Diary of a repossession

My heart bleeds, it really does - stupid people - they totally overstretched themselves and turned down an offer of £380 for their house....now she's 'reduced to shopping in Morrisons'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1089408/Diary-repossession-One-couple-describes-agony-losing-luxury-400-000-home-credit-crunch.html

rubs hands together

Excellent Smithers... hippy's new bargain basement mansion will soon be purchased and then it's merely a matter of purchasing some hounds.

Ah, Crippler, I remember the day he bagged his first Hippy.

"Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery."
Old Dickens had it spot on.

Paul buys a new BMW Z4 plus a small Rover for our younger son Adam, who's joining him in the new business. That weekend we take both the boys out to a restaurant for a celebratory dinner.

We're throwing a party to celebrate the completion of our new £20,000 bespoke kitchen
perfect example of people completely driven by capitalism and material wealth.

bollocks to them

you read the daily mail and you're calling other people stupid... wtf?

It makes me laugh when I see sombre-faced newsreaders talking about the economic downturn/credit crunch when they're earning £100,000 a year :D

you read the daily mail and you're calling other people stupid... wtf?

how can you judge the stupid people if you don't know what they are doing?

you read the daily mail and you're calling other people stupid... wtf?

I don't read any newspapers, especially not the daily mail

you are referring to the OP, I assume as he said "stupid"

how can you judge the stupid people if you don't know what they are doing?

Exactly. In the words of Sun Tzu - 'Know your enemy.'

how can you judge the stupid people if you don't know what they are doing?

Exactly. In the words of Sun Tzu - 'Know your enemy.'

in the words of Obi Wan Kenobi - "who is more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him?"

he was such a prick

I don't read the Daily Mail....it was linked on another site I visit. But yeah, know your enemy.

"Despite the rent coming in, we're finding it hard to pay for the upkeep on our buy-to-let. We will have to sell it."

The horror!

I wouldn't like to be in their position, but

Sometimes people need a bit of perspective.

I wouldn't like to be in their position, but

Sometimes people need a bit of perspective.

that just turned my stomach :( I want to cry

The photographer Kevin Carter killed himself because (amongst other things) he couldn't cope with what he had seen / photographed.

Even in recession we're so incredibly lucky to have what we have.

It makes me laugh when I see sombre-faced newsreaders talking about the economic downturn/credit crunch when they're earning £100,000 a year :D

I prefer Bill Hicks but, hey...

hey what?

horses eat it

hey what?

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