The president of Toyota cars, Akio Toyoda, has been making the rounds recently to re-assure customers that he still makes the best cars in the world. “I personally insure the quality of every car”, said Mr. Toyoda, “because my name is on every Toyota.”
Now why should we trust anything said by a man that can’t even spell his own name.
In case you missed it, Christie’s auction house recently sold Leonore Annenberg’s 32.01 carat emerald-cut diamond for $7.7 million. Leonore was the wife of billionaire publisher Walter Annenberg and bought the ring herself to mark her 90th birthday.
Francois Curiel, the international head of Christie’s jewel auction was quoted as referring to the walnut sized diamond as coming to the auction with the “impeccable provenance or the Annenberg name.” He went on to exclaim that the diamond, “combines the best of the four C’s: color, clarity, cut and weight.”
Now I think if you’re going to buy a ring for $7.7 million, you ought to get four C’s. Personally, I wouldn’t pay more than $3 million for 3 C’s and a W!
Did something get lost in the translation? The fastest growing airline in Central Europe, according to the Wall Street Journal, is Hungarian Airlines Wizz Air. Now, it may be the best airline in the world for all I know, but I’m not flying on a plane with a name belonging to a Saturday morning TV show. “Hey, boys and girls, lets all go to Munchin Land. Close your eyes and flap your arms real hard ’cause we’ll be flying on…Wizz Air!”
What’s next….Polish Air announcing the launch of Sky Scooter? TeleTubbies serving free KoolAid? No thanks…I’m sticking with American or Delta or United! (I’m still working on Virgin Air although I’d probably feel safer with an airline called “Been Around the Track a Few Times Air” or “You’re Not The First Big Guy Airways”)