Caption Competition

13:22 UK time, Friday, 3 October 2008

Winning entries for the caption competition.

This week's picture is of Wall Street, in West Yorkshire.

The competition is now closed. Full rules can be seen here [PDF].

Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:

6. Dodie_James
"You think you 'ad it bad? We used to get up in t'morning, have a three course breakfast, 'ave butler dress us, get chauffeured to school, pay fer swot to do our homework..."

5. Speedingmal
Sat-nav shares predicted to drop.

4. Caddyshaq
They still talk about the great crash of 1929 around here. The milk cart horse was never the same afterwards.

3. TheRealCatherineO
Betty was relieved to discover that her Wall Street dealer son was merely dispensing narcotics in Keighley.

2. SeanieSmith
"Ay son, we used t' have these things called banks..."

1. John_Sevenoaks
Wall Street 2, The Sequel: Grief is Good.

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1. At 12:33pm on 02 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
Northern Rock under new ownership

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2. At 12:33pm on 02 Oct 2008, SimonRooke wrote:
And on your right we see the home of Pink Floyd.

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3. At 12:34pm on 02 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
For a sound investment, you can't beat bricks and mortar.

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4. At 12:35pm on 02 Oct 2008, SimonRooke wrote:
Wall Street, now twinned with Bedlam.

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5. At 12:35pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
Where you can land without a golden parachute

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6. At 12:37pm on 02 Oct 2008, omnipotent wrote:
ITV plan new peak time soap drama to compete with Dallas and Dynasty.

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7. At 12:38pm on 02 Oct 2008, CairnTerrier wrote:
And turn left at the end into Skid Row

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8. At 12:39pm on 02 Oct 2008, Neil wrote:
Gordon Brown's friend Prudence suddenly felt that terrible sinking feeling.

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9. At 12:39pm on 02 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
Wall Street 2, The Sequel - 'Grief is good'.

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10. At 12:40pm on 02 Oct 2008, stigmondo wrote:
Well, we used to own it but its parcelled up, collateralised, and is now in the hands of an offshore company that's gone bust..

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11. At 12:40pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
The running of the Bulls in a new long distance record

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12. At 12:41pm on 02 Oct 2008, stigmondo wrote:
When Satnavs go badly wrong..

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13. At 12:41pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
It was the only place we could find without windows

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14. At 12:43pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
Hazards of buying real estate on eBay #23

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15. At 12:44pm on 02 Oct 2008, stigmondo wrote:
Eeh lad, we had t'Bull Market last month..

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16. At 12:46pm on 02 Oct 2008, penny-farthing wrote:
...eh lad, due t'economic crisis,yer can have yer pudding but gravy's all gone.

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17. At 12:47pm on 02 Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:
Latest Wall Street signs are encouraging says West Yorshire investor.

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18. At 12:48pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
If Sarah Palin wrote the rescue plan.

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19. At 12:48pm on 02 Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:
Wall Street is on the up after recent turbulent trading.

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20. At 12:50pm on 02 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
Wall Street on a stretcher (bricklaying joke).

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21. At 12:54pm on 02 Oct 2008, stigmondo wrote:
No Mr President, this is a different one..

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22. At 12:55pm on 02 Oct 2008, penny-farthing wrote:
Credit crunch and cloth cap chaos.

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23. At 12:55pm on 02 Oct 2008, Magnum Carter wrote:
This recession's beginning to look a lot like the '30s

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24. At 12:57pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
Where in the world is Carly Fiorina?

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25. At 12:58pm on 02 Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:
Foreecasters say that Wall Street has it's 'back against the wall'.

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26. At 12:58pm on 02 Oct 2008, eltelsopwith wrote:
Thanks to crashing property prices the new series of Coronation Street has moved location.

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27. At 12:59pm on 02 Oct 2008, ShatnerSings wrote:
An interesting day in Wall Street as the market sees a rise in Hovis prices in spite of a continuing fall for whippets, clogs and black puddings.

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28. At 1:01pm on 02 Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:
Wall Street goes through the roof !

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29. At 1:03pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
There are Jews in the world, there are Buddhists, there are Hindus and Mormons and then, there are those that follow Mohammed, BUT I've never been one of them...

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30. At 1:03pm on 02 Oct 2008, Harb83 wrote:
The intelligence of the population was brought into question yesterday when it was revealed that we're now having to put signs up on walls to tell us what they are.

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31. At 1:05pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
Forlorn Yorkshiremen

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32. At 1:05pm on 02 Oct 2008, SundayParkGeorge wrote:
Caption Competition berated by Ofcom for choosing picture with obvious current affair connotations

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33. At 1:06pm on 02 Oct 2008, SundayParkGeorge wrote:
A sign of the times

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34. At 1:08pm on 02 Oct 2008, Nzie wrote:
In an advertising bid to increase sympathy and therefore the likelihood that they would get a bail-out, Wall St. called in its decorators to re-do it with the pathos of a Dickensian novel.

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35. At 1:08pm on 02 Oct 2008, SundayParkGeorge wrote:
Saint Wall would have been annoyed that the sign commemorating his birthplace had been botched

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36. At 1:10pm on 02 Oct 2008, eltelsopwith wrote:
Nay lad, we've been arbitragers for generations and arbitragers we'll stay.

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37. At 1:11pm on 02 Oct 2008, purpleprole wrote:
Ee buy buy BUY! Gum

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38. At 1:12pm on 02 Oct 2008, SundayParkGeorge wrote:
Pixar's choice of sequel to Wall-E was topical, if uninspired

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39. At 1:12pm on 02 Oct 2008, MJR wrote:
My Favorite Walls treat is a Magnum

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40. At 1:13pm on 02 Oct 2008, rogueslr wrote:
I'm Lehman on a lamp post at the corner of the street....

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41. At 1:13pm on 02 Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:
Wall Street denies that their are signs showing bricks and mortar are making a comeback.

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42. At 1:14pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
Lehman Brothers power couple choose new wedding venue

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43. At 1:14pm on 02 Oct 2008, Neil wrote:
Estate agents try some frantic re-branding in an attempt to boost sales.

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44. At 1:15pm on 02 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
Beautification of the North disappoints as the Pope can only canonise one side of it.

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45. At 1:17pm on 02 Oct 2008, Neil wrote:
Citibank choose the location of their rather downsized new offering, Villagebank.

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46. At 1:18pm on 02 Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:
Wall Street sign for sale on eBye Gum site.

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47. At 1:19pm on 02 Oct 2008, MJR wrote:
Though I'm covered with soot
From me 'ead to me toes
A sweep knows 'e's welcome
Wherever 'e goes

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48. At 1:20pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
Channelling the spirits of stock brokers and financiers was Mme Lillian's latest get rich quick scheme

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49. At 1:20pm on 02 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
'The building occupies a prime position in a previously up market area. Finance may be a problem.'

