The Badcred and Bungley*
David has his savings in the Bradford & Bingley. Every cheque he has ever had for a birthday present has been deposited in his Kid’s savers account. (One day, he will ask us why he can’t spend it…)
There was a lot of speculation in the Press last week about whether they were going to go bust. The people of Morley, though, didn’t panic, the queues were short and inside the Branch.
This is probably why- David is well under this limit (about 99% under!)
Meanwhile, the Market retailers protect themselves against mass unemployment. This basically says- We are not the library! Are you going to look at it or buy it?
(*Title credit Guido Fawkes)
Tough times just now and the screws are being tightened.
Comment by jameshigham — September 30, 2008 @ 9:14 am
Quoting Leg Iron-
I remember an Andy Capp cartoon, from many years ago, which I have unfortunately not been able to find online. It went like this:
Flo (Andy’s wife) enters with bags of shopping and says ‘It’s frightening how the pound is going down in value’.
Andy (lying on the sofa) replies ‘It’s a good job we haven’t got many of them, then.’.
Comment by Shades — September 30, 2008 @ 7:38 pm