Humour

Jun 9, 2009

Harry Potter and the Prince of Darkness

As most of you know, J.K. Rowling is a British institution and so I sent her this idea for her next book: Harry Potter and his best mates Ron Weasley and Hermoine Granger had managed to live amongst the muggles for many moons without detection. They now realised they had to come out of hiding…

Jun 3, 2009

What sort of advert is that?

Walking around the City, one of our bright London cabs drove by and it made me wonder: Is that a commercial for Barclays or a Barclays commercial? Either way, we're not as thick as Barclays think or they wouldn't have to spell it out for us would they?

Jun 3, 2009

What sort of advert is that?

Jun 1, 2009

This crisis is nothing new

We talk about how the financial market gloom is so bad, and our politicians have now all caught the swine flu too … but it's nothing new. Life has always overwhelmed us with its speed of change and the turbulence such change causes. Take this summary from one of my favourite books: “The pace was…

May 28, 2009

And what not to wear for a bank robbery

A great story in today's Metro about a man who robbed a store in America wearing a beer box on his head: They go on to cite other amusing robberies, such as the chap who thought he could disguise himself as a tree: and the wazzock who thought that wrapping his head in duct tape…

May 28, 2009

And what not to wear for a bank robbery

May 28, 2009

And what not to wear for a bank robbery

May 27, 2009

Ten Questions and Ten Statements

McKinsey posted a great little conversation starter this week entitled: What next? Ten questions for CFOs and subtitled: "As companies shift their attention from fighting the crisis to getting the most from the recovery, CFOs must keep them focused." It's nice to see that McKinsey are calling this a recovery now, and so here's the…

May 26, 2009

Dow Jones … don’t mess with this mother

If you thought the stock markets were scary, then take a look at this … … now that is scary … and there ain’t no way I’m gonna mess with that mother

May 23, 2009

Weird banking news …

US TV Channel CNBC is known for its serious financial reporting, but what the hell is CNBC's Jeff Macke smoking in this clip: Rumours are that he had ended his contract period with the news channel and this was his swan-song. It is now! Meanwhile, over on ABC News, bankers are in the headlines again,…