Baldricks take on the euro

[pinkyfloyd]

Subject: Baldrick's take on the Euro





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 1980's 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 baldrocks".

[agentpineapple]

i've had tony/baldrick in the back of my cab, a nice guy, quiet fella, i told him what i believed to be the funniest sketch from blackadder and he laughed and called me a dirty boy............