asperity Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Blackadder explains the Euro to Baldrick: Baldrick: "What I want to know Sir is, before there was a Euro there were lots of different types of money that different people used. And now there's only one type of money that the foreign people use. And what I want to know is, how did we get from one state of affairs to the other state of affairs"Blackadder: "Baldrick. Do you mean, how did the Euro start?" Baldrick: "Yes Sir" Blackadder: "Well, you see Baldrick, back in the 1980s there were many different countries all running their own finances and using different types of money. On one side you had the major economies of France , Belgium , Holland and Germany , and on the other, the weaker nations of Spain , Greece , Ireland , Italy and Portugal . They got together and decided that it would be much easier for everyone if they could all use the same money, have one Central Bank, and belong to one large club where everyone would be happy. This meant that there could never be a situation whereby financial meltdown would lead to social unrest, wars and crises". Baldrick: "But this is sort of a crisis, isn't it Sir?". Blackadder: "That's right Baldrick. You see, there was only one slight flaw with the plan". Baldrick: "What was that then, Sir?" Blackadder: "It was bollocks". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Rowan Atkinson's brother may well have sympathy with that view having stood as a UKIP parliamentary candidate - before leaving the party , stating UKIP had been "infiltrated by extremists" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 but it IS all bollocks...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 but it IS all bollocks...... Agreed - I'm in favour of staying in the EU but not the Euro. It is an even bigger fantasy than the SNP thinking an independent Scotland can somehow retain Sterling. The currency that is , as opposed to Stirling, the city - I'm not suggesting an English enclave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 if all of the scots in England decided to go back after independence there would be no where to fit them all!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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