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- spyd3rweb, on 06/02/2008, -0/+35Why not throw some jobs or infrastructure out of the plane to these people so they can help themselves?
- swatward, on 06/02/2008, -2/+30Nothing like rich, eccentric people to keep this world interesting.
- Knobee, on 06/02/2008, -1/+23TFA: "On the first and second runs, the notes fell 500 yards from the stadium, so the crowds dashed from the ground to scoop up what they could.
On the third run the money fluttered down into the stadium so they all had to scamper back into the arena.'"
What a jerk. - inactive, on 06/02/2008, -2/+24"The money was dropped by author Tung Desem Waringin as a stunt to promote his book on business motivation."
This guy must be an awful writer,actually this is the second time he is doing this gimmick. - somabc, on 06/02/2008, -4/+22Someone told the pilot the plane was "6,000 lbs" to heavy
- Ignitedude, on 06/02/2008, -4/+20What person in their right mind would do such an irresponsible thing? ***** idiot.
- IronPwnage, on 06/02/2008, -1/+15I love our strong pound.
- CarnivalOfDust, on 06/02/2008, -3/+16I really hope that someday I can be as effortlessly cool as you.
- mmockett, on 06/02/2008, -1/+13to heavy what?
- JavaNPerl, on 06/02/2008, -0/+12CORRECTION: £6,000 Thrown from a plane to Indonesia's strongest and fastest poor residents. Weak and slow poor residents still screwed.
- GiggleStick, on 06/02/2008, -0/+7Um, I'm pretty sure there is more to his comment than that. He just tagged it on the end. What's worse are meta comments complaining about comments. Oh, crap!
- steveoco, on 06/02/2008, -1/+8Just a bit of info on how populate Indonesia is (For comparison)...
Australia - Surface area: 7,686,850[sq. km] Population: 19,546,792
Indonesia - Surface area: 1,919,440[sq. km] Population: 231,328,092 - nexmachina, on 06/02/2008, -2/+8There is a joke in Venezuela about this.
President Hugo Chavez on a helicopter with his wife and some advisers decides to throw some cash out the window.
He tells his wife and advisers:
"Watch as i throw 50 dollars out the window and make 50 people happy"
To which one of the advisers replies:
"Señor Presidente, why don't you throw 100 dollars and make 100 people happy?"
So another adviser being more astute replies:
"Why don't you throw 1000 dollars and make 1000 people happy?"
To which his wife replies:
"Why don't you throw yourself out and make 26 million people happy?" - rudezombie, on 06/02/2008, -1/+7thanks Jayne!
- Computer_Kid, on 06/02/2008, -0/+5♫ He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor. Stood up to the man and he gave him what-for. Our love for him now ain't hard to explain. The Hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne! ♫
- bxblox, on 06/02/2008, -0/+5thats what she said?
- Sicarius, on 06/02/2008, -2/+7Could have been worse: coins.
- zantos420, on 06/02/2008, -0/+5dude that's ***** up
- bosssmiley, on 06/02/2008, -0/+5#Our love for him now ain't hard to explain
The hero of Indonesia, the man they call Warangin#
What? Well, someone had to... - cgomez, on 06/02/2008, -0/+5Zing!
- diggdong, on 06/02/2008, -0/+4It would only be interesting if the plane later crashed into a bank. This is photons assaulting my boredom. Pass the hairy krishna.
- Divals, on 06/02/2008, -0/+4The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne!
- ysss, on 06/02/2008, -1/+51. He distributed the money in Rp 1,000 (~US$0.10) and Rp. 5,000 (~US$0.50) bills. Yes, they're worth a dime and fifty cents.
2. He's also included vouchers for tickets to attend his new book launching 'event' which he claims to be worth Rp.4,900,000. each (~US$523) in the money drop.
I'll let you do the math on the worth of #2.
200 people came to the event (they had to move it away from the capital for some reason). From the interviews given to those who attended, many complained they only got Rp. 1,000-2,000 worth, with one girl who lucked out and had gotten Rp 24,000.00 (US$2.50).
