Reply to: Out of Thin Air (TM) Village Idiot of the Week competition

[BrilloPad]

Looks like we'll need a larger van for Village Idiot outings.

Can I drive please? Where are we going? I do hope its the imperial war museum(bedlam) again!

[sasguru]

Remind me to start an AGW thread next week so you can make the final.

Looks like we'll need a larger van for Village Idiot outings.

[The Lone Gunman]

http://www.hsbc.com/1/2/about-hsbc

What's the argument?

I insisted it was still HQed in HK. It has moved to London. Doh.

[The Lone Gunman]

You're big enough to admit it, which lets you off in my book. Not like any of us here haven't occasionally got it completely wrong ...

Back in the 80's a mate of mine went to work in Honkers as a copper. He sent me lots of pictures and post cards and letters while he was there. One that stuck was because he had been called to the Honkers and Shankers HQ. I was well impressed because he had been to the HQ of what was one of if not the biggest banks in the world. So I knew where its HQ was. I had just missed the fact that they had moved a bit, recently. It is not as if I was making it up is it.

[Moscow Mule]

Lonegunman for insisting that HSBC was a HK/Shanghai bank cause it says so in the letters.

It was until it moved. Easy mistake to make.

http://www.hsbc.com/1/2/about-hsbc

What's the argument?

[Spacecadet]

Remind me to start an AGW thread next week so you can make the final.

That would be next weeks final then

[cupidstunt]

Contestants have to come up with Out of Thin Air(TM) assertions which they obtained from their voices in their head.

The finalists are

atW - for asserting that most City institutions were recipients of tax-payers money, when this is clearly a crock of crap.

Cybercretin - for asserting that the ECB followed the BoEs lead in cutting interest rates yesterday (when it was clearly a coordinated effort by about 6 countries) and for asserting that Life prisoners serve an average of 6 years when this is clearly another crock of steaming turd manure.

Remind me to start an AGW thread next week so you can make the final.

[snaw]

It was until it moved. Easy mistake to make.

You're big enough to admit it, which lets you off in my book. Not like any of us here haven't occasionally got it completely wrong ...

[The Lone Gunman]

Lonegunman for insisting that HSBC was a HK/Shanghai bank cause it says so in the letters.

It was until it moved. Easy mistake to make.

[Bob Dalek]

every schoolboy's favourite kind.

Ahem!

[snaw]

every schoolboys favourite kind.

Dammit, I changed that straight away and you still picked it up in the 60s window available.

[snaw]

careful - he's out of jail now you know.

Where I come from that's nothing unusual

That and the funny walk, for a few weeks.

[DS23]

LG to be fair maid a schoolboy error.

every schoolboys favourite kind.

[DS23]

Lonegunman for insisting that HSBC was a HK/Shanghai bank cause it says so in the letters.

careful - he's out of jail now you know.

[snaw]

But I'd still give it to Cyberman, cause he demonstrably talked a load of bollocks, whereas we suspect AtW is talking bollocks, but we can't prove it and LG to be fair made a schoolboy error.