Last week, with the problems in Iceland, I thought CNBC and Bloomberg TV had gone into overdrive talking about "meltdown in Iceland".
But, reading 'thelondonpaper' on the DLR on the way home, I realised that the wry gallows humor is all around:
Some examples, from thelondonpaper:
How many commodity traders do you need to change a lightbulb?
None- they won't do it. But, the price of darkness will shoot up due to over-supply.
What is the definition of optimism?
A banker ironing five shirts on a Sunday.
Uncertainty in the banking markets in Japan- the Origami bank has folded up, Sumo bank has gone belly up and shares in Kamikaze bank have nosedived.
The Isle of Dogs banking society has gone bust. They're calling in the retrievers.
Masked man holding a gun to a cashier in a bank: "I don't want any money. Just start lending to each other."
But, reading 'thelondonpaper' on the DLR on the way home, I realised that the wry gallows humor is all around:
Some examples, from thelondonpaper:
How many commodity traders do you need to change a lightbulb?
None- they won't do it. But, the price of darkness will shoot up due to over-supply.
What is the definition of optimism?
A banker ironing five shirts on a Sunday.
Uncertainty in the banking markets in Japan- the Origami bank has folded up, Sumo bank has gone belly up and shares in Kamikaze bank have nosedived.
The Isle of Dogs banking society has gone bust. They're calling in the retrievers.
Masked man holding a gun to a cashier in a bank: "I don't want any money. Just start lending to each other."
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