Fishman Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 The chosen title of this so called deal with the banks made me chuckle. Merlin the Wizard. The conjurer. Are they taking the piss or do they have a sense of humour. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 The chosen title of this so called deal with the banks made me chuckle. Merlin the Wizard. The conjurer. Are they taking the piss or do they have a sense of humour. ? Maybe they have something up their sleeve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realistbear Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 We have gone from Miracles to Merlin. How about good old fashioned hard work for a change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 It's magic. You'll like it, but not a lot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 Maybe they have something up their sleeve? Way-hay !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopGun Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I think the project name is quite apt. Given that our whole economy and most of our gdp weath is illusionary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lepista Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Where's Erranta when you need him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.steve Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 The name "Merlin" derives ultimately from the Welsh Myrddin, the name of the bard Myrddin Wyllt, one of the chief sources for the later legendary figure. Geoffrey of Monmouth Latinized the name to Merlinus in his works; the medievalist Gaston Paris suggests that Geoffrey chose the form Merlinus rather than the regular Merdinus to avoid a resemblance to the Anglo-Norman word merde, for faeces. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin Perhaps we should all refer to it as project Merdin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 We have gone from Miracles to Merlin. How about good old fashioned hard work for a change? No sorry, Merlin is a fitting title for anything related to the Witch Doctors of London who conjure up money from nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Democorruptcy Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 It would have been too obvious if they had called it Project Mervyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 It would have been too obvious if they had called it Project Mervyn. Or Project Bernie ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinceBalls Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Maybe they have something up their sleeve? Yes, the bankers have the politicians arses right up to their elbows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichB Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Not the rolls royce merlin - the superpowered engine that saved Britain from the Nazis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Yes, the bankers have the politicians arses right up to their elbows. Rod Hull Stylee, should have been called project EMU ( no puns intended) that was flightless too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Its just because theres something on the TV called merlin at the moment. If it was the 80s, it would be called project 'only fools and horses' (work!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timm Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) Apparently, Merlin was a Cambion - the offspring of a mortal woman and a supernatural being. No doubt Erranta will be along soon to point out the similarities to Jesus Christ and the Nephlim, and suggest why Merlin might have sent the knights of the round table off on a quest to find the holy grail or san graal. I'm not sure what this has to do with bankers. Edited February 10, 2011 by Timm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Apparently, Merlin was a Cambion - the offspring of a mortal woman and a supernatural being. No doubt Erranta will be along soon to point out the similarities to Jesus Christ and the Nephlim, and suggest why Merlin might have sent the knights of the round table off on a quest to find the holy grail or san graal. I'm not sure what this has to do with bankers. do you drink san gria from the san graal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timm Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 do you drink san gria from the san graal? No, it's blood. Whether the blood is drunk, or inherited, is another question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U235 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Not the rolls royce merlin - the superpowered engine that saved Britain from the Nazis? Supercharged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 No, it's blood. Whether the blood is drunk, or inherited, is another question. ah sang froid peut etre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timm Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) ah sang froid peut etre Lizards? Edited February 10, 2011 by Timm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichB Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Supercharged Yeah, that too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Lizards? bastinado, chinese torture, whos solly now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 Apparently, Merlin was a Cambion - the offspring of a mortal woman and a supernatural being. No doubt Erranta will be along soon to point out the similarities to Jesus Christ and the Nephlim, and suggest why Merlin might have sent the knights of the round table off on a quest to find the holy grail or san graal. I'm not sure what this has to do with bankers. Merlin the Wizard. Wizard, as in Wizard of Oz. Gold, Silver and economic policy and all that. The Wizard was proved to be an illusionist. Surely no co-incidence. All very esoteric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R K Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 It would have been too obvious if they had called it Project Mervyn. More likely that the chinless wonder Bullingdon Boy intern on work experience taking notes in the Treasury office misheard what Osborne said in the conference call. He'll laugh about it in 20 years when he's CEO of RBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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