vendredi 27 juin 2008

All the money's gone

"Consumers are also running down their savings, with the household saving ratio falling to 1.1%, the lowest since 1959."

Savings ah yes. Those little piles of ten, five and two pences that gradually accumulate and coalesce into thiry and forty pound piles, money gouged up from within ancient sofas, money found in trouser pockets, long forgotten Premium Bonds in dusty coffee pots, pseatas and little bundles of liras that you'd forgotten you'd kept and give you a little surprise of excitement when you dig them up from the miscellaneous draw only to disappoint when you realise, unknown currencies found in old film containers that might be worth something you never know, a stamp! a stamp! hold on look at this it's a gold coin with something French written on it must be worth a fortune oh wait chocolate. fuck what's this...a bank book! bankk book Hallelujah! Northern Rock one hang on.... bollocks I don't remember spending that o well, fiver innit nah.
Savings? Don't talk to me about savings