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50. At 1:21pm on 02 Oct 2008, eltelsopwith wrote:
After careful brick by brick reconstruction, a Dublin entrepreneur regrets not checking small print of famous landmark purchase.

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51. At 1:24pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steve-L19 wrote:
The original Pots of Money

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52. At 1:24pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steve-L19 wrote:
Chimney sign stolen

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53. At 1:25pm on 02 Oct 2008, Neil wrote:
If the cameraman had moved a few feet to his right, he would have seen the bogsnorkling cyclist hanging from a crane, and normal Caption Comp service could be resumed.

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54. At 1:26pm on 02 Oct 2008, Sean241160 wrote:
George couldn't be sure, but he strongly suspected that both Congress and the Senate were deliberately trying to mislead him...

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55. At 1:26pm on 02 Oct 2008, penny-farthing wrote:
Opening credit to new series...'Last of the summer brine'.

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56. At 1:26pm on 02 Oct 2008, Ollybacon wrote:
Every asset had been sold off on Wall Street to beat the credit crunch. Even the sign had been left up on bricks.

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57. At 1:26pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
The spot heard round the world

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58. At 1:28pm on 02 Oct 2008, rogueslr wrote:
Hadrian thought long and hard before coming up with the name.

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59. At 1:30pm on 02 Oct 2008, rogueslr wrote:
The CIA's attempts to fool Al-Qaeda were doomed to failure.

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60. At 1:33pm on 02 Oct 2008, nerdsunited wrote:
Words for new soap theme tune:

Anyone can fall in Wall Street
That's the easy part you must keep it going
Anyone can fall in Wall Street
Over the years it has to keep falling
Sun and rain
Joy and pain and pain and pain
There's low's - and lows and lows
We've no way of knowing.

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61. At 1:35pm on 02 Oct 2008, KingoFife wrote:
Trouble at Mill?

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62. At 1:36pm on 02 Oct 2008, billshep wrote:
Wall Street relocates in cost-cutting move.

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63. At 1:37pm on 02 Oct 2008, Eregol wrote:
The new rescue package was a relocation idea.
Welcome to Yorkshire bankers!!!

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64. At 1:38pm on 02 Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:
Air investigators called to remote Yorkshire village after latest Wall Street crash

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65. At 1:38pm on 02 Oct 2008, Eregol wrote:
As a result of current economic troubles the new signs for Wall Street were not as glitzy as before.

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66. At 1:38pm on 02 Oct 2008, JobeyHelen wrote:
Little Britain USA...

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67. At 1:38pm on 02 Oct 2008, Johnny Pixels wrote:
I remember when all this used to be skyscrapers

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68. At 1:38pm on 02 Oct 2008, milkybarnick wrote:
Dinner is for wimps; lunch is for Southerners.

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69. At 1:39pm on 02 Oct 2008, Eregol wrote:
Wall Street was really bricking it.

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70. At 1:39pm on 02 Oct 2008, mad_caesar wrote:
New York's residents thought that the mayor's 'cutbacks' may have been taking it slightly too far.

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71. At 1:40pm on 02 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
Credit Crunch at Christmas brings demand for slimmer Santa.

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72. At 1:40pm on 02 Oct 2008, Mute Joe wrote:
Cybersquatting was not a new idea.

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73. At 1:41pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
After seeing fat cats with grins, Alice now saw the grim without the fat cats

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74. At 1:42pm on 02 Oct 2008, Eregol wrote:
On the corner of Foot Path and Ring Road.

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75. At 1:42pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
Leaving no stone unturned in the hunt for those responsible for the meltdown

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76. At 1:42pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
Nay, lad, that should read “Wall tie”

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77. At 1:43pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
A Cornetto? Now that's a Wall's Treat.

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78. At 1:44pm on 02 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
Departing Lehman Brothers staff leave offices stripped bare.

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79. At 1:44pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
In the struggle between Wall St and Main St, it appears Wall St has the lead

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80. At 1:45pm on 02 Oct 2008, julianw138 wrote:
Disaster 'oop North after whippets, black puddings, pigeons, cloth caps, and Geoff Boycott are all sold short. Good news is the bail out will only cost 70p.

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81. At 1:45pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
But, if you look closely, Professor, underneath you can see the original sign reading "Hob's Lane"

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82. At 1:45pm on 02 Oct 2008, Mute Joe wrote:
The residents were disappointed that they were being forced to rename their parish magazine.

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83. At 1:47pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
And this is where they look after our kids - it's called the "Wall Street Creche"

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84. At 1:47pm on 02 Oct 2008, VeerSoon wrote:
Press Association deny travel budget cutbacks affecting photo library.

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85. At 1:48pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
I think you misheard me when I said my boyfriend was a banker on Wall Street

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86. At 1:48pm on 02 Oct 2008, ainvan wrote:
And would you believe it, at No.23 is a Mr Frederick Mac and at No. 74 is a Miss Frances May.

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87. At 1:48pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
Aye, lad, the whole street's made up of walls

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88. At 1:48pm on 02 Oct 2008, jockusa wrote:
Following the repossession, Mr Bradford and Mr Bindley fail to see the irony in the location of their new bedsit.

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89. At 1:49pm on 02 Oct 2008, NormanAS wrote:

Bradford, Bingley, Halifax - invest in West Yorkshire

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90. At 1:49pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
And I hear they're putting up a blue plaque to commemorate the birthplace of the Great British Sausage

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91. At 1:50pm on 02 Oct 2008, penny-farthing wrote:
And just round the corner traders frequented the lunchtime watering-hole....The Olde Stox and Share.

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92. At 1:50pm on 02 Oct 2008, Northern_Simon wrote:
'Ear all, see all, say nowt; Ban all, tax all pay nowt;
An' if ivver thi nationalises t'bank, do eet wi taxpayers brass.

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93. At 1:51pm on 02 Oct 2008, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:
After checking the small print the Lloyds TSB board realised they hadn't spent £12 Bn on buying HBOS, but on buying Halifax. At least they now they owned all of Wall Street

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94. At 1:51pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
Gordon Gecko arranges to have his mail redirected

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95. At 1:52pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
Of course, it's not THE Wall Street. That's in Ramsbottom.

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96. At 1:54pm on 02 Oct 2008, NormanAS wrote:

There must be mortar screw

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97. At 1:55pm on 02 Oct 2008, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:
Ey up lad, some daft yank's just towd us he'd pay £400 Bn to save our homes

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98. At 1:55pm on 02 Oct 2008, Wicked_uk wrote:
Americans return the favour over the sale of London Bridge.

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99. At 1:58pm on 02 Oct 2008, Mersonwastheperson wrote:
"Maam!"
Hovis takes a tumble on Wall Street.

