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THEFATBASTARD

Honey, I shrunk the economy.

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Hilarity is bringing the assumed crap job joke out for the 10th time in a month

You really shouldn't be posting when you ought to be wiping shit from the toilet wall...you'll end up signing on again when the boss man sees you slacking off.

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Success = Britain retaining so far it's credit rating and hence avoiding an increase in borrowing costs of hundreds or millions a year. This was delievered by lots of talking about public spending restraint.

Failure = Not having the ability or focus to stop Labour making them look like a bunch of idiots while they get on with the job, making silly mistakes on pointless side issues that piss off half the country, and letting Labour witter on endlessly about cuts when spending is increasing.

The latter has probably done for George, I expect to see Phillip Hammond in Number 11 in the not too distant future.

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You really shouldn't be posting when you ought to be wiping shit from the toilet wall...you'll end up signing on again when the boss man sees you slacking off.

He's done it again! The 11th time, right on the back if the 10th time! So unexpected! So witty! So clever! Just brilliant. Well done.

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You've got a business degree, that's what's funny. Do you still work in a coffee shop? Seriously I mean, that's not even a daggers joke.

No, I work in a business, as a business systems analyst.

Please explain why it is funny.

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Its not going well though is it. The time for blame has run out. Its the job of this Govenrnment to sort the mess out, notwithstanding weather, holidays, the Euro-Crisis, they need to be making more progress than this. There has to be some growth and they need to do more to get the banks to lend. Just about every initiative so far has just gone on the bottom line of the banks. I genuinely have no political affiliation or preference, but I know that the people who are getting the shitty end of the stick today are not the same people who directed the banks down loopy lane in the first place.

Side issue. British gas profits? No downturn here then. I'm struggling to pay my fuel bills yet these pirates are making 2 million a day.

Well, ive just switched from british gas online...took ten minutes, Im trying to contact my local councillor to get him interested in a scheme they use in cornwall...all local residents sign up through the local council to purchase their energy on mass..on a big discount, 250,000 did it in cornwall and got a substantial saving...its a vote winner and a money saver for residents...

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Well, ive just switched from british gas online...took ten minutes, Im trying to contact my local councillor to get him interested in a scheme they use in cornwall...all local residents sign up through the local council to purchase their energy on mass..on a big discount, 250,000 did it in cornwall and got a substantial saving...its a vote winner and a money saver for residents...

I know I should switch, must get around to it. The Cornish caper sounds interesting.

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You've got a business degree, that's what's funny. Do you still work in a coffee shop? Seriously I mean, that's not even a daggers joke.

But the longer you refrain from telling us what your job is (or at least what you pretend it to be) the longer we must guess at likely jobs;

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But the longer you refrain from telling us what your job is (or at least what you pretend it to be) the longer we must guess at likely jobs;

It doesn't really matter what his job is, it won't make his opinions any more or less valid.

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It doesn't really matter what his job is, it won't make his opinions any more or less valid.

His opinions can't be LESS valid.

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Anyone who is still with British gas should just die. If you've been with them for years without changing they will be raping you hard. You can probably save about 50% by moving. Why anyone has any loyalty to those companies I really don't understand. They're all exactly the ****ing same. Just choose the cheapest.

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But the longer you refrain from telling us what your job is (or at least what you pretend it to be) the longer we must guess at likely jobs;

Isn't he a Serbian warlord?

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I'll make this a local issue but it could be employed in many other regions of Britain.

The East Midlands is prime sheep and cattle land, the animals provided food and the by products of wool and leather. Industries were built on those resources and Leicester was a thriving wealthy city, so what happened? We wanted clean air, rivers and controlled waste sites. A safe working place. A 40 hour week with paid holidays and sick days.

Unable to compete with foreign imports the BSC, largest shoe factory in Britain sited West of Leicester closed down. Corah's, the manufacturer of St Michael's clothing aka Marks & Spencer is shut. The attendant industrial machinery manufacturers fail due to lack of support, as do other local suppliers and services. The outsourcing of work to those two companies are felt in Loughborough, Hinckley and Barwell. All of this has happened in my lifetime and of one or two other members of this forum.

All of the ingredients to resurrect a local industry are still there but who has the will to work in it? Not many and I think that is as much a part of the problem. The Western way of life is to have a standard of living unsurpassed by any other generation and there's nothing wrong with that as long as its sustainable, unfortunately I don't think it is.

Until there is a fundamental rethink in our expectations it isn't going to get much better. Having said that Robert Malthus got it wrong by assuming too many things would stay the same maybe I'm falling into the same trap.

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He's done it again! The 11th time, right on the back if the 10th time! So unexpected! So witty! So clever! Just brilliant. Well done.

I'm glad you find your menial existence humorous, I'll bet mummy laughs too as you regale her with tales of the burger which had no lettuce and how someone gave out a large fries when the order was only for a regular.

Have you got any stars yet or are you still working towards your first one?

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I'm glad you find your menial existence humorous, I'll bet mummy laughs too as you regale her with tales of the burger which had no lettuce and how someone gave out a large fries when the order was only for a regular.

Have you got any stars yet or are you still working towards your first one?

Sorry, what's this thread about again???

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