Blackadder Explains The Greek Crisis

[Tomliner]

Baldrick: "What I want to know, Sir is, before there was a Euro there were lots of different

types of money that different people used. And now there's only one type of money that

the foreign people use. And what I want to know is, how did we get from one state of affairs

to the other state of affairs"

Blackadder: "Baldrick. Do you mean, how did the Euro start?"

Baldrick: "Yes Sir"

Blackadder: "Well, you see Baldrick, back in the 1980s there were many different countries

all running their own finances and using different types of money. On one side you had the

major economies of France , Belgium , Holland and Germany , and on the other, the weaker

nations of Spain , Greece , Ireland , Italy and Portugal . They got together and decided that

it would be much easier for everyone if they could all use the same money, have one Central Bank,

and belong to one large club where everyone would be happy. This meant that there could never

be a situation whereby financial meltdown would lead to social unrest, wars and crises".

Baldrick: "But this is sort of a crisis, isn't it Sir?".

Blackadder: "That's right Baldrick. You see, there was only one slight flaw with the plan".

Baldrick: "What was that then, Sir?"

Blackadder: "It was a load of b****cks".



EricT

[DaveB]

Indeed

I was always a fan of the EEC.. it made sense but the EU.. no. I'm no financial or political expert but you know the feeling.. you look at something and it doesn't seem quite right..

ATB
DaveB

[Airspeed]

Obviously missed that episode, but it's classic Blackadder scripting.

[Dev One]

Which of course are a French delicacy....not sure about Greek cuisine...could probably be!
Keith

[TobyV]

[Vancouver]

Blackadder always cuts to the chase.

[Filonian]

Graham

[nigelb]

I really enjoy Black Adder so thanks!

Nigel²

[Jon.M]

From inside the Euro zone.

Jon

[Paul K]

Which of course are a French delicacy....

As was Rat au Vin.