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A good example of unexpected systems failure. A rich country such as Japan RUNNING OUT OF BUTTERJapan is a market pioneer again: the first industrialised nation with no butter
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/b ... 223342.eceYesterday, Japan was forced to secure emergency butter shipments as the rocketing price of feed and resulting drop in milk production has left the country?s supermarkets with sudden shortages of a basic foodstuff.
A patient says: "Doctor, last night I made a Freudian slip, I was having dinner with my mother-in-law and wanted to say: 'Could you please pass the butter.' But instead I said: 'You silly cow, you have completely ruined my life'."
Don't try to butter me up! Very greasy of you! And your lardy-dah accent won't help. Oily git. Oh I see, even 'tho it's early in the day, you are already well lubricated!Adam1 wrote:Good systems resilience article Vortex. I think that the comments after it are going down a slippery slope though.
I was going to make a joke about buttering you up but I thought I'd feed the line to you.Vortex wrote:Don't try to butter me up! Very greasy of you! And your lardy-dah accent won't help. Oily git. Oh I see, even 'tho it's early in the day, you are already well lubricated!Adam1 wrote:Good systems resilience article Vortex. I think that the comments after it are going down a slippery slope though.