Light Hearted Thread - best place for your money?

EalingSaver

I remember the days when this forum was more concerned with best rates, best customer service, share your problems/experiences with IC*C* etc.

All got a bit morose with the currrent goings on.

So, if you don't want to put your money in a bank, you think the stock market ain't a smart bet, and even gold will go into meltdown (due to global warming, obviously), what are your suggestions as to where to put your 'money'?

Personally, I view putting it under the mattress as a little too obvious for the oik who breaks into my house; Zimbawbean $ are interesting, but only from a spread bet point of view, and a secret hole in the ground would be fine except I don't have a garden.

A (virtual) pint or glass of wine for the best suggestion.

[Deleted User]

Not were this guy put it -

"Olivant's chief operating officer, Kirk Stephenson, 47, died on Thursday morning after the married father-of-one threw himself in front of a commuter train near Taplow station in Buckinghamshire, police said."

Source -
http://itn.co.uk/news/0a8b59d384d63c59f5a261d45f7100bd.html

m_c_s

Best place for my money is the wife... even she cant spend money faster than I am losing it at the moment!

Count_Dante

Not even National Savings or Gilts can be considered completely safe anymore (read about 3/4 down the article):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2008/09/the_day_the_bill_arrived.html

poppy10_2

EalingSaver wrote: »

So, if you don't want to put your money in a bank, you think the stock market ain't a smart bet, and even gold will go into meltdown, what are your suggestions as to where to put your 'money'?

Property, of course. :j Can't go wrong with bricks and mortar. People will always need somewhere to live, and they're not making any more land, you know

amcluesent

The Iraqi Dinar gets my vote. [STRIKE]House [/STRIKE]Bunker prices in Basra are on the up too!

Reaper

On balance I reckon I could probably cut my heating bills if I burnt £5 notes instead

Wolf_Man

Buy Zimbawbean $ and a few tubs of wallpaper paste.

Glue the $ into brick sized lumps and when you have enough, glue those into a house shape. Gather up old beer and soft drink cans and hammer them flat to make shingles for the roof.

When your done, move in and sit back (a good idea to wait until the glue is completely dry here) and congratulate yourself that you have got all bets covered for the future (except for fire insurance of course).

aHullKingstonRover

http://newsbiscuit.com/article/geldof-launches-bank-aid-as-markets-plummet-370

McSaver

Put it on Chelsea to win the league. I dont think Arsenal are good enough and Man Utd are a bit behind and Liverpool do not have what it takes and you can rule the rest of the division out.

Doomcow

i think the local pub or chinese would be safest place man