Quotations of the day

As a result of the declining popularity of venture businessmen recently, an increasing number of venture businessmen come to ask me to find someone they might be able to have a date with. (A matchmaking firm employee on Thursday, introducing the results of a survey of 500 single men and women on their preferences for their spouses.)

The recession does not seem to be affecting expensive restaurants and entertainment spots, which consume over 90 percent of the whisky sold here. (A liquor salesman on Thursday, commenting on the rising demand for whisky in the latter half of the year despite the difficult economic times)

Many farmers are taking interest in the farm because its rice paddies have been well partitioned and prepared for cultivation and produce good rice strains. (An official of Sosan Farm Management Office on Thursday, remarking on a barrage of telephone calls from citizens inquiring about the land on Sosan Farm, which is owned by the troubled Hyundai group and will likely be put up for sale piecemeal.)