In a previous post about U.S. bank failures, I expressed puzzlement at the quoted number of crapouts. Thanks to Black Bloke, a convenient list has been brought to our attention. Note that 10 so far have failed this year alone…
Anyone else think a monetary-themed Fail image would be appropriate? Maybe a picture of one of the closed banks, or of someone standing by the door thinking “WTF?” w/ a short comment about the absurdity of a bank failing at having money? Basically, a financial version of one of these is what I’m talking about:
Feel free to correct me if one has already been done.
Edit 090108: No bank fail image as of yet, but Mike points to this artistic rendering of another key to the current clusterfuck:
hey, you ever listen to the Ramones?
I think you might get their sarcasm of life.
“This Business is Killing Me” is a song I think you might appreciate.
I tried to once, but I couldn’t understand WTF they were saying.
really?
I’m no touter, but thats some major weak-sause.
You might start with the “Helicopter Ben” image here: http://www.in-equities.com/2007/12/helicopter-ben.html