(financial) Doom, I'll tell ya... dooom!

Following the problems in the sub-prime lending market in America and the run on HBOS in the UK, uncertainty has now hit Japan.

In the last 7 hours Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up
and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches. Yesterday, it
was announced that Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a
song, while today shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they
nose-dived.

Samurai Bank is soldiering on following sharp cutbacks, Ninja Bank is
reported to have taken a hit, but they remain in the black. Furthermore,
500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is
something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may
get a raw deal.

Tsunami Bank has been hit by a wave of bad debts, and it is understood
That the numbers at Sudoku Bank just don't add up. Satsuma Bank is apparently
going to be restructured by being broken up into smaller segments, and
rumour has it that Koi Bank has been netted by a major foreign competitor.
Meanwhile shares in Judo Bank have been thrown into turmoil and are likely
to hit the floor soon following an announcement from Hara-Kiri Bank that
it was going into voluntary liquidation. Management at Rickshaw Bank have
asked all the staff to pull together to get through this difficult time.

Plans for recapitalisation at Kimono Bank remain under wraps. Further news as we get it.

A great big slide at the Ashleworth Show 2008

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Toe names

Florence was asleep and Beatrice was bored so she named the toes of my right foot. Starting with my big toe and working down here are my toe names:

lassar
tata
gaga
dada
tat

sweet love

"I don't expect no Don Quixote or nuffin, but you could be more.... you know...."

"Don Quixote????......Don Quixote???? what, like windmills and giants???? ohhhhh Don Juan"

The Odious Complex

Overheard on a bus in Gloucester

Her: "I gotta do Freud"

Him: "I thought you did that"

Her: "I did that last year but I gotta do it again.
He's a really freaky guy. He's got this theory right.

When a girl is born she fancies 'er dad and is jealous of 'er mum. When a boy is born 'e fancies 'is mum and is jealous of 'is dad.

It's called the odious complex.

See this [girl points to book], 'the odious complex'."

The playlist for Kate's party

Most of this music was chosen by Kate and isn't what I normally play. I did enjoy an early hokey cokey though.

Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life
Kylie - Better the devil you know
Phill Collins - Can't Hurry love
Lionel Richie - All Night Long
Tom Jones & Stereophonics - Mama Told Me Not To Come
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Hokey Cokey - Hokey Cokey
Various - Mambo vs. Ketchup
Michael Jackson Vs S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin Billie Jean
Spice Girls - Wannabe.mp3
Uptown Girl - Westlife
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
S Club Juniors - One step closer
Atomic Kitten - Ladies Night
Van Halen - Jump
Starship - We Built This City
Frankie Valli - Grease
The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing Ther
Beatles - Hard Day's Night
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Beach Boys - I Get Around
Showaddywaddy - Under the Moon of Love
The Crystals - Da doo ron ron
Elton John - Crocodile Rock
Los Lobos - La Bamba
Mavericks, The - Dance The Night Away
Jive Bunny - Swing the Mood
Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Christina Aguilera - Candyman
The Commitments - Mustang Sally
John Parr - St Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (Its in his kiss)
John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - The Grease Megamix
Irene Cara - Fame
The Kids From Fame - Hi Fidelity
Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol
FREEZ - IOU
Grandmaster Flash And Melle Mel - White Lines
Bananarama - Love in the First Degree
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round
Pink - Get this party started
Boys Town Gang - Can't take my eyes off you
Meck Feat. Leo Sayer - Thunder in My Heart Again
Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around
Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland
Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
Martine McCutcheon - On the radio
scissor sisters - Filthy gorgeous
Donna Summer - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Geri Halliwell - It's Raining Men
Cardboard Box - Booty Luv vs Inaya Day vs Camille Jones vs Freemasons vs Madonna vs Loo & Placido
George Michael - Careless Whisper
Leo Sayer - When I Need You
Kids From Fame - Starmaker
Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo
Monkees - Daydream believer
Elton John - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Frank Sinatra - New York, New York