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.

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Bilge.

QE2 Penthouse

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Sorry! (starring Ronnie Corbett as Timothy Lumsden, age 43)

Greek.what do you think about the Greeks?.they have told a few porkiesand with a multi-billion euro rescue package neededI can see EU solidarity being testedMerkel and Sarkozy talk a good game and Trichet is a tight bastard I wouldnt want them on my front linewhen push comes to shovethe movement will be minimal.me thinks?

Exec.thanks.but I cant get it up.not normally one of my problems

I think the Greeks have a problem that is half their fault and half the fault of the EU allowing them to become a fully signed up member.
Their fault being like that of the UK, spending far more than they can afford, and the EU fault bending their fiscal rules to allow them in.
I also think that this is the start of the end for the Euro. It matters not if Greece is bailed out or not, whichever way it goes the Euro can't survive in it's present form.
Obviously IMHO.

On a lighter note. Always open the tin before you buy.

An Arab Diplomat is suing the family of the girl he married for emotional and moral damages.

According to court papers, he decided to divorce his wife immediately after he remover her 'niqab' during the wedding ceremony to kiss his bride, to find she was cross-eyed and had a beard. It appears he had never seen her without the veil, and had relied on a photograph given to him by the family, which turned out to be a photo of his brides sister.

I know I shouldn't but when I read this, I just couldn't help but laugh.

It looks like she was at least a 3 bagger.

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mnamreh,

I humbly apologise.

Greekas an investorI am concerned that Spain and Portugal might have more to tellall European Countries have their own problemsCredit default swaps for debt risk on Spain and Portugal has supposedly soaredif this gets into an escalation because of Greecethe markets might well collapse againI am surprised they have held up as well so far? after having had a good run last couple of yearsI dont want to give it back in one hitI have bad vibes the plug is going to get pulled the Lehman Brothers wayI would suggestget that cunning plan in place quickall IMO

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Tabasco,

My feelings exactly. I think we are also in for another shock when the UK's true financial debt situation is exposed.
I think anyone who feels the true figures are already known, have their head buried deep in the sand.

Mnamreh,

I now have a very disturbing vision of your sex life, so if I don't comment further it may hopefully go away.

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Agreed GreekI cant see UK's true financial debt situation being announced before May for me a short position on the ftse is a good covertaken since last December and a safe hedgeBanks look a woeful riskI was shouted down on the ftse point end of last yearI wonder if those that laughed have changed their mind?the lucky thicko has had a bit of luckI think cash might be king this year?

Yep, you must be doing really well Tabby, you were calling the FTSE short from about 4950 to 4500, not even in the money yet!

Incidentally, you were right to be shouted down on the FTSE, it went up to 5500, 1000pts up from your target, a huge error of judgement.

Dow only 100 down.no trading Monday.I say the Dow will close over 200 downhead on blockhave a good weekend all

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Thirty odd pts down on the day Tabby. Head well and truly chopped off.

I'm not surprised, hope you didn't have money on it, have a good weekend :-)

unbelievable but completely true!



Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 600 employees and has the following employee statistics .



29 have been accused of spouse abuse

7 have been arrested for fraud

9 have been accused of writing bad cheque's

17 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses

3 have done time for assault

71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit

14 have been arrested on drug-related charges

8 have been arrested for shoplifting

21 are currently defendants in lawsuits

84 have been arrested for drink driving in the last year



Which organisation is this ?



It's the 635 members of the House of Commons, the same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us inline.



And just to top all that they probably have the best 'corporate' pension scheme in the country!!