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100. At 2:00pm on 02 Oct 2008, BertieBogroll wrote:
Opening scene from the locally-produced EeeBayWatch.

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101. At 2:01pm on 02 Oct 2008, Wicked_uk wrote:
Where the thin cats live.

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102. At 2:01pm on 02 Oct 2008, Touring Mars wrote:
Stock exchange? I'll give you a bit of my beef stock for some of your chicken if you like?

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103. At 2:05pm on 02 Oct 2008, Magnum Carter wrote:
you think that's bad, 5th Avenue's a cul-de-sac

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104. At 2:05pm on 02 Oct 2008, NormanAS wrote:

Well ah'll go t'FTSE of our stairs

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105. At 2:06pm on 02 Oct 2008, Wicked_uk wrote:
Financial markets in the 21st century.

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106. At 2:06pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
A bit of a stir was caused when two friends parted and one said "Bye, bye"

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107. At 2:07pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
A local shop sells pillories and seats - it's called "Stocks and Chairs"

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108. At 2:07pm on 02 Oct 2008, Wicked_uk wrote:
Banking with nowt taken out.

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109. At 2:08pm on 02 Oct 2008, madwytch wrote:
Wall Street bailout hits Property Market hurdles...

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110. At 2:09pm on 02 Oct 2008, SophieBowley-Aicken wrote:
The Wall St sign tried to look nonchalant as it stifled a sneeze.

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111. At 2:09pm on 02 Oct 2008, NormanAS wrote:

Locals had stolen the rest of the "Wall Stops Here" sign to sell for scrap

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112. At 2:09pm on 02 Oct 2008, Wicked_uk wrote:
Another Lowry day in the markets.

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113. At 2:10pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
The next road's called "Titanic St." but one of the chimney pots fell off

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114. At 2:10pm on 02 Oct 2008, electricBrookesey wrote:
As the famous bell rang in a new dawn on Wall Street, a brave investor threw down the opening gambit to herald the start of what would be tumultuous day's trading. "2 x 99's and a Cornish Wafer please mister - Hold on the Raspberry Sauce"..... The rest was history.

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115. At 2:13pm on 02 Oct 2008, meinzadram wrote:
Much to Bono's surprise this street did have a name

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116. At 2:14pm on 02 Oct 2008, Mersonwastheperson wrote:
Bradford and Bingley re-start trading at Settle's Wednesday market.

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117. At 2:15pm on 02 Oct 2008, BertieBogroll wrote:
Freddie Mac got that 'we're not in Kansas anymore' feeling when he heard the haunting strains of On Ilkla Moor baht 'at coming from around the corner.

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118. At 2:17pm on 02 Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:
Bradford AND Bingley hit in Wall Street crash.

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119. At 2:17pm on 02 Oct 2008, Kramaring wrote:
Relocation, Relocation, Relocation.

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120. At 2:23pm on 02 Oct 2008, Mersonwastheperson wrote:
Trading on Wall Street, York has enjoyed something of a reinvigoration since the turmoils of 2008.

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121. At 2:23pm on 02 Oct 2008, Touring Mars wrote:
I remember the Great Crash of '29... there was coal and bits of horse-drawn cart everywhere!

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122. At 2:23pm on 02 Oct 2008, infuriated wrote:
Whenever I walk with the city bunch,
Conversation will turn to the credit crunch,
And the price of their shares;
These short-sellers and bears,
And they wait at the corners all ready to eat
The budget from Congress to rescue Wall Street
Each takes all that he dares,
and I say to them "Bears,
Just look how I'm pulling out my white hairs"

And the Tories all growl to each other, "He's lunch,
We can blame Brown and Labour for this credit crunch"
And some of the bankers will try to pretend
That it's just a blip in a more positive trend;
And they try to pretend that they've got enough cash
To get through a modern-day Wall Street Crash.
But only sillies believe their talk;
We all know that their bubble's been pricked with a fork.
And it's ever so tragic to call out, "Bears,
You've killed the economy!" But none of them cares.

-- A.A. Darling

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123. At 2:26pm on 02 Oct 2008, Mr_Myth_Man wrote:
Devastation in Yorkshire as the residents of one street find out the $700billion isn't for them!

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124. At 2:27pm on 02 Oct 2008, DiceManCometh wrote:
After weeks of deliberation, 'Britains where bang your head' has been decided

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125. At 2:30pm on 02 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
"Those sign makers must be short-selling. Tha's no 'reet."

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126. At 2:31pm on 02 Oct 2008, Wicked_uk wrote:
Wall Street was sponsored by the letters U and S and the number 700 billion.

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127. At 2:32pm on 02 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
Property speculation: "When we need one, there's not a hedge in sight."

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128. At 2:35pm on 02 Oct 2008, arporter wrote:
the Great Depression architectural style was all the rage on Wall Street

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129. At 2:37pm on 02 Oct 2008, morias wrote:
And they said it was grim up North?

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130. At 2:39pm on 02 Oct 2008, webmowgli wrote:
Beijing University students propose new name for Tiananmen Square

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131. At 2:39pm on 02 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
After scraping away the muck, archaelologists were disappointed to find no brass.

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132. At 2:41pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
Aye, it used to be called "South Sea Bubble St."

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133. At 2:42pm on 02 Oct 2008, rogueslr wrote:
'Arry, it's supposed to say 'iS 77VM', you've got it upside down!

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134. At 2:42pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
Skyscrapers, lad? Some of the buildings around here are over four storeys high.

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135. At 2:44pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
The streets in Mumbles are all named after their most illustrious daughter's husband's films

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136. At 2:45pm on 02 Oct 2008, CaptionPugwash wrote:
"Irresponsbile leverage played a major part in the acquisition of Wall Street"

Said Judge Walker in summing up the case of Jimmy the Crowbar's spate of road-sign thefts.

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137. At 2:46pm on 02 Oct 2008, Touring Mars wrote:
Stocks went into freefall on Wall St. last night as Mrs. Braithwaite knocked over her spice rack

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138. At 2:52pm on 02 Oct 2008, Dodie_James wrote:
Darling, you know I said I'd got that major new job in debt collection…

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139. At 2:52pm on 02 Oct 2008, WildGardener wrote:
The Yorkshire Penny Bank manager's prayer: "From 'ull, 'ell, and the 'alifax, may Gord(on) deliver us."

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140. At 2:53pm on 02 Oct 2008, InvisibleEuropean wrote:
The other end of Wall street. Nice pointing though.

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141. At 2:53pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
Aye, we've got our own Stock Exchange here - we often pop over to swap an Oxo cube for some Bovril

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142. At 2:56pm on 02 Oct 2008, EngineeredSunshine wrote:
Where the Wall Street Journal is more commonly known as the Yorkshire Post.

