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Thousands protest over ant aphrodisiac scheme
Reuters ^
| Wed Nov 21,2007
| Chris Buckley
Posted on 11/21/2007 3:24:53 PM PST by monkeycard
BEIJING (Reuters) - Thousands of people in northeastern China have protested on the streets and surrounded government offices demanding help recovering money from a get-rich-quick scheme to raise ants to make an aphrodisiac tonic.
Hundreds of anti-riot troops and police in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, were deployed to stop protesters reaching the provincial government and Communist Party headquarters, residents said on Wednesday.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: china; fraud; investment
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I guess these investers had more than "ants in their pants" on their minds.
To: monkeycard
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:27:51 PM PST
by
Dante3
To: monkeycard
Let me know when the coast is clear.
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:30:34 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(California, where the death penalty is reserved for wholesome values. SB 777)
To: monkeycard
The tonic was promoted on television by Zhao Benshan, the country's best-known comic who specializes in playing innocent bumpkins with a northeastern twang. But since October, the group has twice delayed payment of dividends Think of Robert Wagner promoting no cost payments to seniors trying to hold onto their house in the NE etc!
With no complaint against SS limit of 32,500 per married couple without SS decreasing your payments.
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:32:08 PM PST
by
rocksblues
(Just enforce the law!)
To: monkeycard
a get-rich-quick scheme to raise ants to make an aphrodisiac tonic.Don't they have Viagra in China?
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:36:05 PM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
To: monkeycard
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:36:56 PM PST
by
mhx
To: monkeycard
Thousands of people in northeastern China have protested on the streets and surrounded government offices demanding help recovering money from a get-rich-quick scheme to raise ants to make an aphrodisiac tonic.
Well, at least it's just ants this time. The Chinese need for folk-medicine aphrodisiacs and erectile dysfunction cures has apparently played a very big part in the population decline of endangered species such as rhinos, tigers, bears, etc. You'd think Viagra would have taken care of this but apparently not.
To: monkeycard
I for one welcome our new ant masters and remind them that a savy web poster could provide invaluable assistance in their overall plan of conquest.
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:39:15 PM PST
by
joebuck
To: monkeycard
The real truth of all this was the Chinese investors hoping to sell it to Americans.
To: AnotherUnixGeek
they also need more women. that’s the biggest problem
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:42:20 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(Scientific consensus is formed by the public schools and government grants.)
To: monkeycard
I just hope that the rat milk industry is not a scam also.
To: monkeycard; pissant
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:47:44 PM PST
by
Candor7
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
Do they have Viagra in China?They do but its counterfeit and it doesn't work..
If it did all the little pricks would be standing up.
To: joebuck
I for one welcome our new ant masters
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:48:51 PM PST
by
Dumpster Baby
("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
To: monkeycard
Another IPO that didn’t make it.
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:50:45 PM PST
by
wildbill
To: monkeycard
I once knew ant named ‘Enna’. She gave me nothing but static...
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:53:56 PM PST
by
steveo
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
To: steveo
At least it wasn’t an ‘aunt aphrodisiac’.
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posted on
11/21/2007 3:59:35 PM PST
by
mkjessup
To: AnotherUnixGeek
Actually, the WWF *did* report a drop in poaching of the animals you mentioned.
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posted on
11/21/2007 4:22:14 PM PST
by
ASOC
To: mkjessup
Re “At least it wasn’t an ‘aunt aphrodisiac.”
Surely disappointed a lot of “uncles”, n’est pas?
To: monkeycard
I remember Rita Hayworth as Apthrodite singing a little ditty..
I’m the goddess of song and dance..
I put the ants in the dancer’s pants...
I saw it on TV. Not the screen (I’m not THAT old)!
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