My guess is that he put 18 or 19 pieces of the worthless vouchers, with less than US$1,000 of the real cash.
(source: www.detik.com, Indonesian news portal) - dleesgeetar, on 06/02/2008, -0/+4i love how the article didn't even say the title of his book
- inactive, on 06/02/2008, -0/+3Regardless, $1 can buy much more in indonesia, considering some there work 15 hours in one day to earn that much.
- IronPwnage, on 06/02/2008, -0/+3GG on failing at putting the £ symbol in the right place.
- gbobman, on 06/02/2008, -0/+3This is the first thing I searched for in the comments.
Never forget! - rblancarte, on 06/02/2008, -0/+3Just because I think the full song is in order ...
Chorus:
Jayne The man they call Jayne
He robbed from the rich
and he gave to the poor
Stood up to the man
and he gave him what for
Our love for him now
ain't hard to explain
The hero of Canton
the man they call Jayne
Now Jayne saw the mudders' backs breakin'
He saw the mudders' lament
And he saw the Magistrate takin'
every dollar and leavin' five cents
so he said "You can't do that to my people"
he said "can't crush them under your heel"
Jayne strapped on his hat
and in 5 seconds flat
stole everything Boss Higgins had to steal
Repeat Chorus
Now here is what separates heroes
From common folk like you and I
The man they call Jayne
He turned 'round his plane
And let that money hit sky
He dropped it onto our houses
He dropped it into our yards
The man they call Jayne
He stole away our pain
And headed out for the stars
Repeat Chorus - cbeach, on 06/02/2008, -1/+4Way to ruin a local economy. You create the incentive to work by training and inspiring people. Dropping free money into their hands achieves the opposite, leaving the people with a more dependent, less independent attitude than before. Way to go.
- Sneakmonkey, on 06/02/2008, -1/+3Way to ruin a perfectly good game of FOOTBALL!!!
- dojonz, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2Yeah, uhhh, Indonesia isn't communist. Got to love that school system you have over there.
- superior1, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2you're right! it's some sort of spirit or large bird...
- Gangles87, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2My thoughts exactly ;)
- neocr0n, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2If you actually read the link you would know that 100million rupiah was dropped. Its from a UK paper so the British equivalent is included.
- rushjaycarr, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2O.K. here's my view.
This dude throws $$$$ out of plane-good
This was a marketing stunt-bad
People got hurt-bad
This guy is a moron-bad
He didn't really care about these people-bad
You see where this is going... - dleesgeetar, on 06/02/2008, -1/+3why not throw George Bush out of the plane?
- theone3, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2*golf clap*
Nicely done sir. - Haroshia, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2Daily mail eh? Well I'm sure this article is certainly factually correct.
- wastedlife, on 06/02/2008, -1/+2FIRST!!!
- hifidelity1, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1"lets sit on our rich asses and watch while humans of lesser value pit themselves against each other and fight desperately for my money... moahhahahahaha"
....douchebag. - dragunova, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1Strange stunt. I don't think it'll help his book sales at all.
I'm Indonesian and live a several miles from that place in the article - didn't come though. I wish they'd air drop dollars. One dollar can get me 2 cheeseburgers at McDonalds. And $20 for brand new Chucks. - Renster84, on 06/02/2008, -3/+4We should at least be thankful that he didnt drop coins instead of notes.
- rblancarte, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1Dang, you all beat me to the Hero of Canton lyrics
- Mullinator, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1Would you even know who this person was or that they even had a book if it were not for this stunt making news? If you ask me the stunt has worked very well.
- unknownuser666, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1What if someone had died in that stampede? Using poverty to gain publicity is not something that I'll approve - ever.
- inactive, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1Clearly he is attempting to further de-motivate people so that he can finally succeed as a lousy businessman. And it just might work...
Diabolical! - swatward, on 06/02/2008, -3/+4another generic comment noting the lack of comments on an article, wow.
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