12-05-2014, 06:22 AM
Did this happen today? My, that is interesting.
With regards to the poem (I know, I know, this is in 'Fun'), 'over taken by china who is now #1, / no longer the dollar, but the yaun' it doesn't really make sense, does it?
Also, 'so when needing help, seek the US no more, / go to china now and knock upon our door'... firstly, 'WHEN needing help...' so why 'go to china NOW'? Broken down, this reads "when you need help go to china now". Furthermore, 'Go to china...' and then '...knock upon OUR door' if you are speaking from the Chinese point of view then shouldn't it be 'COME to China[...] knock upon our door.'?
With regards to the poem (I know, I know, this is in 'Fun'), 'over taken by china who is now #1, / no longer the dollar, but the yaun' it doesn't really make sense, does it?
Also, 'so when needing help, seek the US no more, / go to china now and knock upon our door'... firstly, 'WHEN needing help...' so why 'go to china NOW'? Broken down, this reads "when you need help go to china now". Furthermore, 'Go to china...' and then '...knock upon OUR door' if you are speaking from the Chinese point of view then shouldn't it be 'COME to China[...] knock upon our door.'?
(12-05-2014, 03:47 AM)Erthona Wrote: Flushed (#2)
America, america, so sad to tell you,
#1 since Ulysses Grant, now you’re #2*.
Overtaken by China who is now #1,
no longer the dollar, but the yuan.
So when needing help, seek the US no more,
go to China now and knock upon our door.
*According to the IMF China just overtook the USA as the worlds largest economy.
No longer number one
–Erthona
2014