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The Credit CrunchTalked to my bank manager yesterday and he said he was going to concentrate on the big issues from now on.
He sold me one outside the Manor gates yesterday.
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With the current market turmoil, what’s the easiest way to make a small fortune?
Start off with a large one. 
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Q: What’s the difference between an investment banker and a large pizza?
A: A large pizza can feed a family of four.
Record unemployment levels have been announced today as the Credit Crunch tightens it’s grip.
Worst hit sectors are the construction trade and Icelandic bank robbers.
Q: What’s the definition of optimism?
A: An Investment Banker ironing five shirts on a Sunday evening.
I went to the ATM this morning and it said “insufficient funds”.
I’m left wondering is it them or me.
The credit crunch is getting bad isn’t it? I mean, I let my brother borrow £10 a couple of weeks ago, it turns out I’m now Scotland’s third biggest lender.
Resolving to surprise her husband, an investment banker’s wife pops by his office. She finds him in an unorthodox position, with his secretary sitting in his lap. Without hesitation, he starts dictating, “…and in conclusion, gentlemen, credit crunch or no credit crunch, I cannot continue to operate this office with just one chair!”
Q: What’s the difference between Investment Bankers and London Pigeons?
A: The Pigeons are still capable of making deposits on new BMW’s.
Q: What have Icelandic banks and an Icelandic streaker got in common?
A: They both have frozen assets.
Quote of the day (from a trader): “This is worse than a divorce. I’ve lost half my net worth and I still have a wife.”
Q: How do you successfully freeze your financial assets?
A: Invest in an Icelandic bank
A lobbyist on his way home from Parliament is stuck in traffic. Noticing a police officer, he winds down his window and asks: ‘What’s the hold-up?’
The policeman replies: ‘The Prime Minister is so depressed he’s stopped his motorcade and is threatening to douse himself with petrol and set himself on fire. He says no one believes he can get us through the credit crunch. So we’re taking up a collection for him.’
The lobbyist asks: ‘How much have you got so far?’
The officer replies: ‘About 40 gallons, but a lot of people are still siphoning.’
You know it’s a credit crunch when…
1. The cashpoint asks if you can spare any change.
2. There’s a ‘buy one, get one free’ offer - on banks.
3. The Inland Revenue is offering a 25 per cent discount for cash-payers.
4. UK Prime minister Gordon Brown has stopped chewing his nails and started sucking his thumb.
5. Your builder asks to be paid in Zimbabwean dollars rather than US dollars.
Q: What’s the capital of Iceland?
A: About £3.50.
Uncertainty has now hit Japan. In the last seven days, Origami bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank has announced plans to cut some of its branches. Yesterday, it was also announced that Karaoke Bank will go up for sale and will likely go for a song, while shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended today after they nose-dived. While Samurai Bank is soldiering on after sharp cutbacks, 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.
Q: Why have real estate agents stopped looking out of the window in the morning?
A: Because otherwise they’d have nothing to do in the afternoon.
Q: What’s the difference between an American and a Zimbabwean?
A: In a few weeks, nothing.
Q: George Bush was asked today “What did he think of the Credit Crunch?”
A: He replied: “It was his favorite Chocolate Bar.”
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