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(Some Banker) Amusing Some people are happy if they find a few coins in their couch cushions, Germany just found 55 billion Euro hidden by an accounting error   (moneycontrol.com) divider line 30
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AcneVulgaris
2011-10-29 01:01:23 PM
Just enough to keep Greece from collapsing for a couple more days.
 
Clete Orris
2011-10-29 01:07:47 PM
AcneVulgaris: Just enough to keep Greece from collapsing for a couple more days.

Propped up from behind?
 
All Latest
2011-10-29 01:21:38 PM
Clete Orris: AcneVulgaris: Just enough to keep Greece from collapsing for a couple more days.

Propped up from behind?

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Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener [TotalFark]
2011-10-29 01:22:21 PM
AcneVulgaris: Just enough to keep Greece from collapsing for a couple more days hours.
 
Eunuch Provocateur
2011-10-29 01:27:09 PM
A German made an accounting error?
 
watson.t.hamster
2011-10-29 01:39:42 PM
Eunuch Provocateur: A German made an accounting error?

They ran off all their best accountants like 70 years ago.
 
RoosterCogburn [TotalFark]
2011-10-29 01:40:25 PM
Europe: Yo, we need some help here Germany
Germany: Hey, we're keeping it real over here, staying afloat. Go ask someone else.
Greece: Will work for food
Europe: Cmon Germany, this is getting kinda bad.
Germany: We're totes out of money to hand out, sorry.
Accountant: Uh, actually...
Europe: So, Germany... have you lost some weight recently...
 
Seth'n'Spectrum
2011-10-29 01:42:02 PM
You know who else abolished and nationalized the HRE?
 
Dear Jerk
2011-10-29 02:07:20 PM
Was the ink dry yet on the Greece deal?
 
Loki-L
2011-10-29 02:10:15 PM
AcneVulgaris: Just enough to keep Greece from collapsing for a couple more days.

Actually it is about a quarter of what Germany paid into the European bailout fond. It's not peanuts. In fact one might say that 55 billion Euro might almost count as real money.

I especially like that apparently the accounting mistake was neglecting to subtract what they owe you from what you owe them when calculating how much was owed. This sounds like complicated math indeed.
 
meanyogurt [TotalFark]
2011-10-29 02:34:45 PM
Eunuch Provocateur: A German made an accounting error?

What's seppuku auf deutsch?
 
Modguy [TotalFark]
2011-10-29 03:19:31 PM
Seth'n'Spectrum: You know who else abolished and nationalized the HRE?

Francis II? But what does the Holy Roman Empire have anything to do with this?
 
MrEricSir
2011-10-29 04:51:02 PM
Seth'n'Spectrum: You know who else abolished and nationalized the HRE?

FarkTV?
 
DoBeDoBeDo
2011-10-29 05:09:29 PM
Eunuch Provocateur: A German made an accounting error?

Probably using SAP
 
Zoomaster
2011-10-29 05:11:16 PM
I pulled out my fall jacket and found some dog treats left in it from last year.

/Made Eddie and Izzie happy
 
Summoner101
2011-10-29 05:18:18 PM
Wanted for questioning:

www.sdraps.com
 
Mantour
2011-10-29 05:19:47 PM
o5.com

I guess having Monopoly money has its advantages..
 
Land Ark
2011-10-29 05:56:52 PM
With the money the US re-found this week and now this, I really ought to check the pockets of my pants hanging in my closet to see if I forgot about a couple billion.
 
SDRR
2011-10-29 06:30:17 PM
watson.t.hamster: Eunuch Provocateur: A German made an accounting error?

They ran off all their best accountants like 70 years ago.

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davidphogan
2011-10-29 07:30:26 PM
Zoomaster: I pulled out my fall jacket and found some dog treats left in it from last year.

/Made Eddie and Izzie happy

This reminds me of the time I found $20, a few all zone transit passes, and a pack of cigarettes in a jacket I rarely wear.
 
puffy999
2011-10-29 07:46:48 PM
Serves them right for that Holocaust thing.
 
RedPhoenix122 [TotalFark]
2011-10-29 07:52:20 PM
Eunuch Provocateur: A German made an accounting error?

They forgot to carry the nein.

/cue rimshot
 
Close2TheEdge [TotalFark]
2011-10-29 07:55:26 PM
watson.t.hamster: Eunuch Provocateur: A German made an accounting error?

They ran off all their best accountants like 70 years ago.

Heh.
 
casual disregard [TotalFark]
2011-10-29 09:32:28 PM
Something similar happened to my parents recently. My father is retired Air Force and he has always left the finances to my mother. She formed a habit of squirreling away paper money change from small purchases into a hidden envelope. She found it recently in the summer and it was some several thousand dollars. Not really the same scope, but you know it's not every day that your Dick and Janes boost a few thousand bucks out of thin air.

/related: i was born in west germany when there was such a place
 
AcneVulgaris
2011-10-29 11:28:02 PM
Loki-L: AcneVulgaris: Just enough to keep Greece from collapsing for a couple more days.

Actually it is about a quarter of what Germany paid into the European bailout fond. It's not peanuts. In fact one might say that 55 billion Euro might almost count as real money.

I especially like that apparently the accounting mistake was neglecting to subtract what they owe you from what you owe them when calculating how much was owed. This sounds like complicated math indeed.

Almost...magical math.
 
John Henry Eden
2011-10-29 11:31:48 PM
Sweet. Greece will be very happy that Germany found this extra money to bail them out with.
 
gwydion56 [TotalFark]
2011-10-29 11:36:55 PM
Let me introduce myself. My name is Gunter Getcha, and I am the Chief Accountant for FMS Wertmanagement, a nationalized German commercial bank. I recently discovered an accounting error in the amount of 55 Billion Euros. A mutual friend gave me this discussion board as an excellent means to contact a person who might be able to help me transfer this money to an American account. For your part in expediting the transfer, you would be given 20% of the transfer amount, equal to 11 Billion Euros. Of course, due to the nature of this transfer, your complete confidentiality is requested. If you are interested in assisting me, please respond to this post with your contact email. Of course, BIE is always appreciated.
 
wildcardjack
2011-10-29 11:56:48 PM
watson.t.hamster: Eunuch Provocateur: A German made an accounting error?

They ran off all their best accountants like 70 years ago.

While everyone was on vacation.

2.bp.blogspot.com

VACATION!
 
jayhawk88
2011-10-30 12:12:41 AM
casual disregard: Something similar happened to my parents recently. My father is retired Air Force and he has always left the finances to my mother. She formed a habit of squirreling away paper money change from small purchases into a hidden envelope. She found it recently in the summer and it was some several thousand dollars. Not really the same scope, but you know it's not every day that your Dick and Janes boost a few thousand bucks out of thin air.

/related: i was born in west germany when there was such a place

I have a friend who's mother died this past winter. They were helping his dad get the house cleaned up, get rid of all her clothes, etc, and found like $3500 worth of change they had been keeping in a huge dresser drawer.
 
Gobobo
2011-10-30 09:13:23 AM
I found a fiver in my jeans, once, so this is normal and happens all the time. Nothing to see here.
 
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