We been here before ?

[Racingdude009]

Someone told me about this the other day in a bar had not heard of it before

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sea_Bubble

[Somewhatfoolish]

And back then there was an unsuccesful motion put before parliament, and I quote, "they ought upon this occasion follow the example of the ancient Romans, who, having no law against partricide, because their legislators supposed no son could be so unnaturally wicked as to embrue his hands in his father's blood, made a law to punish this heinous crime as soon as it was committed. They adjudged the guilty wretch to be sewn into a sack and thrown alive into the Tiber... he should be satisfied to see the South-Sea Company directors tied in like manner in sacks, and thrown into the Thames."

Retry this with Labour MPs and I think we can all support it

Edited by Somewhatfoolish on Wednesday 25th February 09:22

[Durruti]

You are jesting?

No, really, you are taking the piss aren't you?

Nu-Labour wker discovers history before Thatcher shocker.

You are living so far up your own arses you must have a great view out of your nostrils.

And you wonder why people have no respect for politicians.

Twat.

Do us all a favour, take a hosepipe out to the garage and un-elect yourself from the gene pool.

Edited by Durruti on Wednesday 25th February 09:24

[merc_man]

Of course we've been here before and doubtless in 20-30 years time it'll happen all over again. You might also like to research a similar thing involving tulip bulbs (not to mention a certain dot.com incident fairly recently).

[fido]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_and_loan_cris...

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http://actuarialwiki.org/~actuaria/index.php?title...

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this

[Rawwr]

I reckon Durruti is AJP Taylor.

[HundredthIdiot]

Racingdude009 said:

Someone told me about this the other day in a bar had not heard of it before

Thanks for indexing Wikipedia for us, one article at a time.

Do you actually have a point?

[Hedders]

Racingdude009 said:

Someone told me about this the other day in a bar had not heard of it before

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sea_Bubble

New labour new all about that kind of thing, it is why they put an end to boom and bust.

[Dunk76]

Racingdude009 said:

Someone told me about this the other day in a bar had not heard of it before

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sea_Bubble

Now they'd had a portly flubber-jawed over-educated unqualiifed Presbyterian pillock to save them from ruination they'd have been alright, just like we are.

[Durruti]

Rawwr said:

I reckon Durruti is AJP Taylor.

Are you implying I've been dead since 1990?

If it's true that's great news - think of the tax rebate I'm due.

mind you I never thought the afterlife would be quite like this

[merc_man]

I agree with a previous poster that it is beyond belief that being a propspective candidate for parliament (if true) you have little or no grasp of the history of the country in which you reside. This subject was covered at school when I were a lad (and it twas all fields etc.) but perhaps that isn't the case these days. Maybe you were too busy being an activist to try and pay attention at the time.

Still I don't suppose financial acumen is high on the list when selecting a parliamentary candidate, let alone a member of the cabinet or Chancellor of the Exchequer.