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Fred Goodwin isn't a banker
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:21 pm
by Phil Makepeace
Re: Fred Goodwin isn't a banker
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:50 pm
by Alex Holowczak
He might not be a banker, but The Guardian refers to him as:
"The controversial former bank chief Sir Fred Goodwin."
I can see no way in which people can read that to mean "banker". So that's all right then.
Re: Fred Goodwin isn't a banker
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:38 pm
by Gavin Strachan
one day I will be called a chess player.
Re: Fred Goodwin isn't a banker
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:51 pm
by Simon Spivack
Far be it from me to propose that ridicule is the answer to the dilemma that we are not allowed to call Fred the Shred a banker. However, we could remedy the deficiency that we can't even learn the wording of the injunction protecting him by guessing our own. I admit it's been years since I was last north of the border, I am somewhat out of practice. (Where are my cousins when I need them?) I may have it slightly wrong, still, my suggestion is:
"Dinnae footer about wi' thon gallus bawheid scunner, bewaur the galoot, Jimmy."
I think it means something like:
"Man, don't mess around with that very cheeky and repulsive bonehead, be wary of the idiot."