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The FUNNY SIDE Of The CREDIT CRUNCH!!!

October 15th 2008 09:25
Q. What's the difference between investment bankers and pigeons?
A. The pigeons are still capable of making deposits on new BMW's.

piles of money
Talked to my bank manager the other day and he said he was going to concentrate on the big issues from now on. He sold me one outside the supermarket yesterday!

Q. What's the difference between an investment banker and a large pizza?
A. A large pizza can feed a family of four.

I had a cheque returned earlier. "Insufficient Funds" - Mine or the banks???

Q. Why didn't the little boy get any pocket money this week?
A. Because his Mum's gone to Iceland!

Latest news, the Isle of Dogs Building Society has collapsed. They've called in the retrievers.

Q. What's the capital of Iceland?
A. About Three Pounds Fifty.

Masked man holding a bank cashier up with a gun. Says: 'I don't want any money - I just want you to start lending to each other...
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The Questions People Ask!

July 16th 2008 10:30
koala
Having been asked the other day whether we, as Australians, live in actual houses? (As opposed to what I don't know - tents perhaps???) I've decided to list some of the most common questions asked by visitors to Australia as were pointed out recently by one of our tourism websites.

Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I've never seen it rain on TV. How do your plants grow? (UK)
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Solar Power - An Ideal Solution? Perhaps Not!

January 3rd 2008 09:59
In 2001, council officials from Nottingham, England, after observing how much money was saved in Mediterranean countries through the use of solar powered parking meters, decided that the idea was good enough to install back home. Thus, they ordered £1.1 million Pay-and-Display solar powered parking meters for their local council area.

However they overlooked one very important detail.
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The 3 Most Asked STUPID Questions Of TOURISTS In An Underground Mining Cavern!!!

October 13th 2007 11:20
We recently visited some caves that are found in Cheshire's, Peak District, UK which make up a section of the Pennines.

One of these was a tour by boat down the tunnels and caverns of the miners from long ago.
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One Way To Deal With Travel Difficulties!

July 27th 2007 00:40
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Ok, another story I once came across, I don't know if it's true or not, but if it did ever occur then hats off to the flight crew!

On a British Airways flight from Johannesburg, a middle-aged, well-off white South African lady has found herself sitting next to a black man. She called the cabin crew attendant over to complain about her seating.
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One Cranky Airline Passenger

July 21st 2007 09:38
Apologies all for the blog hold up - we missed our flight connections the other day and have been sleeping in airports trying to get on standby for flights. So things hopefully will be back on track a little more now that we've finally made it home, although don't expect me to make much sense at the moment with all the jet-lag, not that I ever do much anyway.

Here's a little tidbit I came across a long time ago that I thought was kind of relevant for the situation, considering come of the behaviours we witnessed while attempting to get new flights booked.
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