O/T The EU bailout

[Brin]

It is a slow day in the little Greek village, the rain is beating down and the streets are deserted.
Times are tough, everybody is in debt and everybody lives on credit.
On this particular day a rich German tourist is driving through the village, he stops at the local hotel and lays Euro 100 on the desk.
He tells the owner he wants to inspect the rooms with a view to staying the night.
The hotelier gives the tourist some keys and as soon as he's gone upstairs, the hotelier grabs the Euro 100 and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.
The butcher takes the Euro 100 and runs down the street to pay his debt to the pig farmer.
The pig farmer takes the Euro 100 and heads off to pay his debt to the supplier of feed and fuel.
The man at the Farmer's Co-op takes the Euro 100 and runs to pays his drinks bill at the taverna.
The publican takes the Euro 100, walks down the bar to the local prostitute and clears his debt for services rendered.
The prostitute then rushes around to the local hotel with the Euro 100 and pays off her room bill.
The hotelier then puts the Euro 100 note back on the desk so the German tourist will not suspect anything.
At that moment the German tourist walks back into the room and says the rooms are not satisfactory so he won't be staying, he picks up the Euro 100 and leaves.

So,

No-one produced anything.
No-one earned anything.
However, the whole village is now out of debt and looking to the future with a lot more optimism.
And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is how that E.U. bailout works.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Lol yes and in good EU fashion at least one got a good f?cking along the way

[John2]

No-one produced anything.
No-one earned anything.
However, the whole village is now out of debt and looking to the future with a lot more optimism.
And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is how that E.U. bailout works.

I think this simplistic thinking does a good job of representing the level of understanding of those who voted Brexit.

[frogmiller]

I think this simplistic thinking does a good job of representing the level of understanding of those who voted Brexit.

You wrote exactly the same on another thread that contained the same story.

[monty_rhodes]

You wrote exactly the same on another thread that contained the same story.

You can't call someone a w*nker on here but it's OK to sneakily suggest another poster is a thicko. John2 is a pain in the rrse and a complete muppet. He constantly refers to unsubstantiated claims about the benefits of immigration but when pointed by wiser counsel to academic studies that suggest the opposite he simply goes quiet and after a few weeks spouts the same nonsense.

[John2]

If people are posting the same story multiple times, why would my response be expected to change?

[wrinkly]

Of course nobody was "in debt" in the first place. Although all parties had €100 worth of creditors they had the same amount of debtors

[millmoormagic]

You can't call someone a w*nker on here but it's OK to sneakily suggest another poster is a thicko. John2 is a pain in the rrse and a complete muppet. He constantly refers to unsubstantiated claims about the benefits of immigration but when pointed by wiser counsel to academic studies that suggest the opposite he simply goes quiet and after a few weeks spouts the same nonsense.

Cheeky at best that, John2 is one of the few on here who does back his arguments up with fact, but then gets lambasted for being 'the google king' by folk like you....facts are facts, wherever they're sourced.

[cleansweeper]

Of course nobody was "in debt" in the first place. Although all parties had €100 worth of creditors they had the same amount of debtors

A fine observation Wrinkly and nicely put.

It is an amusing analogy from Brin, but not one that bears even a little bit of scrutiny. But then I don't suppose he was advancing it as economic theory.

My short time on here so far has taught me that members are as quick to temper and as they are to taking offence. I didn't think Rotherham people (RGS educated or not) were such sensitive souls.

[Brin]

A fine observation Wrinkly and nicely put.

It is an amusing analogy from Brin, but not one that bears even a little bit of scrutiny. But then I don't suppose he was advancing it as economic theory.

My short time on here so far has taught me that members are as quick to temper and as they are to taking offence. I didn't think Rotherham people (RGS educated or not) were such sensitive souls.

Cleansweeper...correct in the fact it was merely a tic post that may have raised a smile or two.

As for folk being sensitive souls and, bearing in mind this a is a male dominated site, there are a few who do relate to the 'dummy out of the pram' at times.