Humour

I just had a great offer from Barclaycard for balance transfers. It was the usual thing, a marketing letter in the post with a big headline: "0% on Balance Transfers until October 2009" At the end of the letter, there's a bunch of cheques to send off to pay for things at 0% for 10…

Welcome to 2009! I'll put some thoughtful commentary here next week about the outlook for the year, but here's an interesting idea spotted in the Telegraph the other day.  The Post Office approached children to design their literature for their financial services products, and their answers are brilliant. Asked to explain 'inflation', seven year old…

Welcome to 2009! I'll put some thoughtful commentary here next week about the outlook for the year, but here's an interesting idea spotted in the Telegraph the other day.  The Post Office approached children to design their literature for their financial services products, and their answers are brilliant. Asked to explain 'inflation', seven year old…

Every now and then you find a comedy that people either love or hate.  The IT Crowd is one of those.  It's a UK minor hit comedy series on Channel 4, and here's a clip of the CEO meeting his CFO: I'm posting this because I can see every CEO meeting their bank manager or…

Every now and then you find a comedy that people either love or hate.  The IT Crowd is one of those.  It's a UK minor hit comedy series on Channel 4, and here's a clip of the CEO meeting his CFO: I'm posting this because I can see every CEO meeting their bank manager or…

It's Christmas Eve and you're still reading my blog … having said that, it's Christmas Eve and I'm still blogging … So, I was going to post something serious, and then thought: "what the heck, it's Christmas!" and decided instead to pick on one of my favourite TV shows, Frasier. There's one particular episode that…