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0pps! looks like lending rates are going up

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  • BobProperty
    BobProperty Posts: 3,245
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    I notice a comment suggesting a share price fall on Monday morning. I haven't got any money to short them. :confused:

    Did you see the other article?
    http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article3558514.ece
    A house isn't a home without a cat.
    Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others.
    I have writer's block - I can't begin to tell you about it.
    You told me again you preferred handsome men but for me you would make an exception.
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  • nelly_2
    nelly_2 Posts: 17,863
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    Is there a website to teache me shorting for morons who have few quid but dont know nowt?

    I was thinking shorting Tesco shares then phoning in a bomb waring that they have a load of suicide boil in the bag haddocks on their shelves
  • ManAtHome
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    nelly wrote: »
    I was thinking shorting Tesco shares then phoning in a bomb waring that they have a load of suicide boil in the bag haddocks on their shelves
    Bad plan - they'd instantly know it was a bit fishy...
  • Markyt
    Markyt Posts: 11,864 Forumite
    nelly wrote: »
    Is there a website to teache me shorting for morons who have few quid but dont know nowt?

    I'm glad you asked Nelly, i was about to post the same thing myself.

    Anyway, by a stunning coincidence I came across a course offered by these guys, very cheap at just #100,000 :

    https://www.handmealicencetoprintmoneyyougreedymuppet.com
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    ManAtHome wrote: »
    Bad plan - they'd instantly know it was a bit fishy...

    Yup, there's a time and a plaice for everything. Mullet over before you make any rash decisions.
    ...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'.
  • Gorgeous_George
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    ManAtHome wrote: »
    Bad plan - they'd instantly know it was a bit fishy...

    Good Cod, that was terrible. I've got a splitting Haddock now.

    Can you name three fish that begin and end with the letter 'K'?

    :)

    GG
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  • dolcevita
    dolcevita Posts: 37 Forumite
    Gorgeous_George wrote: »
    Can you name three fish that begin and end with the letter 'K'?

    :)

    GG

    I know kilmarnock is one but I can't think of the other two ;)
  • Gorgeous_George
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    1. Killer Shark
    2. Kwik Save frozen haddock

    and





    3. KilmarnocK - it's a plaice in Scotland



    I went into the local Fish and Chips shop and said "Fish and Chips twice". The man behind the counter said "I heard you the first time"

    :)

    GG
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  • nelly_2
    nelly_2 Posts: 17,863
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    oh my god i have spawned to dodgyest fish joke on the internet thread.....ever :)
  • poppy10_2
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    nelly wrote: »
    oh my god i have spawned to dodgyest fish joke on the internet thread.....ever :)

    Don't complain, I'm having a whale of a time :rotfl:
    poppy10
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