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143. At 2:57pm on 02 Oct 2008, Jordy1967 wrote:
The Town Planners of yesteryear showed a distinct lack of imagination when naming streets in West Yorkshire.

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144. At 3:01pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
Redesign? What about basing the new Wall Street design on that British place, Yorkastershire?

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145. At 3:02pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
Anotherbrickinthewall Street was finally abbreviated.

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146. At 3:02pm on 02 Oct 2008, Mute Joe wrote:
Director's Note: Cut to scene of cat walking across flat roof...

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147. At 3:03pm on 02 Oct 2008, Dodie_James wrote:
Darling, you know when I said I'd got that exciting new job in financial reconstruction, and I thought we'd have to relocate, and we sold the house and everything, well..

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148. At 3:13pm on 02 Oct 2008, CamberwellBeauty wrote:
Is this the famous wall Humpty Dumpty sat on?

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149. At 3:13pm on 02 Oct 2008, dmsplat wrote:
The 2008 wall street crash led to Gordon’s 1983 fiesta being written off – but he wonders how the insurer’s will afford the pay-out...

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150. At 3:14pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
Sign on the dodgy line

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151. At 3:15pm on 02 Oct 2008, Magnum Carter wrote:
...well it might as well be

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152. At 3:18pm on 02 Oct 2008, CaptionPugwash wrote:
The use of Cornice Designation Swaps (CDS's) ended when it became apparent that Wall Street only supported by low-quality residential property.

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153. At 3:20pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
Another brick in the Wall

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154. At 3:20pm on 02 Oct 2008, Wicked_uk wrote:
Nightmare on Wall Street

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155. At 3:22pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
Free building with every new savings account

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156. At 3:23pm on 02 Oct 2008, grazvalentine wrote:
The only return you'll get round here is the Rover's.

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157. At 3:25pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
We bought another bank today, Harry. That brick up there second from the right is all ours.

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158. At 3:28pm on 02 Oct 2008, littleDickie wrote:
Continuing #40...

"..in case a certain Palin goes by,
Oh me, Oh my,
In case that certain little Palin,
Goes bye-bye..."

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159. At 3:29pm on 02 Oct 2008, Tkhawkey wrote:
"Primitave it may be, but at least they wont be able to end it all from the top of these 2 floor office blocks..."

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160. At 3:30pm on 02 Oct 2008, Touring Mars wrote:
After a day of furious trading here on Wall St., Jonny had swapped his two extra Frank Lampard stickers for one Didier Drogba and a packet of Frazzles.

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161. At 3:30pm on 02 Oct 2008, amrollawalla wrote:
Channel 4 unveils its new soap opera based on the simple Yorkshire values of community, hard work, and high risk investment portfolios backed by sub-prime lending and toxic debt.

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162. At 3:31pm on 02 Oct 2008, Mute Joe wrote:
Wall St. sold to Robert P. McCulloch.

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163. At 3:31pm on 02 Oct 2008, SteveDubya wrote:
With Gordon Gecko safely out of the way, it was time for Graham Greyhound to make his pitch.

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164. At 3:33pm on 02 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
"Ay, lad. T'wall were built by some Dutch folk. We booted 'em out in 1653. Don't know what 'appened to 'em after that, tho'."

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165. At 3:36pm on 02 Oct 2008, Caddyshaq wrote:
Well that explains the market price of Wensleydale Cheese

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166. At 3:42pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
I thought it was only house PRICES that were sinking!

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167. At 3:43pm on 02 Oct 2008, rogueslr wrote:
And we cross now to Robert Peston in Wall Street, however, due to BBC cutbacks not THAT Wall Street.

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168. At 3:43pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
These self-build kits aren't as easy as they look, are they?

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169. At 3:44pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
And you put flap A into slot B and...Ah, can we check those plans again?

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170. At 3:44pm on 02 Oct 2008, Caddyshaq wrote:
Foggy, Clegg, and Compo could never have imagined the global impact their shorts selling shenanigans would have

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171. At 3:44pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
Room at the top? Not in this street?

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172. At 3:44pm on 02 Oct 2008, vketcher wrote:
Wall St UK was quietly pleased at his US namesakes fall from grace.....

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173. At 3:45pm on 02 Oct 2008, Birneybau wrote:
Oh Aye,Its Grim Oop North

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174. At 3:45pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
Ragged edge split screen strikes again.

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175. At 3:46pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
And this is where they found that merchant banker that sold for £75,000 in a tank of formaldehyde.

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176. At 3:47pm on 02 Oct 2008, marineJannetto wrote:
'e were a great ba(n)ker, were our dad.....

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177. At 3:47pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
The Footsie wears a hob-nailed boot in this street, lad!

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178. At 3:49pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
They only name a street that if it has a wall in it.

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179. At 3:52pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
And this is my dry run for repointing the Great Wall of China.

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180. At 3:52pm on 02 Oct 2008, marineJannetto wrote:
"Don't forget they're crackers, Gromit!"

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181. At 3:57pm on 02 Oct 2008, marineJannetto wrote:
The jolly fat guy in the red suit just didn't fit down there....

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182. At 4:00pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
Actually, it should have read "Street Wall"

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183. At 4:11pm on 02 Oct 2008, fbxiii wrote:
That chimney pot could do with straightening up.

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184. At 4:15pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
This is the street where Gordon Geckythump was born and brought up!

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185. At 4:17pm on 02 Oct 2008, johnny_lyttle wrote:
The upcoming Coronation Street spin-off series promises to have "plenty of ups and downs, and a major crash in the opening episode..."

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186. At 4:17pm on 02 Oct 2008, Bigtrousers wrote:
Backs Street is just round the corner

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187. At 4:17pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
Fill yer hobnailed boots!

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188. At 4:19pm on 02 Oct 2008, Luke_L wrote:
Titanic was back, but even that had undergone downsizing.

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189. At 4:20pm on 02 Oct 2008, rogueslr wrote:
Emmerdale meets Dallas, the new series here on ITV1.

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190. At 4:21pm on 02 Oct 2008, sl4dude wrote:
HA HA HA... OUR WALL STREET ACTUALLY HAS A WALL!

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191. At 4:24pm on 02 Oct 2008, MersonTuffers wrote:
Now that they were bored with oil, the speculators on Wall Street turned their attention to the price of bricks, and chimneys, and tv ariels...

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192. At 4:25pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
It's a wall. It's a street. What are you complaining about?

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193. At 4:28pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
No, Sir, this is Old York.

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194. At 4:28pm on 02 Oct 2008, jimmyog wrote:
Yanks pinning hopes on Pudsey, for 'Bear Market' recovery.

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195. At 4:29pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
We tried smoking pot on Wall Street but we couldn't get our lips around any of them.

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196. At 4:29pm on 02 Oct 2008, fionapar wrote:
I think Brick Lane was more successful...

