Greek Financial Problem Reviewed By Beverley Nichols!

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
02/11/2011 00:02

'25' by B. Nichols, published 1921 by Butler & Tanner Ltd. Page 122, paragraph 1 reads as follows:-

'I pay for my tea with a bank-note cut in half - a strange procedure worthy of explanation. Greece was in direst financial straits. It was quite useless to suggest a new loan, for nobody would subscribe to it. And so an ingenious chancellor suddenly thought of a way by which the peasants could all be made to disgorge half of their savings. Every paper note in the Kingdom had to be cut in half. The left half must be immediately given to the bank, where it would be credited to one's account, with an interest of 5% per cent. The right half might be used as currency. Thus, a note worth a pound automatically became worth ten shillings, the other ten shillings being placed in the bank. All this cutting and snipping of notes had to be done in a fortnight.'

Oh well, who could of thought that one up but those that are bearing half-cut dodgy notes and ideas?!



Richard

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
02/11/2011 09:50

The question remains - why has Bruxelles been hoodwinked yet again by this slimey pack of inveterate liars?



The answer can only be that several palms in Bruxelles have been liberally 'greased'!