Russell Crowe Cures The Credit Crunch
“I WAS thinking,” Russell Crowe tells US TV host Jay Leno:
The New Zealand-born actor announced, during a US TV talkshow appearance, a plan to cure America’s financial crisis … Crowe believes the US Government should give each American $US1 million.
His reasoning was that the US has a population of about 300 million, and a $US300 million outlay was a fraction of the $US700 billion financial bailout package rejected by politicians in Washington DC yesterday.
He should have thought a little harder though—a $US1 million handout to 300 million people would cost $300 trillion.
Genius…
Posted: 1st, October 2008 | In: Celebrities, TV & Radio Comments (24) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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October 2nd, 2008 at 2:01 am
Does stupid sound the same in Zealander as it does in the States?
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:32 am
And yes, I am NOT entertained…
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:30 am
Well, that just goes to prove it:
You don’t need a lot of training to be an actor.
You don’t need a lot of training to be Britney Spears, though some drug use is helpful.
You don’t need a lot of training to be Russell Crowe, though having your ass on your shoulders as well as where you sit is useful.
Cheers from the colonies, y’all…
October 1st, 2008 at 8:20 pm
your genius is obviously sadly overlooked magnetite
October 1st, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Every time the unemployment figures rise in this country I nip down to the local Jobcentre (now called Jobcentre Plus - what next Metro, Express, 100% Extra Free?) to tell them about my notion of a Dole Lottery.
Every one signing on has a pound deducted from their benefit. Every giro/benefit-in-the-bank day a National Insurance number is drawn at random from the list of those signing on.
Hey Presto! A millionaire (at least) every week or so, with the knock-on effect that they will employ gardeners, butlers, (in my case whippet polishers) and the like. The employment figures improve, the economy is boosted and the chances of winning are much higher that Camelot’s effort.
[They continue to look at me as if I'm mad.]
October 1st, 2008 at 1:45 pm
I never thought Russell Crowe was very bright… man, has he confirmed that hunch!! (..and how!!)
October 1st, 2008 at 1:23 pm
FSBF,
I think we had better remember that people of sensitive dispositions may be reading this; that link of Saul’s was a bit near the knuckle, don’t you think?
October 1st, 2008 at 1:10 pm
and we all know what happens when you do that !
October 1st, 2008 at 12:54 pm
You had me worried there for a bit, o feathered friend; for one awful moment I thought I’d blown my cover, sorry, dunked my biscuit for a bit too long…
October 1st, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Phew - thank the lord for that
October 1st, 2008 at 12:42 pm
No, I am not Kate McCann!
I have the perfect alibi!
And a birth certificate…
October 1st, 2008 at 12:38 pm
i canna post link! drat. i shall go away and sulk now for a bit then. sniff.
October 1st, 2008 at 12:36 pm
http://www.biscuit.org.uk/dunk/index.html
Go on, you know you want to.
October 1st, 2008 at 12:34 pm
do you think she’ll remind us for the next five years too? Chernier - are you kate Mccann
October 1st, 2008 at 12:32 pm
nobody offered kate any either, fancy that, going though all the trouble of losing your kid and not getting offered a biscuit in the local cop shop.
October 1st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Nobody offered me any biscuits.
It’s not that I’m still sulking about it, or anything like that. I have the maturity to accept that some people may need biscuits more than others.
I’ll just remind people about it for the next five years or so…
October 1st, 2008 at 12:14 pm
or biscuits maybe??
October 1st, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Not all that tea you drank last night?
October 1st, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Feeling a bit woozy, which is worrying.
Hank ‘I’m Begging You’ Paulson had a woozy spell a few days back, and then we discovered that Sarah Palin likes to wave her wand around, so you have to ask yourself whether there’s a connection?
I may be the victim of magic…
October 1st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Morning Chernier!
How’s the flu jab working?
October 1st, 2008 at 11:53 am
Morning Aaron!
Anybody seen Fully Secured Bank Funding Pigeon around today?
October 1st, 2008 at 11:43 am
The first in the queue until the mistake was spotted would be happy though.
Yours Faithfully
Aaron Aardvark
October 1st, 2008 at 11:40 am
those decimal points…
October 1st, 2008 at 11:36 am
he should forget about the thinking and stick to acting - it obviously doesn’t suit him…