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197. At 4:29pm on 02 Oct 2008, MersonTuffers wrote:
The Redneck tourists totally missed the irony when they came across the downscaled, Yorkshire version of Wall St.

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198. At 4:30pm on 02 Oct 2008, Number_Wang wrote:
Coronation Street invests in new location as property meets new low.

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199. At 4:32pm on 02 Oct 2008, fionapar wrote:
The latest wall built up north is designed to keep the bankers out

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200. At 4:32pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
You misheard, Sir. This area is renowned for its high fine ants.

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201. At 4:33pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
Is this really the spot for a steeple-jack's training school?

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202. At 4:33pm on 02 Oct 2008, mosdela wrote:
Gone to the Wall St!

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203. At 4:35pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
The Wall Street Crash - Let's hope it doesn't knock down my house

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204. At 4:36pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
Japanese tourists got the wrong end of the stick

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205. At 4:38pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
This the only Wall Street where one can experience a good cup of tea with a Rich Tea biscuit

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206. At 4:38pm on 02 Oct 2008, nigelmccc wrote:
And this is one example of how posh the graffiti around here has got.

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207. At 4:38pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
Where have the billions of dollars gone to?

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208. At 4:39pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
No wonder housing's dropping in value. As you can see, t'whole ruddy town's made of poor-quality Lego.

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209. At 4:40pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
George Bush directs failing banks to West Yorkshire. Well they will still have Wall Street in their address

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210. At 4:42pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
Stags, bulls and bears? Aye, but we’ve got t’zoo in Blackpool.

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211. At 4:46pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
You can tell the BBC's needs to cut down on costs when they send their correspondants to West Yorkshire, not NYC.

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212. At 4:48pm on 02 Oct 2008, Mute Joe wrote:
The teachers were disappointed at the Marbella alternative.

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213. At 4:49pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
The three chimneys feel forgotten in the photo.

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214. At 4:50pm on 02 Oct 2008, georgehh wrote:
Just another brick in the wall

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215. At 4:50pm on 02 Oct 2008, fbxiii wrote:
"If the wall was 6 inches longer, I wouldnt of needed to abreviate the word Street"

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216. At 4:50pm on 02 Oct 2008, MaryJq wrote:
Yet another sat-nav blunder.

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217. At 4:51pm on 02 Oct 2008, kosmograd wrote:
" 'e wer' a great broker wer' my Dad."

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218. At 4:54pm on 02 Oct 2008, Touring Mars wrote:
Returning from their 6-month long, all expenses paid holiday in the Bahamas, the Lehman Brothers hardly recognised the place...

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219. At 4:56pm on 02 Oct 2008, fbxiii wrote:
And across t'way is Richmond Road and Lashford Lane...

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220. At 4:58pm on 02 Oct 2008, georgehh wrote:
Safe as houses?

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221. At 4:59pm on 02 Oct 2008, Touring Mars wrote:
What did I tell thee about those sub-prime borrowers, ye daft apeth!

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222. At 5:01pm on 02 Oct 2008, georgehh wrote:
'For sale - Under offer'

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223. At 5:04pm on 02 Oct 2008, georgehh wrote:
"Caution - dead end"

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224. At 5:09pm on 02 Oct 2008, SeanieSmith wrote:
Dow!

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225. At 5:09pm on 02 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
The air cleared even as the mood of the Wall Street traders darkened. Sales of coke would never recover.

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226. At 5:14pm on 02 Oct 2008, blues_x_man wrote:
Eh up! T'internet said Wall Street were collapsing. Not worth the paper' written on were that

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227. At 5:14pm on 02 Oct 2008, Tremorman wrote:
It's just a sign of the times........

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228. At 5:14pm on 02 Oct 2008, ScottyDooDoo wrote:
NEWSFLASH!! - Wall St. left rattled by the announcement that the town council at Keighley has rejected the controversial £720 financial 'bail-out' plan for new hanging baskets.

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229. At 5:15pm on 02 Oct 2008, Steele Hawker wrote:
They should never have let Compo and Clegg take over running of t'bank

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230. At 5:15pm on 02 Oct 2008, Tremorman wrote:
Ice cream giant facing meltdown.

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231. At 5:19pm on 02 Oct 2008, aliotis wrote:
Wall St. English version - not paved with gold - not even paved.

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232. At 5:22pm on 02 Oct 2008, SeanieSmith wrote:
"The Wall Street Crash...I remember it well, lad. There were three old fellas coming down the hill on a bedstead..."

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233. At 5:24pm on 02 Oct 2008, keefrhodes wrote:
ITV denies that travel budget cuts are affecting it's news updates.

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234. At 5:27pm on 02 Oct 2008, SeanieSmith wrote:
"NY? Oh, you didn't mean North Yorkshire...."

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235. At 5:32pm on 02 Oct 2008, likklepete wrote:
Wall street up in smoke.

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236. At 5:35pm on 02 Oct 2008, Plonk102 wrote:
and for $700bn, all this could be yours.

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237. At 5:39pm on 02 Oct 2008, SeanieSmith wrote:
"Ay son, we used t' have these things called banks...."

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238. At 5:40pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
Is there a lad called Harvey and a rusty 1985 Datsun Cherry down this street?

Well that's a Yorkshire Harvey Wallbanger!

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239. At 5:41pm on 02 Oct 2008, youngWillz wrote:
"Been a change in the wallets of these fat cats. No more E and their T is out".

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240. At 5:41pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
Is the phrase "'ole in wall" came from this street?

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241. At 5:43pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
T'there is more t'heritage in this t'street than the one t'over t'pond

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242. At 5:43pm on 02 Oct 2008, Plonk102 wrote:
In a distant future, where mankind has abandoned earth because it has become covered with trash from products sold by a powerful multi-national... oh sorry, thats Wall E.

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243. At 5:46pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
Wall to Wall carping

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244. At 5:47pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
Bob is asking the estate agent to keep the house price study as it will affect the whole world.

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245. At 5:48pm on 02 Oct 2008, youngWillz wrote:
"Of course it's not the REAL Wall Street! That were bricked up along wi' the mines under Thatcher, tha' knows!"

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246. At 5:49pm on 02 Oct 2008, youngWillz wrote:
God's Own Country sends a siren call to New York - form a brass band quick!

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247. At 5:51pm on 02 Oct 2008, fionapar wrote:
Ozymandias!

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248. At 5:51pm on 02 Oct 2008, Discombobulator wrote:
On Ilkley Moor Bad debt.

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249. At 5:53pm on 02 Oct 2008, youngWillz wrote:
Keeping a(chimney)bre(a)st of what's 'appening on Wall Street.

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250. At 6:00pm on 02 Oct 2008, Dubhglhas wrote:
Granville! F..fetch yer cloth!

