‘They don’t make money like they used too!’ - the Friar

Christmas is great but it can get a bit boring, to see me through the hours between opening presents and eating turkey, I dug out some of the old notes I collected from my student days travelling around Europe and a pair of scissors. I think you’ll be impressed with how I wasted my time!

‘Watch This Space, Bernanke’ - The Friar

Recently, the Federal Reserve hasn’t been the most popular of institutions, hence it comes as no surprise that you can now get an Abolish The Fed T-Shirt easily online. I’m wondering if that the idea of wearing such a T-shirt is no longer the purvey of anti-capitalists and a little bit more mainstream. In saying that, I haven’t seen anyone wear one yet!

‘Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money’ - The Friar
Here’s a cool money clip that every pocket should have, everytime you remove a note from the money clip, read the engraving saying ‘Think Of When You Had None’. This will make you a little more careful handing over the cash for your purchase and will make you think twice about weather you really need the item and weather your getting good value.

Of course, if you’ve no experience of being poor it might be a little difficult to ‘Think Of When You Had None’, in that case the company would have to come up with a money clip that says ‘Imagine You Had None’.

What is robbing a bank compared with founding a bank? - The Friar

Here is a classic sign found in a bank in America, the sign was put up during Halloween to inform customers to ‘please remove holiday masks before entering the bank. Seems like normal masks are ok, it’s just the holiday ones that they have problems with!