quote:When Gun-Britt Marklund checked her bank account...
Her parents can't have been too fond of her...
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Your account shows you have ten billion dollars, and you tell the bank it made a mistake???
They're honest in Sweden. Dumb, but honest.
(Because you know if this had happened to me, I'd have kept the money and used it to finance my Librarian Legions of Doom.)
"Child allowance"???
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i bet the whole thing was a money laundering scheme. but who would need to launder 10 billion dollars? richard simmon's zombie robot?
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Me unstable? I'M not the one who's committed Multiple Deericide by Jeep.
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There was something here a few years ago, a North Queensland man found he had 1 hundred trillion (yes TRILLION - and that's the English/Australian Trillion) Dollars in his bank account! LOL! Of course that is probably only $1.50 US
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Snoi: "When dealing with the mentally unstable, it's best to pat them on their head and not neglect their interests.
In the former case, 1.6 million dullez? Surely you jest, madame!
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"Child allowance"???
Yes, Child Allowance. We have it here in Canada, and I'm pretty sure that it exists in Britain and Austrailia. Something that will assist you in feeding a non-working dependant. And no, it is not a substantial amount, as indicated in the article.
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quote:Originally posted by Tahna Los: "Child allowance"???
Yes, Child Allowance. We have it here in Canada, and I'm pretty sure that it exists in Britain and Austrailia. Something that will assist you in feeding a non-working dependant. And no, it is not a substantial amount, as indicated in the article.
i don't know, $10 billion seemed pretty substantial.
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