In Defence of Hard Working Bankers

[AlfredJPruffock]

The Vanishing




They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
They threatened its life with a railway-share;
They charmed it with smiles and soap.


They shuddered to think that the chase might fail,
And the Beaver, excited at last,
Went bounding along on the tip of its tail,
For the daylight was nearly past.


"There is Thingumbob shouting!" the Bellman said,
"He is shouting like mad, only hark!
He is waving his hands, he is wagging his head,
He has certainly found a Snark!"


They gazed in delight, while the Butcher exclaimed
"He was always a desperate wag!"
They beheld him--their Baker--their hero unnamed--
On the top of a neighbouring crag,


Erect and sublime, for one moment of time
In the next, that wild figure they saw
(As if stung by a spasm) plunge into a chasm,
While they waited and listened in awe.


"It's a Snark!" was the sound that first came to their ears,
And seemed almost too good to be true.
Then followed a torrent of laughter and cheers:
Then the ominous words "It's a Boo-"


Then, silence. Some fancied they heard in the air
A weary and wandering sigh
Then sounded like "-jum!" but the others declare
It was only a breeze that went by.


They hunted till darkness came on, but they found
Not a button, or feather, or mark,
By which they could tell that they stood on the ground
Where the Baker had met with the Snark.


In the midst of the word he was trying to say,
In the midst of his laughter and glee,
He had softly and suddenly vanished away---
For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.

[gingerjedi]

Tell Gordon Brown: ‘Scrap bank bonuses, save our jobs’
by Mark Dolan, CWU postal union rep, north London

Have the priorities of the system we live under ever been more clearly exposed than by the events of the past week?

A few hundred bankers who helped bring the economy to the brink of collapse are being rewarded for their failures with fat bonuses—all to be paid for with billions of pounds of our money, of course.

They will spend the rest of the month celebrating in restaurants where a night out can cost more than a postal worker earns in a year.

continues........

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=17120

For once they have a very good point, it's quite unsavoury to see NL schmoozing with the rich kids whilst ‘ordinary hard working families™’ go to the wall, that’s the Tories job.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Tell Gordon Brown: ‘Scrap bank bonuses, save our jobs’
by Mark Dolan, CWU postal union rep, north London

Have the priorities of the system we live under ever been more clearly exposed than by the events of the past week?

A few hundred bankers who helped bring the economy to the brink of collapse are being rewarded for their failures with fat bonuses—all to be paid for with billions of pounds of our money, of course.

They will spend the rest of the month celebrating in restaurants where a night out can cost more than a postal worker earns in a year.

continues........

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=17120

Aye Alf

Well At first I was furious about this , what can only be described as Executive Welfare - however I now have a different point of view.

You see - its not their problem - its ours.

If you had the connections in Government and they wanted to give you a wheelbarrowfull of money would you say - no ?

It does demonstrate how completely destroyed the morale of the vast hard working population of the UK is that they have let this happen without any signifcant protest whatsoever.

In the same way that a tiny minority of Ciy People fronted by Blair took the UK to War in Iraq , these same people are now 'laughing all the way to the Bank'

At our expense.

I leave you with the words of Mr A Hitler who said ''It is as well for the Leaders that the people do not think ... ;

Revel in your Time ....


Keep you doped with Religion Sex and TV
And you think youre so clever and classless and Free
But you're still fücking peasants as far as I can see

A Working Class Banker is something to be ,,,,

[Alf W]

Tell Gordon Brown: ‘Scrap bank bonuses, save our jobs’
by Mark Dolan, CWU postal union rep, north London

Have the priorities of the system we live under ever been more clearly exposed than by the events of the past week?

A few hundred bankers who helped bring the economy to the brink of collapse are being rewarded for their failures with fat bonuses—all to be paid for with billions of pounds of our money, of course.

They will spend the rest of the month celebrating in restaurants where a night out can cost more than a postal worker earns in a year.

continues........

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=17120

[AlfredJPruffock]

Well, they've learned how to say sorry

Sorry seems to be the Hardest Word ...

The Bankers's Fate



They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
They threatened its life with a railway-share;
They charmed it with smiles and soap.



And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new
It was matter for general remark,
Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view
In his zeal to discover the Snark


But while he was seeking with thimbles and care,
A Bandersnatch swiftly drew nigh
And grabbed at the Banker, who shrieked in despair,
For he knew it was useless to fly.


He offered large discount -- he offered a check
(Drawn "to bearer") for seven-pounds-ten:
But the Bandersnatch merely extended its neck
And grabbed at the Banker again.


Without rest or pause -- while those frumious jaws
Went savagely snapping around --
He skipped and he hopped, and he floundered and flopped,
Till fainting he fell to the ground.


The Bandersnatch fled as the others appeared
Led on by that fear-stricken yell:
And the Bellman remarked "It is just as I feared!"
And solemnly tolled on his bell.


He was black in the face, and they scarcely could trace
The least likeness to what he had been:
While so great was his fright that his waistcoat turned white --
A wonderful thing to be seen!


To the horror of all who were present that day.
He uprose in full evening dress,
And with senseless grimaces endeavored to say
What his tongue could no longer express.


Down he sank in a chair -- ran his hands through his hair --
And chanted in mimsiest tones
Words whose utter inanity proved his insanity,
While he rattled a couple of bones.


"Leave him here to his fate -- it is getting so late!"
The Bellman exclaimed in a fright.
"We have lost half the day. Any further delay,
And we shan't catch a Snark before night!"

[gingerjedi]

I've joined a Facebook group called 'Bankers are *ankers'

[thelace]

Well, they've learned how to say sorry

[PRC1964]

With any luck, most of the current bunch look like this: http://tobaccoave.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/ledge.jpg

[bogeyman]

Right - I shall start.

Well they do look smart - bowler hat , always a nice white starched clean shirt.

Pinstripe Suit.

Punctual.

What impresses you about Bankers ?

Everywhere theres Lots of Bankers
Living Banking Lives
You can see them our for dinner
With their Banking Wifes
Clutching forks and knives
To eat their Bacon

No no Alf, what you have there is a bank manager of Captain Mainwaring's era.

Bowlers went out decades ago to be replaced with wide red braces and monogrammed shirts with bold blue stripes and mobile phones the size of shoe boxes into which the banker would shout 'yah yah yah sell' or some such nonsense.

Oh sorry, that was the 1980s wasn't it. I must admit I have no idea what they look like know. I suspect they may have adopted civvy dress and are mingling amongst unsuspecting normal people [shudder].

[BrowneIssue]

In Defence of Hard Working Bankers

In Defiance of Hard Boring *******

[Gibbon]

The present lot, - nothing.


The early Medicis impressed me though, helped oil the wheels of the Renaissance.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Right - I shall start.

Well they do look smart - bowler hat , always a nice white starched clean shirt.

Pinstripe Suit.

Punctual.

What impresses you about Bankers ?

Everywhere theres Lots of Bankers
Living Banking Lives
You can see them our for dinner
With their Banking Wifes
Clutching forks and knives
To eat their Bacon