I will have no tolerance for any financial institution which seeks to exploit competitive advantage from this guarantee, said Brian Lenihan, our Finance Minister.
Oh really? said Irish Nationwide.  Well fuck you, Brian Lenihan, and fuck the taxpayer you rode in on.
And so, these unutterable cunts sent out the following email to one global bank, and [...]

-  Ring-ring ring-ring ring-ringity-ring
-  Hello.  Minister for Finance speaking.
-  Oh, hello there.  My name is Bock, a very minor thief indeed.
-  Yes?
-  Yeah, look, I was thinking, you know, since you’ve just bet the entire country to keep the banks in business …
-  Yes?
- Well, you know how the banks caused all this themselves [...]

The phone rang.  It was Limehouse Dick, and he was worried.  I could hear him sweating.
Northern Rock, he said.  They’re in trouble.
Yes, I said. I know.  In fact the entire world knows, you cretin!
No, he interrupted, You don’t understand.  I was burgling Alan Greenspan’s house last night while he was out launchin’ his book, wotsit, [...]

Knock! Knock!
Who’s there?
Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang!
Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang who?
Police!
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