Black = Death? Bad Luck?


Hilarious! Hundreds of people came to her outlets to enjoy a cup of coffee and she said it was bad for business.

By Khoo Kay Peng (Straight Talk)

All 1Black Malaysia supporters did were to wear black and drink a cup of kopi-o. Suddenly, the colour black is now associated with death and 'bad luck'.

A spokeswoman of Old Town Cafe said it was unfair of protesters to use the chain’s outlets for the protest. “We have loyal patrons who are unhappy with so many people suddenly appearing all wearing black, which we associate with death. This is very bad for business.

Hilarious! Hundreds of people came to her outlets to enjoy a cup of coffee and she said it was bad for business. My good friend, Chin Huat, can bring thousands of his supporters to my shop soon, 1Black Cafe. It sounds like a tempting investment. I will even roll over a black carpet to welcome them.

Pro-democracy NGOs yesterday announced they would repeat the protest tomorrow — at seven Old Town outlets in the capital and Penang. The protesters, who announced the location of the protests via the social networking website Facebook, urged the coffee company not to close the outlets.

Read more at: http://khookaypeng.blogspot.com/2009/06/black-death-bad-luck.html



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