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Thursday, June 16, 2005 08:45:10 AM
TRANSLATION Tell Me Why I Don't Like Ebay
It has emerged that Sir Bob Geldof, the former leader of the Boomtown Rats
and organizer of the upcoming Live 8 concerts, does not like eBay.
Our team of reporters with far too much time on their hands translated some of his scathing remarks directed at the online auction service.
Bob Geldof: What eBay are doing is profiteering on the backs of the impoverished.
Translation: As opposed to most pop stars who profiteer on the backs of just about everyone.
Bob Geldof: I am appealing to their sense of decency to stop this disgusting greed.
Translation: I should also be appealing to certain unnamed pop stars who get paid millions to sell soft drinks to young kids.
Bob Geldof: The people who are selling these tickets on websites are miserable wretches who are capitalizing on people's misery.
Translation: Wait a minute, didn't Pink Floyd make millions off of selling misery?
Bob Geldof: It is filthy money made on the back of the poorest people on the planet.
Translation: Phil Collins flew economy class on the Concorde during the first Live Aid concert.
It has emerged that Sir Bob Geldof, the former leader of the Boomtown Rats
and organizer of the upcoming Live 8 concerts, does not like eBay.
Our team of reporters with far too much time on their hands translated some of his scathing remarks directed at the online auction service.
