From Private Eye #1219

Number Crunching:
$6.6bn - losses by Lehman Brothers in 2008 up to point it went bankrupt

$8.7bn - staff bonuses paid out by Lehman Brothers in 2006

Posted By: BerlinCanary on October 10th 2008 at 15:32:00

Message Thread

FTSE down 9%, CAC down 10%, DAX down 10% (General Chat) - shoddy, Oct 10, 14:48:29
- I know it might be good news for all of us but... (General Chat) - pieman63, Oct 10, 15:42:43
- We should all go to the stock market and sing "Where's the money gone?" (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 10, 15:18:41
  - cool (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 10, 15:34:55
  - sing (General Chat) - cityfc, Oct 10, 15:26:43
- What I don't get about all this, right (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 10, 15:12:33
  - Revise the Theory of Surplus Value, Otto... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Oct 10, 15:19:52
  - In a Spreadbetters trousers (General Chat) - Small, Oct 10, 15:16:58
    - me too (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 10, 15:22:06
      - The multiplication function consumption graph (General Chat) - Small, Oct 10, 15:27:01
        
        y'see, i don't even have the foggiest what that means anymore (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 10, 15:35:27
  - Worthington spent it on Andy Hughes's feature length DVD (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 10, 15:15:59
    - Oh yeah, all those tracking shots of Hughes shanking the ball out of Layer Road (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 10, 15:16:55
      - in slow mo, to a soundtrack by Sigur Ros. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 10, 15:26:43
  - Jesus H Corbett, Otto. Where is the money? You know this. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 10, 15:14:18
    - Yeah, I know really rich people have got it, but are any countries in the black? (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 10, 15:16:27
      - From Private Eye #1219 (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Oct 10, 15:32:00
      - you are kidding right? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 10, 15:27:09
      - Canada's top of the league bankingwise (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 10, 15:20:36
        
        Made up country... (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 10, 15:22:42
        
        Everything is always fine in Canada, isn't it? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 10, 15:21:39
        
        Blame Canada! (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Oct 10, 15:28:31
        
        only since Carl Bobinson went there (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 10, 15:26:39
        
        We paid money for him (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 10, 15:35:15
        
        Canada didn't (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 10, 15:36:04
        
        I suppose they were foolish enough to double his money (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 10, 15:40:50
        
        As a callow youth I always entertained the idea of emigrating to Canada. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 10, 15:25:50
        
        ...and not get shot at. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 10, 15:28:14
        
        Not the French bit of Canada, though. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 10, 15:26:31
      - Bristol. Not rich people, Bristol. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 10, 15:17:24
        
        Oh. Of course. How silly of me. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 10, 15:18:10
- size of my cock is down 7% - but i'm not too worried..... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 10, 15:12:03
- IT'S COMPLETE PANIC MELTDOWN! (General Chat) - Small, Oct 10, 14:58:21
  - We're DOOMED I tell ye. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 10, 15:04:27
    - Nah....It's ok now. Obama's just came on the t.v and said "don't be scared" (General Chat) - Small, Oct 10, 15:13:43
      - McCain looks like he's operated by remote control (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 10, 15:25:11
  - apart from when was arsing about the other day. (General Chat) - shoddy, Oct 10, 15:01:27
    - It certainly isn't. Half a trillion pounds could soon be going up the spout (General Chat) - Small, Oct 10, 15:06:13
      - Can we not just go into administration and start again with -15 points? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 10, 15:20:41
      - Tangible relief sweeps over me. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Oct 10, 15:17:17
      - except Iceland... (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 10, 15:10:10
        
        True. But at least those idiots have had a proper party for the last 10 yeards (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Oct 10, 15:18:41
- Sky says they will be suspended today (General Chat) - blindasabat, Oct 10, 14:50:26
- I bet all those people with cash under the mattress or buried in the garden are roight (General Chat) - megson, Oct 10, 14:49:35
  - All about Nationwide innit (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Oct 10, 14:52:08
    - loving nationwide (General Chat) - shoddy, Oct 10, 14:56:23
      - Wish i had more placed with them, highlighting the risks of those that switched though (General Chat) - megson, Oct 10, 15:03:44

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