Credit Crunch Humour Feb 2009
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How do you define optimism? A banker who irons five shirts on a Sunday.
What’s the difference between an investment banker and a large pizza? The pizza can still feed a family of four.
What have an Icelandic bank and an Icelandic streaker got in common? They both have frozen assets.
What’s the difference between an investment banker and a pigeon? The pigeon is still capable of leaving a deposit on a new Ferrari
The credit crunch has helped me get back on my feet. The car’s been repossessed.
Latest news: The Isle of Dogs bank has collapsed. They’ve called in the Retrievers.
The bank returned a cheque to me this morning, stamped: ‘insufficient funds.’ Is it them or me’?
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Published here 30 May 2026 and originally published in News and Views Feb 2009
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