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...oder vielleicht lieber Glückskekse (fortune cookies) mit eigenem Text ("das war kein Hühnchen")? Diese und noch viele weitere online bestellbare individuell gefertigte Produkte finden sich in einem letzte Woche veröffentlichten Artikel von heise resale.

"Wer bitte braucht das?" ist sicher eine nahe liegende Frage, die ich mir aber auch in jedem beliebigen Kaufhaus stelle. Wenn schon überflüssig, warum nicht individualisiert?

Ich habe mir die ersten 10 Anbieter genauer angesehen, leider versenden nur 3 nach Luxemburg:

Gemeinsamer Binnenmarkt? Wohl eher nicht, gerade bei diesen innovativen Anbietern ist das doch etwas erstaunlich.

Update 26.02.2009, weil's zum Thema passt: Der Online-Shop Cocktailbude hat dicht gemacht, laut deutsche-startups.de (Besuch lohnt sich, lesenwerte Kommentare) konnte man dort verschiedene Cocktails bestellen und bekam die einzelnen Zutaten geliefert (die man - anders als bei den Müsli-Versendern - selber mischen musste). Ob man die Cocktails individuell zusammenstellen konnte, ist mir nicht bekannt. Typisch für Deutschland: "die erste Förderung war auch gesichert".

The Paiwan (排灣) are an aboriginal tribe living in the mountainous areas of Taiwan (台灣). Previously notorious for massacring foreign invaders, they're now better known for their amazing polyphonic music. At least that's what I was told.

Thanks to the Association Culturelle Chinoise de Luxembourg a.s.b.l (ACCL), the Paiwan are soon coming to Luxembourg. On June 13 2009, a children's choir is going to give a concert never heard before in Europe. For details, please read my new post here.

For only €150, you can sponsor one of the kids for the duration of their stay (that's €150 in total, not per day - sounds like a bargain to me). Simply transfer the money to one of the bank accounts of the ACCL using "partonage" as the message or contact the ACCL for further information.

Here's the original anouncement in French:

Chorale «Les Anges de la Montagne»

Samedi 13 juin 2009, nous accueillerons une chorale d'enfants aborigènes d'une tribu de Taiwan. Ces enfants, qui habitent avec leurs familles dans les régions montagneuses retirées de l'île de Taiwan, se consacrent corps et âme à leur chorale et ils ont composé un programme unique et inédit en Europe. Chants en polyphonie et mélodies interprétées sur flûte à nez vous ravirons.
Vous pouvez participer à offrir à ces enfants un souvenir ineffaçable de leur passage à Luxembourg en prenant le patronage pour l'un deux. En payant le montant de 150 Euros, vous couvrez les frais de séjour pour votre protégé.

Au nom des Anges de la Montagne nous vous remercions d'avance de votre noble geste.

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"Our hard work is finally paying of", a government source said as news spread that Luxembourg is about to be awarded a place on the "list of [..] tax havens" by the OECD. Currently, this exclusive list consists only of Andorra, Liechtenstein and Monaco.

"You can't really live there, these places are too tiny", a senior private banker told us, "Just ask Boris Becker!" He pointed out that Luxembourg was "more than a thousand times bigger than Monaco" and "has an airport of its own", so rich tax fugitives would not have to switch to a helicopter. "Even the biggest planes in the world can land here!"

"We're currently renovating our garden house", his wife - a part-time real estate agent - added. "More rich people will want to move here. Now's a good time to buy, we're willing to let it go for less than a million".

Other countries about to be rewarded with a place on the list are Switzerland, Austria and some Asian locations where it's so hot and humid that you can't breathe outside air-conditioned areas. "You don't want to spend the rest of your life wearing pink polo shirts", the banker pointed out.

The inclusion of three European states on the list is fueling speculation that a new European Union of Tax Havens (EUTH) is about to be founded. It's likely that a basic agreement has already been signed at a meeting of the three finance ministers at Senningen castle on Sunday. With many experts predicting that the old EU won't make it through the economic meltdown, the EUTH might turn out to be the big winner.

Our anonymous source agrees: "This is the global shift of power we've been waiting for. The U.S. and the big European states are broke and have no idea how to get out of the crisis. It's time for the small (but not too small) tax havens to attract more money and talent. We'll show the world how to create sustainable prosperity."