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Greeks gift large wooden horse to European Central Bank
 Satire, natch.THE nation of Greece said sorry to the European Union with a present of an enormous wooden horse. "See? Ask the Americans, the Canadians, and geeks the world over; we now know friendship is magic." Left outside the European Central Bank in the dead of night, the horse has now been moved into the ECB's central lobby where it is proudly on display. A gift tag attached to the horse, which is surprisingly light for its size and has small holes along the length of its body, suggested that it should be placed in the bank's vaults overnight to avoid it being targeted by thieves. "And don't you DARE look it in the mouth!" Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, said: "How nice of the Greeks to acknowledge the trouble we've been put to on their behalf with this wonderful horse, handmade and so large it could hold a dozen double-decker buses. "The card with it, which had a teddy bear dressed as a hobo on the front, explained that Greece made us this because they don't have enough money for a present, which brought a tear to my eye. "Nothing to fear here. Long live the Greeks bearing gifts!" "However, unless they can somehow find billions overnight then austerity measures must continue." "And see how sparsely-manned many of their military bases are?" Oddly, Greek representatives in Brussels have hinted that they may soon be in a position to settle their debts and have puzzled the French and German banks that hold their loans by asking if there is any discount for cash. The government of Spain has reacted angrily to the gift, accusing the Greeks of trying to bribe the ECB and redoubling their own efforts to weave a gigantic sombrero-wearing straw donkey. Someone's making an ass of themself. Posted by: Korora 2015-07-07 |
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