Why didn’t they say so before. It’s now quite clear - the answer to
the crisis is - wait for it -
42
Simple - innit?
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TELEGRAPH Business News 3.10.08
Guide to inter-galactic credit crisis as Gordon Brown pilots us into
a black hole
Arthur Dent always coped in a crisis, eventually. The sullen hero of
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, when faced with threats of
certain death, was able to consult his guide book. If all else failed
the fall back was always "Don't Panic".
By Damian Reece
Planet Earth does not today face the threat of destruction by a Vogon
construction ship (as far as we know). However, when the history of
the universe is written, scholars will point the finger at us as the
source of the great inter-galactic credit crunch that involved such
complex credit derivatives that even Deep Thought was baffled,
despite having already found the answer to Life, the Universe and
Everything.
Perhaps 42 will eventually crop up as part of the answer to an even
deeper mystery. Why doesn't anyone believe Gordon Brown when he says
Don't Panic? That was certainly his message earlier this week when he
said his Government would do whatever was necessary to bring
stability. It didn't do the trick.
The Irish government certainly wasn't listening. It was in such a
panic that it nationalised its banks. Plenty of savers here took no
notice of Brown, switching precious life savings into Irish banks,
Northern Rock or a Post Office savings account.
Brown's attempt at reassurance was simply a precursor to governments
across Europe clucking in unison and doing the headless chicken. They
meet on Saturday for a collective cluck-in which could prove the
single worst moment for the world's collective confidence.
Or perhaps Brown's inability to persuade us not to panic is well
within the computing power of Deep Thought. After all, we have
watched over the past decade as he's piloted our public finances into
a black hole and turned our economy into a dying star. It's time he
went.
Resistance is useless.
the crisis is - wait for it -
42
Simple - innit?
xxxxxxxxxxxx cs
===========================
TELEGRAPH Business News 3.10.08
Guide to inter-galactic credit crisis as Gordon Brown pilots us into
a black hole
Arthur Dent always coped in a crisis, eventually. The sullen hero of
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, when faced with threats of
certain death, was able to consult his guide book. If all else failed
the fall back was always "Don't Panic".
By Damian Reece
Planet Earth does not today face the threat of destruction by a Vogon
construction ship (as far as we know). However, when the history of
the universe is written, scholars will point the finger at us as the
source of the great inter-galactic credit crunch that involved such
complex credit derivatives that even Deep Thought was baffled,
despite having already found the answer to Life, the Universe and
Everything.
Perhaps 42 will eventually crop up as part of the answer to an even
deeper mystery. Why doesn't anyone believe Gordon Brown when he says
Don't Panic? That was certainly his message earlier this week when he
said his Government would do whatever was necessary to bring
stability. It didn't do the trick.
The Irish government certainly wasn't listening. It was in such a
panic that it nationalised its banks. Plenty of savers here took no
notice of Brown, switching precious life savings into Irish banks,
Northern Rock or a Post Office savings account.
Brown's attempt at reassurance was simply a precursor to governments
across Europe clucking in unison and doing the headless chicken. They
meet on Saturday for a collective cluck-in which could prove the
single worst moment for the world's collective confidence.
Or perhaps Brown's inability to persuade us not to panic is well
within the computing power of Deep Thought. After all, we have
watched over the past decade as he's piloted our public finances into
a black hole and turned our economy into a dying star. It's time he
went.
Resistance is useless.
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