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banking crisis

#1 Post by eirian » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:29 pm

I've just read that uncertainty has now hit the Japanese banking sector.

In the last 7 days Origami Bank has folded.

Sumo Bank has gone belly up.

Bonsai Bank has announced plans to cut some of its branches.

Yesterday, it was announched that Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go fo a song, while today shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived.

Samurai Bank is soldiering on following sharp cutbacks.

Ninja Bank is reported to have taken a hit, but they remain in the black.

Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is something fishy going on at the Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal
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Re: banking crisis

#2 Post by Scurra » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:57 pm

Meanwhile, I understand that in China

the Tai Chi Bank is calm and unruffled,

the Feng Shui Bank has been forced to relocate its headquarters,

the Ming Bank has gone bust,

and the Confucian Bank remains philosophical about the future...
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Re: banking crisis

#3 Post by Redfraggle » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:46 pm

:lol: Very good!

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#4 Post by Bunnylump » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:31 pm

Well, I was going to say :lol: :lol:

But I've been banned! :mrgreen:
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Re: banking crisis

#5 Post by MBH » Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:21 pm

Nice one eirian :lol:

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#6 Post by kathlyn » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:59 pm

Simon Bates read this out on his prgramme on Classic FM today but he didn't have the extra bit that was posted by Scurra.
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#7 Post by MBH » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:06 pm

Alfy Joey did it on Radio Newcastle in an excellent "Two Ronnies - and here's the news" style of presentation. :lol:

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#8 Post by kathlyn » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:44 pm

But of course we know we all read it here first :)
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#9 Post by Scurra » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:10 am

kathlyn wrote:but he didn't have the extra bit that was posted by Scurra.
That would be because I did actually write that bit myself (which is why it isn't as funny :lol:)
(Not that I'm making any comments about the origins of other posts, you understand :wink:)
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#10 Post by kathlyn » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:25 pm

I thought it very good Scurra as I am sure everyone else did, don't put yourself down you're very clever :)
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#11 Post by brian » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:25 pm

Thanks for that -- as there seems to be no one actually claiming full credit I will put it out on my programme on Salford City Radio - but with, of course, a comment about where I saw it!

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#12 Post by kathlyn » Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:04 pm

apparently Iceland is now on sale on Ebay -starting price is 99pence with no reserves
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#13 Post by Scurra » Fri Oct 17, 2008 4:10 pm

I was quite pleased to be able to recycle a joke the other day that I first used twenty years ago. The original version went:

I was walking past a newspaper placard that said "Thailand goes bust" and I thought "That's odd - they were open next door to Sock Shop this morning."
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Re: banking crisis

#14 Post by fernando » Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:28 pm

Very good jokes!!! :lol: :lol:

:o I wish i were that funny.

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#15 Post by Cenwulf » Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:42 pm

kathlyn wrote:apparently Iceland is now on sale on Ebay -starting price is 99pence with no reserves
Well, the last time there was a crash this bad in Iceland, it completely blocked aisle three for four hours.
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