Howdy all,

I'm new to this group, and thought I'd get initiated with a question.

The following quote came across my e-mail this morning with no source attribution. It's really new, and I hadn't heard it before.

"You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the Swiss hold the Americas Cup, France is accusing the US of arrogance, and Germany doesn't want to go to war"

Does anyone have a clue where this is from? I'd appreciate any help, since I'd like to add it to my sigs, but want to give credit(?) where it's due.

Dave

I too have come across this quotation before. The exact quotation can be found on many websites. I found it attributted to several people:

Funny quote: "You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, and Germany doesn't want to go to war."
-- From Terry Farrell in a newsgroup I frequent.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0100529/categories/linksRead/

"You know the world is off tilt, when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest basketball player is Chinese, and Germany doesn't want to go to war."
-Charles Barkley
http://www.livejournal.com/users/mr_splice/75782.html

"You know we're living in different times when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the United States of arrogance, and Germany doesn't want to go to war." - On the Internet.
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/columnists/5506706.htm

"You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, France is accusing the US of arrogance and Germany doesn't want to go to war." (Unknown Contemporary Philosopher)
http://www.ohg2005.de/showtopic.php?threadid=218&pagenum=lastpage

"You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, The Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the US of arrogance, and Germany doesn't want to go to war."
— Dave Paulsen
http://www.liberalartsmafia.com/archives/20030326.html



"You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, and Germany doesn't want to go to war." -- Anonymous Internet humor.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Mar-21-Fri-2003/news/20941070.html

"You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy,
the best golfer is a black guy,
The Swiss hold the America's Cup,
France is accusing the US of arrogance,
and Germany doesn't want to go to war."

-Author Unknown
http://www.geohumor.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=3574

Similar quotation attributed to Chris Rock:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Germany+doesn%27t+want+to+go+to+war%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=40&sa=N

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? - The Bible, Matthew 16:26 :: NASB

[This message was edited on 06-28-03 at 04:50 PM.]

This has been covered. It is apparently from Chris Rock, and the full version appears to be:

You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named 'Bush', 'Dick', and 'Colon'.
~ Chris Rock
http://forum.quoteland.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=586192041&f=099191541&m=8681935036&r=3221968036#3221968036
http://forum.quoteland.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=586192041&f=436194441&m=5051946036

Thanks much to thenostromo and greekboy3000. This does sound like Chris Rock - I should'a guessed.

Dave