[ssf] and our indentures tripartite are drawn

[hal]

i never wanted to own a bank
i was disappointed when i first heard
but now, as a tax payer, i better consider
keeping tracks on the ins and outs

£ 500 billion = £ 500,000,000,000 [1]

and there is roughly 30 million folk working in the UK [2]

so my share = £ 500,000,000,000 / 30,000,000

crossing through the zeros, my share = £ 50,000 / 3

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                                      = £ 16,666.66 recurring
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well it was worth that much last week
and this is still what it's going to cost me apparently
but it's not worth that this week
am already sitting on losses of a share of £ 2 billion
but then again i should consider the futures
  by christmas, if i can stay in work
  i'll have a bigger share
  cos i'll be one of 29,750,000 remaining [3]

so my share at chrimbols = £ 498,000,000,000 / 29,750,000

crossing through the zeros, my share = £ 49,800,000 / 2,975

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                                      = £ 16,739.50
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blimey, the joy of mathematics, i'd be up by over 70 squid
even if the gobment pisses away two bill
on hbos, llyods etc, etc, etc
that should buy me some pop and comics ...


  but then perhaps i've been thinking about this all wrong
  i mean, do i really own anything here
  don't get me wrong
  i know i'm expected to pay for it
  whether i own it or not really
  but if i don't own it really
  can i own it surreally at least

  i mean, consider hbos --

    hbos you're no bodies boss anymore
    i'm your daddy now, you're owned
    and llyods, same deal
    but with you i fancy a l'little rebranding
    from this point forth
    you shall have a stutter
    and be called l'lyods
    for short, if not for long

-- iv

[1] http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/oct/15/alistair-darling-inquiry
[2] http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=12
[3] http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/16/banking-gordonbrown