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251. At 6:04pm on 02 Oct 2008, youngWillz wrote:
Wall Street in a bare market town.

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252. At 6:09pm on 02 Oct 2008, francoleman wrote:
Its grim up Wall Street

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253. At 6:16pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
It's like t'famous one but without t'hangover

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254. At 6:17pm on 02 Oct 2008, lavaboarder wrote:
700 Billion black puddings bail out rescues failing yorkshire economy

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255. At 6:17pm on 02 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
Fannie Mae? Aye, but not without your wearing a Freddie Mac.

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256. At 6:19pm on 02 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
Sign of the Dimes

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257. At 6:22pm on 02 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
Aye, there are only fourteen houses and a pub in our street, but we've got accommodation addresses for half the financial organisations in Eastern Europe

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258. At 6:24pm on 02 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
In 1626, Peter Minuit could have bought half of West Yorkshire for a lot less than 24 dollars

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259. At 6:25pm on 02 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
It is a little-known fact that Compo was originally to have been called Gekko

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260. At 6:44pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
I was down int pit but at least the Yankies will be going down int pit as well

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261. At 6:58pm on 02 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
Look, there's a Man with a Hatton

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262. At 7:07pm on 02 Oct 2008, fionapar wrote:
The council have voted to rename it "Fall Street"

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263. At 7:09pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
The catch and release strategy for rehoming errant CEOs would prove highly successful

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264. At 7:21pm on 02 Oct 2008, Mute Joe wrote:
Mysterious chimney posters were being fly-posted everywhere.

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265. At 7:25pm on 02 Oct 2008, W_K_Snowdon wrote:
A C Counts 3sq
11 Wall Str33t
N3w York

Dear Mr Counts

Du3 to an ongoing probl3m with our syst3ms, please could you r3turn th3 $700Bn at your 3arliest conveni3nce.

Yours
US Tr3asury

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266. At 7:32pm on 02 Oct 2008, SeanieSmith wrote:
"Wall Street Markets in Turmoil
- ladies' underwear now half price"

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267. At 7:38pm on 02 Oct 2008, SeanieSmith wrote:
New York bank admits to biggest mistake in 100 years - stone cladding.

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268. At 7:44pm on 02 Oct 2008, W_K_Snowdon wrote:
High above, incompetent vultures circled..

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269. At 7:47pm on 02 Oct 2008, fionapar wrote:
A leading contender in the "Stating the Bleedin' Obvious" class in the local art competition

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270. At 7:49pm on 02 Oct 2008, Candace9839 wrote:
Where the only right kind of bank is Banksy

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271. At 7:52pm on 02 Oct 2008, W_K_Snowdon wrote:
Joking apart, we've our own problems. Have you seen the price of ferrets?

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272. At 8:02pm on 02 Oct 2008, Jordan D wrote:
When Wall St becomes Main St

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273. At 8:03pm on 02 Oct 2008, Jordan D wrote:
Credit Crunch hits Wall St, PA

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274. At 8:03pm on 02 Oct 2008, Jordan D wrote:
Hole in the Wall (St)?

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275. At 8:12pm on 02 Oct 2008, W_K_Snowdon wrote:
As politicians and financiers across the world became desperate to find someone else to blame for the crisis, salvation was in sight with the discovery of a Mrs Doris Hepplethwaite, of 11 Wall Street, who had inadvertently bounced a cheque in 1957..

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276. At 8:13pm on 02 Oct 2008, TheRealCatherineO wrote:
Betty was relieved to discover that her Wall Street dealer son was merely dispensing narcotics in Keighley.

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277. At 8:16pm on 02 Oct 2008, W_K_Snowdon wrote:
Paaah dada da-da-da, paaah dada da-da-da.. plonk.

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278. At 8:37pm on 02 Oct 2008, W_K_Snowdon wrote:
One day son, all this will be the Government's..

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279. At 8:48pm on 02 Oct 2008, Norm01 wrote:
After the credit crunch hits home US investment banks downsize their offices!

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280. At 8:52pm on 02 Oct 2008, Dodie_James wrote:
You think you ad it bad? We used to get up in t’morning, have a three course breakfast, 'ave butler dress us, get chauffeured to school, pay fer swot to do our homework..

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281. At 8:52pm on 02 Oct 2008, Hobbitmorley wrote:
Arthur Daley posts Wall Street on E-Bay in Minder's Crash Come-Back.

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282. At 9:00pm on 02 Oct 2008, Dodie_James wrote:
My word is my bonding..

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283. At 9:01pm on 02 Oct 2008, allhallowseve wrote:
A Gloom With a View

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284. At 9:20pm on 02 Oct 2008, Whistling Neil wrote:
Flooded Bradford thanks President Bush for the welcome gift of buckets.

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285. At 9:35pm on 02 Oct 2008, Whistling Neil wrote:
Bradford and Bingleys HQ relocation unfortunately hadn't fooled Congress.

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286. At 9:48pm on 02 Oct 2008, Whistling Neil wrote:
Mavis, come and see what this american gentleman has just left us.

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287. At 9:52pm on 02 Oct 2008, Whistling Neil wrote:
Georges poor geography was becoming an embarrasment

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288. At 9:56pm on 02 Oct 2008, mrabarth wrote:
Gordon Gekko joins Coronation Street as new local heart throb...

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289. At 10:01pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac place of escape

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290. At 10:16pm on 02 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
Where do they get the bowler hat from in the Bradford and Bingley adverts? All flatcaps!

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291. At 10:18pm on 02 Oct 2008, SundayParkGeorge wrote:
Cracking Gromit, I've had a street half named after me.

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292. At 10:37pm on 02 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
Dhow Jones? Yeah, Welsh guy. He runs a boatyard near here.

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293. At 10:39pm on 02 Oct 2008, Cracovian wrote:
The global economy hits a brick wall.

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294. At 10:44pm on 02 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
Say, Bert, what commission rate do we get on kudos?

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295. At 10:45pm on 02 Oct 2008, Northern_Simon wrote:
Economic Brownturn

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296. At 10:49pm on 02 Oct 2008, MuteJoe wrote:
This article is about the New York street. For other uses, see Wall Street (disambiguation).

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297. At 10:53pm on 02 Oct 2008, MuteJoe wrote:
Between Wall RT and Wall TT

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298. At 00:14am on 03 Oct 2008, ErnoldStrangeButBlue wrote:
Greed, it's reet good you know.

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299. At 00:17am on 03 Oct 2008, ankadara wrote:
when wall street is on the edge and out in the cold, its neighbours get the flues.

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300. At 00:19am on 03 Oct 2008, ankadara wrote:
neighbour goes to pot as wall street gets stoned

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301. At 00:34am on 03 Oct 2008, ankadara wrote:
sign that wall street is out in the cold causes stacks of buildings to diminish

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302. At 00:36am on 03 Oct 2008, Katanamochi wrote:
A desperate G Brown asks the Coronation Street writers do their bit to bolster support for his economic recovery plan.

