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irritateddata
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 Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:51 pm Post subject: cityboy - Geraint Anderson |
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Tescos sells some decent paperbacks at really good prices, less than half sometimes. Picked one up couple of days ago. The title intriqued me cos of the current economic climate with the credit crunch, greedy bankers etc, etc, and considering it was written about a year to eighteen months ago, almost prophetic but riotous.
So far I'm really enjoying Cityboy by Geraint Anderson (who I think amongst other things used to be a stockbroker or similar himself). Anyone remember Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, well cityboy is dubbed Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile. The one liners are laugh out loud stuff.
For instance the analysts and the traders hate each other but need each other so have to work together. The analysts tend to be oxbridge and well-off and patronising. The traders, wideboys who can blag and sell, live on pies and overweight. Eg.
'Anyway, Daryl, why are you such a fat b******?'
"Because everytime I f*** your wife she gives me a biscuit"
It's fast moving. It's also scarey because he exposes how the financial world is really run.
So if you fancy a good read I recommend it. Not for the squeamish!
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | 'Anyway, Daryl, why are you such a fat b******?'
"Because everytime I f*** your wife she gives me a biscuit" |
Worth buying for that line alone!!
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Lord Blackadder wrote: | | Quote: | 'Anyway, Daryl, why are you such a fat b******?'
"Because everytime I f*** your wife she gives me a biscuit" |
Worth buying for that line alone!!
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Is that a Readers Digest book?
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Lord Blackadder
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:26 am Post subject: |
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ID ... you are such a philistine!!! 
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Lord Blackadder wrote: | | ID ... you are such a philistine!!! |
 me or allan? As you have a propensity for making mistakes I have to ask before I can bask in the glory that is philistine 
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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Keep annoying BA plz  
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| Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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You're ALL philistines! There! Satisfied???
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Nope never 
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