December 10, 2009 12:03 am
Earlier today while I was in the car, I was listening to c-span radio, half-paying attention, and they were airing some debates in the Senate on health care reform. Someone — it was a senator, I am reasonably sure — was discussing pharmaceutical regulations and foreign pharmaceutical manufacturers. So he was droning on about “pharmaceuticals made in Paris France, pharmaceuticals made in Brussels, Belgium,” etc., etc., etc. He named about five or six different nations.
And then, while finishing up his haranguing, he declared, “And also pharmaceuticals made in Dusseldorf, Japan.”
Which, if I had to guess, was the most hilarious thing said on c-span all day, if not all week. (It’s not stiff competition.) And yeah, I actually cracked up laughing. But now I want to know who the hell it was that said that, and the internet is no help at all. I guess it’s possible I aurally hallucinated it? Don’t think so, though. I just want to figure out which senator it is that somehow thinks Dusseldorf sounds like it could possibly be located in Japan.
-Susan
Posted by Susan Simpson
Categories: Everything Else
Tags: cspan, dusseldorf, health care reform
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Maybe he was talking about Japan Day?
http://www.thelocal.de/lifestyle/20090612-19887.html
By Michael Williams on December 10, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Maybe in Germany, pharmaceuticals are only made once a year. On Japan Day.
There must be some provision in the Rules of Origin Agreement that provides that products made on a Japan Day can be labeled as originating from Japan, no matter where they actually come from.
By Susan Simpson on December 10, 2009 at 2:27 pm