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303. At 00:37am on 03 Oct 2008, PhilWal0 wrote:
"It's grim oop North America."

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304. At 00:39am on 03 Oct 2008, ankadara wrote:
stacks beside themselves as wall street has its back to the wall, is left out in the cold

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305. At 00:45am on 03 Oct 2008, ankadara wrote:
stacks beside themselves with sign of a wall st crash pointing to fundamamental flaws in the housing (pointing as in cement pointing between bricks)(st=street crashed)

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306. At 00:59am on 03 Oct 2008, ToeDriscoll wrote:
...where the young neighbourhood chimneys would hang out for a sneaky smoke...

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307. At 01:00am on 03 Oct 2008, ankadara wrote:
stacks beside themselves as sign of wall street cutting corners in gloomy bricks and mortar shambles is highlighted

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308. At 01:03am on 03 Oct 2008, ankadara wrote:
stacks go up in smoke as wall street has its back to the wall and is braced for investigation into cutting corners

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309. At 02:01am on 03 Oct 2008, cheesed-off wrote:
Overdue for demolition.

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310. At 02:37am on 03 Oct 2008, GRANDPEARLM wrote:
WALL ST GOES UP IN SMOKE

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311. At 02:51am on 03 Oct 2008, fionabaird wrote:
How have the mighty fallen!

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312. At 03:17am on 03 Oct 2008, littleDickie wrote:
Once was a young fella named Ball,
Who thought he had all on the Wall,
'Twas pity, you see,
His patella, not knee,
Caused stumble to tumble, and fall.

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313. At 04:05am on 03 Oct 2008, littleDickie wrote:
Humpty Dumpty was pushed,
His shell all broken and crushed,
If you thought for a minute,
His heart wasn't in it,
Like Wall Street, it was all BUSHed.

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314. At 04:15am on 03 Oct 2008, seamusseamus wrote:
Oh halcyon days of sausages and ice cream, with smoke stacks and Concerto de Orange Juice soaring in the background.

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315. At 04:15am on 03 Oct 2008, cptsalazar wrote:
Due to a misunderstanding it was the first and last time Geoffrey Boycott would ever get to unleash his opinions on global economic policy.

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316. At 04:45am on 03 Oct 2008, mischievousnightowl wrote:
Stacks of soot not loot

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317. At 05:21am on 03 Oct 2008, claireedel wrote:
Government may pass a £700 billion gravy bill as the price of yorkshire puddings are still on the rise due to unstable stocks and hares in the super markets!

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318. At 05:33am on 03 Oct 2008, seamusseamus wrote:
Bricks and stones may break my bones, but Wall Street will forever hurt me.

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319. At 06:36am on 03 Oct 2008, redalfa147 wrote:
Credibility Crunch

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320. At 06:43am on 03 Oct 2008, redalfa147 wrote:
You'll be telling me Albert Square isn't real next!

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321. At 06:46am on 03 Oct 2008, redalfa147 wrote:
Saint Wall complains that his 'blue plaque' is poorly made in so many ways.

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322. At 06:48am on 03 Oct 2008, redalfa147 wrote:
"Are you sure you meant Wall Street was full of BRICKS?"

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323. At 06:51am on 03 Oct 2008, redalfa147 wrote:
On this street you're continually trying to keep up with the Dow Joneses.

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324. At 07:37am on 03 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
Fans are shocked to learn that the theme to "Coronation Street" is to be replaced by something by Gershwin

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325. At 07:54am on 03 Oct 2008, GreatUncleBulgariaJr wrote:
Reet lad, that's Wall Street done, now we've got fert move Yankee Stadium t'Headingley, Central Park t'Ilkley Moor and t'Statue Of Liberty to Huddersfield

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326. At 08:03am on 03 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
'Course, the guy in number 8 isn't THE Michael Douglas

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327. At 08:15am on 03 Oct 2008, chester_copperpott wrote:
The street is built atop an ancient Roman wall, built around the 100 AD as protection from enemies of the Empire. Now, what we need is a name that reflects its deep and significant cultural heritage...

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328. At 08:21am on 03 Oct 2008, Whitbylassie wrote:
Wall Street really needed a good clean up ..

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329. At 08:22am on 03 Oct 2008, Mozza3322 wrote:
BBC in "Sterotype baiting" probe!

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330. At 08:45am on 03 Oct 2008, mad_caesar wrote:
There's parties like it's 1945 as, in his infinite wisdom, Bush signs the £700bn cheque over to the wrong Wall St.

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331. At 08:49am on 03 Oct 2008, JMVRobson wrote:
Text message to Wall Street, NY:

"Another few weeks and we'll be significantly richer than thou."

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332. At 08:50am on 03 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
Mrs Jones called her son Dow 'as his name is always on the news and his address'

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333. At 08:51am on 03 Oct 2008, pinkfloydareace wrote:
The bush at no4 Wall Street does a better job than a Mr GW Bush

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334. At 08:59am on 03 Oct 2008, david regan wrote:
Yep, this is where it all started, working from the shed in the back yard. I didn't have a name for the company, so I named it after the street. Who would have thought, all those years ago, that ice cream would be so popular !!!

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335. At 09:01am on 03 Oct 2008, david regan wrote:
Go to Wall St. they said - you'll make pots !!

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336. At 09:02am on 03 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
Commodities? Nah, but I've got something that'll go under the bed.

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337. At 09:02am on 03 Oct 2008, SideshowCecil wrote:
Turn right onto Wall St and then you'll see Penny Lane, it's right in front of you, you can't miss it.

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338. At 09:03am on 03 Oct 2008, david regan wrote:
As Wall St. sinks deeper, the new West Yorks cruise liner sails into town!

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339. At 09:05am on 03 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
Every time I say "Buy! Buy!” he just walks off

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340. At 09:07am on 03 Oct 2008, Whistling Neil wrote:
"Grandad have you always lived here?!
"No lad,when I were a boy there were banks here as far as the eye could see."

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341. At 09:07am on 03 Oct 2008, david regan wrote:
As he walked into a brick wall, the stranger in town cursed the pesky kids who had broken the "WALL Stop" warning sign!

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342. At 09:26am on 03 Oct 2008, ianslat wrote:
Lunch is for wimps, but dinner is for anyone who likes pie, chips and mushy peas.

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343. At 09:27am on 03 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
"Grab what you can, lads. It's all coming down tomorrow."

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344. At 09:31am on 03 Oct 2008, ianslat wrote:
Jimmy McGovern to remake movie.

