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Recession over: false alarm

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  • 25-02-2009 3:44pm
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    dublinario
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 633 ✭✭✭


    Just heard on the news there, the recession is over. In fact, it turned out to be a drill. Phew!
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    KTRIC
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    Grand so. I'm off to get that 120% mortgage that I can't afford.


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    Zadkiel
    Registered Users Posts: 687 ✭✭✭Zadkiel


    KTRIC wrote: »
    Grand so. I'm off to get that 120% mortgage that I can't afford.
    :pac:


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    PurpleBerry
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    Does this mean I get my job back?


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    dublinario
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 633 ✭✭✭dublinario


    Neesa wrote: »
    Does this mean I get my job back?

    Unfortunately not Neesa. You were specifically name checked on the news bulletin, as the only person in Ireland for whom the recession was, in fact, not a drill. I'm very sorry.


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    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Does this mean I can now f*ck the horse I rode in on? Yeehaw.


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    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    Was that a recession? Wasn't so bad so! It felt more like some slight discomfort after a big meal, nothing to worry about.


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    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    Balls, this means I have to come off the dole? I want to stay on it forever :(


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    kmick
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    Good - time to put that deposit on a 6000sq foot mock georgian palace with stables in Birr now?


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    dublinario
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 633 ✭✭✭dublinario


    Anybody who hasn't laid a down-payment on a Ferarri in the last 20 minutes is a fool. Sure with the impending backlog, you could be waiting months now, particularly if you're fussy on colour.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Awh man. Does that mean there wont be any prohibition?

    /puts away Al Capone hat

    And all those bathtubs will now go to waste.


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    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    kmick wrote: »
    Good - time to put that deposit on a 6000sq foot mock georgian palace with stables in Birr now?


    http://i34.tinypic.com/2elxr4o.png


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    Tech3
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    I guess the depression will turn out to be a drill too :rolleyes:


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    dublinario
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 633 ✭✭✭dublinario


    Deleted User wrote: »
    And all those bathtubs will now go to waste.

    Might I be so bold as to recommend you bequeath those tubs to 'the help' (assuming you'll now be rehiring your butlers, chefs, maids, resident live-in prostitute etc)? I'm sure the little raggedy, 12-year old, tuberculosis-riddled gardening prodigy who cuts the hedges of your grounds into the shapes of barnyard animals, will be chuffed to live out his days (all 12 of them) with a genuine bathtub at his disposal.


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    [Deleted User]
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    dublinario wrote: »
    Might I be so bold as to recommend you bequeath those tubs to 'the help' (assuming you'll now be rehiring your butlers, chefs, maids, resident live-in prostitute etc)? I'm sure the little raggedy, 12-year old, tuberculosis-riddled gardening prodigy who cuts the hedges of your grounds into the shapes of barnyard animals, will be chuffed to live out his days (all 12 of them) with a genuine bathtub at his disposal.

    No.


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    AnonoBoy
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Awh man. Does that mean there wont be any prohibition?

    /puts away Al Capone hat

    And all those bathtubs will now go to waste.

    Don't worry - during the boom bathtub racing is going to become the latest fad! Gold-plated, diamond encrusted bathtubs that is.


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    PurpleBerry
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    dublinario wrote: »
    Unfortunately not Neesa. You were specifically name checked on the news bulletin, as the only person in Ireland for whom the recession was, in fact, not a drill. I'm very sorry.

    D'oh!

    Spare some change?


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    Dancor
    Registered Users Posts: 3,623 ✭✭✭Dancor


    dublinario wrote: »
    Unfortunately not Neesa. You were specifically name checked on the news bulletin, as the only person in Ireland for whom the recession was, in fact, not a drill. I'm very sorry.

    Ay


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    #19
    dublinario
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 633 ✭✭✭dublinario


    Neesa wrote: »
    D'oh!
    Spare some change?

    No deal, peasant. Now move along, you're making the place look untidy.


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    #20
    Indie18
    Registered Users Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Indie18


    What Recession? Did I miss something? next you'll be telling me a black man is president of America.


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    #21
    stovelid
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    AH traffic will shrink by up to 20% now.

    Does this mean Dr Bollocko or Javaboy will be getting p45s?


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    Dord
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    stovelid wrote: »
    AH traffic will shrink by up to 20% now.

    Does this mean Dr Bollocko or Javaboy will be getting p45s?

    Well, teh problem with that is that they're not employees. So maybe boards will hire them just so they can fire them. :pac:


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    Kurtosis
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    chin_grin wrote: »
    http://i34.tinypic.com/2elxr4o.png

    Very good effort, but I'm afraid you forget to label the Y-axis. 9/10


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