Crisis in Japan

DocMartin

Following the problems in the sub-prime lending market in America and the run on HBOS in the UK, uncertainty has now hit Japan .

In the last 7 hours Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches. Yesterday, it was announced that Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for 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 Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal.

Speculator

DocMartin wrote: »

there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal.

Don't you mean Sashimi Bank?

cogito

Made my day (but then I don't have much of a life)

Hungerdunger

If you are going to copy and paste something word-for-word, I really think you should acknowledge its origin, rather than leading us to infer that it's your own work.

A quick Google search will show this has been around for ages - see here and here for just two examples.

juicyjude

Never mind, I thought it was funny and we could all do with a laugh at the moment!

richardlionheart

juicyjude wrote: »

Never mind, I thought it was funny and we could all do with a laugh at the moment!

amen to that !

, for the past 2 weeks just been watching sky news/bbc news 24
and fearing the worse , we need some light relief

juicyjude

Could not agree more. Nowt but worry worry worry and gloom everywhere!!!!! And my husband is being made redundant in December but hey perhaps we will have enough in our pensions to retire.............another pink pig flew passed our house zooooooooooooom

pumpndump

I've also heard that Judo Bank has taken a fall and is throwing staff out, and while all this is going on, Zen Bank is contemplating what to do next.

Ian_W

And the contagion just spreads!
In India:
The Karma Sutra Bank has changed it's position - saying that instead an increase in activity it foresees flaccid deflation.
The Bombay Bank ducked media questions about sub-prime assets.
The Delhi Belly Bank is reported to be losing money at both ends.
But there is some good news - ICICI Bank has been saved and taken over by the industrial coatings giant AkzoNobel, known in the UK as the owners of ICI. It will in future be known by the even sillier name - ICIICICI Bank!

Finally in Ireland the Limmerick Bank has issued the following press release:
There was a Prime Minister in Dublin,
Who didn't know how much trouble we're in,
Our savers are going,
Much money we're owing,
Cos, the f***er only guaranteed the banks he's in!

Money_Grabber13579

To all of the above - :rotfl: :T :dance:

DocMartin

Hungerdunger wrote: »

If you are going to copy and paste something word-for-word, I really think you should acknowledge its origin, rather than leading us to infer that it's your own work.

A quick Google search will show this has been around for ages - see here and here for just two examples.

I wasn't leading anybody to infer anything: I merely passed on something from another forum that I use - and it wasn't one of those in the links you posted. And how do you know that I am not the originator? I'm not, but you didn't know that before you got all indignant. Also, if we're going to get pedantic, your second link doesn't contain a verbatim copy of the paragraph I posted so it's not exactly word-for-word is it? There, happy now? has that killed the mood sufficiently? :rolleyes: