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@astrologica wrote:
http://youtu.be/vnuAh3esdpE
This short clip explains the EU finances very clearly.

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There's me writing out a DROP of poetry for your other thread when I see this. Thank you astro.

I cant recall laughing so much for a long, long time. 

Now I must compose myself and perhaps write that bit of  poetry later.  I cant promise, but I might Be patient my dear. Later, later.

http://www.thespoof.com/jokes/12229/blackadder-explains-the-euro

I would have posted the joke but i'd get a slap

Bit of bad news from Europe.

The European courts have decided that the humble penny is too expensive to produce so it is to be fased out.

This means that we in the UK will no longer be able to spend a penny.

However, as we are in the Euro zone we will be able to spend a Euro:

This is to be known as Euronating.

@ #1 Astro:  Brilliant Aussie take on the absurdity of the EU and the Euro.