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I blame the scapegoats

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  • sabretoothtigger
    sabretoothtigger Posts: 10,036 Forumite
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    Bank Regulators
    Theres a program on channel four now about scapegoats, he is going to hunt them down, slap them with a haddock and solve the crisis \o/
    Presenter is a hedge fund manager

    http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=286CvvkmXAg
  • Theodore_Roosevelt_ASH
    Theodore_Roosevelt_ASH Posts: 6 Forumite
    There is a London in Ontario, isn't there?

    Yes. It's population in only about 500,000. I've lived in both of them.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    It's more complicated than that
    I remember reading a book about Canadians volunteering for the army at the start of the First World War. One chap said to the recruiting sergeant that his place of birth was London. He was asked, "London, Ontario?" and replied, "London, the bloody world, mate"
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
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