Spain has contracted for 20 months in a row.
5) 20%: It is estimated that bad loans now make up approximately 20 percent of all domestic loans in the Greek banking system at this point.
6) 22%: A whopping 22 percent of the entire population of Ireland lives in jobless households.
7) 26%: The unemployment rate in Greece is now 26 percent. A year ago it was only 18.9 percent.
8) 26,6%: The unemployment rate in Spain has risen to an astounding 26.6 percent.
9) 27%: The unemployment rate for workers under the age of 25 in Cyprus. Back in 2008, this number was well below 10 percent.
10) 28%: Sales of French-made vehicles in November were down 28 percent compared to a year earlier.
11) 36%: Today, the poverty rate in Greece is 36 percent. Back in 2009 it was only about 20 percent.
12) 37,1%: The unemployment rate for workers under the age of 25 in Italy - a brand new all-time high.
13) 44%: An astounding 44 percent of the entire population of Bulgaria is facing "severe material deprivation".
14) 56,5%: The unemployment rate for workers under the age of 25 in Spain - a brand new all-time high.
15) 57,6%: The unemployment rate for workers under the age of 25 in Greece - a brand new all-time high.
16) 60%: Citigroup is projecting that there is a 60 percent probability that Greece will leave the eurozone within the next 12 to 18 months.
17) 70%: It has been reported that some homes in Spain are being sold at a 70% discount from where they were at during the peak of the housing bubble back in 2006. At this point there are approximately 2 million unsold homes in Spain.
18) 200%: The debt to GDP ratio in Greece is rapidly approaching 200 percent.
19) 1997: According to the Committee of French Automobile Producers, 2012 was the worst year for the French automobile industry since 1997.
20) 2 million: Back in 2005, the French auto industry produced about 3.5 million vehicles. In 2012, that number dropped to about 2 million vehicles."
E acrescenta.
"Let's get drunk somewhere - perhaps an atoll - down in the south Pacific! You bring the booze, i'll bring the chiks!"
Apressei-me a responder-lhe, sem pensar:
I'm in.