Sign Of The Times

How true is that?



The banking dilemma is hitting other countries as well as the United States. Take Japan for instance:

The Origami Bank has folded.

The Sumo Bank has gone belly up.

The Bonsi Bank is planing to cut off some of its branches.

The Karaoke Bank is going for a song.

The staff at the Karate Bank got the chop.

Analysts report there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank and the workers there are afraid they may get a raw deal.

Bad times for sure.


Speaking of bad times, what is this?

DQ charging for nuts, whip cream.

Dairy Queen charges 40 cents each for nuts and whip cream on a sundae.

Suddenly a $2.29 sundae is more than $3.

I may be confused, but a sundae without nuts and whipped cream is just a dish of ice cream isn't it?

I hope this is not a trend where places charge extra for salt on french fries, a bun on your burger or, perish the thought, an up charge for ketchup.



Paper, paper, get your paper:

I always read the obituaries in the newspaper first just to make sure I'm not in there. The other day the second thing I read was the following ad:

Talk about hard times. I know when we get older no one has a need for us, but this is just plain frightening.


Speaking of the newspaper, as I was reading through the stories the following lead story caught my eye:

The largest police bust In History:




I never did find the rest of the story.