'Delicious Irony: Getting a ‘Great Briton Award’ from a bank' blog discussion

ampersand

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

Another Mafia saying springs to mind, "Keep your enemies close, and your friends closer still".

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I think you'll find it thus, Stephen -

Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. Sun-tzu
Chinese general & military strategist (~400 BC)
......and I've nominated Martin.

alwaysonthego_2

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

Another Mafia saying springs to mind, "Keep your enemies close, and your friends closer still".

:rotfl: :rotfl:

JimmyTheWig

I don't think it's bad form to want this award. It would only be bad form if you toned down your advice to help get it - e.g. if you failed to bring to our attention if Morgan Stanley brought out a bad product the week before the awards...

codger

alwaysonthego wrote: »

:rotfl: :rotfl:

I love these variable quotes!

But not sure what to make of:

"Give me chastity and continence, but not yet."


I know these Saints can be a weird bunch, but asking to remain incontinent seems to be going a bit far with the ol' self-mortification.

codger

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

I don't think it's bad form to want this award. It would only be bad form if you toned down your advice to help get it - e.g. if you failed to bring to our attention if Morgan Stanley brought out a bad product the week before the awards...

Martin isn't the type of person to be bought by the rewards of success.

Even when he joins the board of Morgan Stanley, he'll refuse to have a company chaffeur but instead drive the Daimler himself.