Pourquoi les MBA retournent-ils à l’école ? Qu’est-ce qu’un optimiste ? La différence entre un banquier et un pigeon ? De nombreuses blagues sur la crise financière circulent dans les pubs londoniens et sur Internet. Humour anglais garanti
(Photo MP) - Pub dans le quartier de la City, un vendredi après-midi
The bank returned a cheque to me this morning, stamped: 'insufficient funds.'
Is it them or me?
Why are all MBAs going back to school?
To ask for their money back.
How do you define an optimist?
A banker who irons five shirts on a Sunday.
The last time Iceland had a crash like this, aisle three was closed all day.
(Iceland est aussi une chaîne de magasins)
What have Icelandic banks and an icelandic streaker got in common?
They both have frozen assets.
(Un streaker est une personne apparaissant nue en public lors d'un événement, le plus souvent sportif)
For geography students only: What's the capital of Iceland?
About three pounds fifty.
Latest news, the Isle of Dogs Building Society has collapsed. They've called in the retrievers.
(Les retrievers sont des chiens qui retirent leur proie de l’eau. Jeu de mot avec "receiver"qui signifie mandateur liquidateur)
Quote of the day (from a trader): "This is worse than a divorce. I've lost half my net worth and I still have a wife."
An architect, a surgeon and an economist are discussing the Creation. The surgeon says: 'Look, we surgeons are most important. God's a surgeon because the first thing he did was to extract Eve from Adam's rib.' The architect says: 'No, wait a minute, God is an architect. He made the world in seven days out of chaos.' The economist smiles: 'And who made the chaos?'
An elderly lady receives an e-mail from the son of a deceased (but wealthy) African general, asking whether he could transfer millions of pounds into her bank account in return for a 20% cut. All the son needs is the sort code and account number. Not realising she is the victim of a Nigerian fraud, she e-mails back the details. A couple of minutes later she receives an e-mail back from the general's son: 'Icesave?!' What is this, some sort of scam?"
(Icesave, la version islandaise de ING Direct, a fait faillite)
What's the difference between investment bankers and London pigeons?
The pigeons are still capable of making deposits on new BMW's.
Corentine GASQUET. (www.lepetitjournal.com - Londres) vendredi 31 octobre 2008
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