Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Thanks Partridge.

An old joke - but still tickles me.


This how the Greek bail out may work.

It is a slow day in a little Greek Village. The rain is beating down and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit.

On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving through the village, stops at the local hotel and lays a 100 note on the desk, telling the hotel owner he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.


The owner gives him some keys and, as soon as the visitor has walked upstairs, the hotelier grabs the 100 note and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.


The butcher takes the 100 note and runs down the street to repay his debt to the pig farmer.


The pig farmer takes the 100 note and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier of feed and fuel.


The guy at the Farmers' Co-op takes the 100 note and runs to pay his drinks bill at the taverna.


The publican slips the money along to the local lady of the night drinking at the bar, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer him "services" on credit.


The lady of the night then rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill to the hotel owner with the 100 note.


The hotel proprietor then places the 100 note back on the counter so the rich traveller will not suspect anything.


At that moment the traveller comes down the stairs, picks up the 100 note, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves town.


No one produced anything.


No one earned anything.


However, the whole village is now out of debt and looking to the future with a lot more optimism.



And that is how the bailout package works

Skinny,

Very old.

(The village was not in debt.)

(Individuals of the village were in debt to one another.)

(Members of the village produced of provided satisfaction to one another.)

Etc.

Hovever, the joke has similarities to Cameroon's economics and his "big society".

Hows about this then, guys and gals?

It's a robot riding a bike. Amazin'!

Have a good one Tanks... And bring us back a curry.

Exec,

It is on wires.

I can see it sticking out of his back pack.


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Actually, just like the last time I rode a bike.

Stan

Isn't that like coal's to Newcastle , or should that be Birmingham.

ps did you know that Vindaloo was a British curry dish ?

No.

Think your right.

test

Pass -):

aldwickk - I know that chicken tikka massala was "invented" in Scotland, but I thought vindaloo originated in Portugal?

Partridge - I've just had a quick look at Dialight - I see what you mean!

Skinny- I like to invest in what I believe to be quality businesses, many of which I have followed for a very long time. First researched Dialight a couple of years ago, as LED looked to have good prospects, but track record did not match up to my hopes and I gave it a miss. Think the management has since proved me wrong!

Yes I like your approach - as an aside, MKLW came up on my alerts earlier as the bid dropped below 288.

skinny

Your right http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vindaloo

Aldwickk - it was the answer to a quiz question at my local a couple of seasons ago - not that that made it right :-)

delete

YouTube Challenge - I Gave My Kids a Terrible Present

well the weather is fine over here and the food is very good
have been on the beach and going in to centre tonight .
reading the latest news over 74000 bank workers are going to lose there jobs by summer . the tory party will never be elected again
as a right wing tory and my family and friends will never vote for them again.
off to the bar now bye

I am surprised they let you in at migration.

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