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345. At 09:35am on 03 Oct 2008, Captionblogger wrote:
The home of the New Yorkshire stock exchange

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346. At 09:37am on 03 Oct 2008, Captionblogger wrote:
"You think you've got it tough son? Well let me tell you, when I were a lad, I only made a 2 million dollar bonus one year!"

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347. At 09:39am on 03 Oct 2008, Whistling Neil wrote:
Arriving at the address Lehamns had given them Barclays managers feared they had misread the small print.

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348. At 09:42am on 03 Oct 2008, Jonathan Bell wrote:
The Very Small Sign Act of 2014 made it much easier to forget about the larger catastrophes of years gone by.

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349. At 09:45am on 03 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
Uncle Jeb's present from New York filled the hole in the wall perfectly

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350. At 09:48am on 03 Oct 2008, Whistling Neil wrote:
Mam, the man from the Pres. has come with the cheque

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351. At 09:51am on 03 Oct 2008, chappers009 wrote:
Locals expect major upgrades from the council as $700 bn payout announced for 1 street in West Yorkshire!

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352. At 09:52am on 03 Oct 2008, SpocksSister wrote:
The people of West Yorkshire awoke that morning to find an American flag flying, overnight their county had become the 51st state of the USA and they had been presented with a bill for 700 billion dollars. Even with the current exchange rate it was too much for the average Yorkshireman, there was nothing else to do but have a very strong cup of tea.

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353. At 09:54am on 03 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
As the fall-out from the meltdown continued, a few doomed men struggled to complete a brick sarcophagus that would entomb the stricken core.

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354. At 09:55am on 03 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
Now local residents are demanding a return to the original name of "Hookey Street"

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355. At 09:56am on 03 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
Roy Clarke reckons the outgoing President is the best person to resurrect the character of Compo

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356. At 09:58am on 03 Oct 2008, newsread3 wrote:
Mrs. Brown said of the Wall Street Crash, "I don't understand all the fuss really. It was only milk."

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357. At 09:58am on 03 Oct 2008, ThunderCat8 wrote:
The makers of Emmerdale tried to bring topical stories to the viewers.

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358. At 09:59am on 03 Oct 2008, Theodore-H-Biscuit wrote:
"When I were a lad I 'ad a proper job. Down 't mine 12 hour a day. But now yer tellin' me you want t' go inta merchant bankin? That's not a proper job lad. What with ya fancy derivatives and namby pamby short sellin'. You don't know your even born."

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359. At 10:04am on 03 Oct 2008, SpocksSister wrote:
first we tore down the Berlin wall then we tear down..NO! stop! that's not what I meant!

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360. At 10:05am on 03 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
Relocated banker overjoyed by move exclaims: "The change of air soots me well."

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361. At 10:07am on 03 Oct 2008, jellyba wrote:
Like Corrie but not a fat cat in sight

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362. At 10:09am on 03 Oct 2008, jellyba wrote:
Bail out round here that means buckets

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363. At 10:23am on 03 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
After the local Gazette had reported that Derek Fosdyke's old blue Cortina had been in collision with Fred Williams' van here, this was picked up by Reuters, with the result that there was a massive panic amongst financiers in New York

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364. At 10:24am on 03 Oct 2008, ex-hackneygriffen wrote:
After the failure of Bush's ill conceived bail-out plan the US Stockmarket was forced to rationalise and relocate to a more appropriate location.

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365. At 10:32am on 03 Oct 2008, beachcred wrote:
This year we are soooo back to basics…. Nelson Mandela Boulevard is being renamed House St, and Revolutionary Avenue is now Door St.

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366. At 10:39am on 03 Oct 2008, TubaMiriam wrote:
700 billion dollars of US taxpayers money was certainly a huge and unexpected sum, but residents of the West Yorkshire street could only hope the House of Representatives would approve the plan.

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367. At 10:40am on 03 Oct 2008, obyapka wrote:
Emergency services confused as they couldn't find the crash on Wall St.

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368. At 10:43am on 03 Oct 2008, Deels01 wrote:
Northern Rock?

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369. At 10:46am on 03 Oct 2008, TubaMiriam wrote:
Like Spartacus, Wall Streets began popping-up everywhere.

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370. At 10:48am on 03 Oct 2008, Caddyshaq wrote:
They still talk about the great crash of 1929 around here. The milk cart horse was never the same afterwards....

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371. At 10:50am on 03 Oct 2008, eltelsopwith wrote:
New evidence sugests it is all fault of Halifax.

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372. At 10:55am on 03 Oct 2008, peterstagg wrote:
This year's selection for the re-enactment of the 2008 wall street crash goes to...

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373. At 10:57am on 03 Oct 2008, Maggiemaynotbe wrote:
Should have used a different bond.

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374. At 10:59am on 03 Oct 2008, Maggiemaynotbe wrote:
The ' y ' went missing years ago

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375. At 10:59am on 03 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
As Gordon Brown shuffles, Mandelson seeks home at the heart of his new Business remit.

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376. At 11:00am on 03 Oct 2008, blogbuster wrote:
Operation 'Short Arms Deep Pockets' pays off as short selling ends when Wall Street is moved to Yorkshire.

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377. At 11:02am on 03 Oct 2008, nick_fowler wrote:
Things have certainly changed around here, lad, since Richard Branson moved into number 7

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378. At 11:03am on 03 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
"It's a lottery", moan taxpayers, as multiple claimants scramble for US jackpot.

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379. At 11:07am on 03 Oct 2008, Woodway326 wrote:
The residents of Wall Street pondered on how they were going to spend their $700bn from that nice Mr Paulson. Mrs Arkwright at No 7 had a new tea cosy in mind and Mrs Batty at No 9 a new washing line.

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380. At 11:11am on 03 Oct 2008, placey1 wrote:
As the senate vote approaches, Bush's propoganda images reach desparate levels.

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381. At 11:12am on 03 Oct 2008, placey1 wrote:
As the senate vote approaches, Bush's propaganda images reach desperate levels.

(spelling correction)

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382. At 11:14am on 03 Oct 2008, Touring Mars wrote:
Is this the end of Wall St.?

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383. At 11:17am on 03 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
"It'll never replace Jenga."

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384. At 11:19am on 03 Oct 2008, Woodway326 wrote:
Mrs Boycott at No 10 wasn't at all sure that $700bn would be enough to revive Mr Boycott's deflated assets.

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385. At 11:23am on 03 Oct 2008, dragonm8 wrote:
Wall St really is bricking it.

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386. At 11:24am on 03 Oct 2008, weezykid wrote:
perhaps the greatest soap opera of them all

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387. At 11:24am on 03 Oct 2008, kosmograd wrote:
Greed - ay it's reet good.

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388. At 11:27am on 03 Oct 2008, John_Sevenoaks wrote:
When asked about the crisis, Man In The Street admits to ignorance.

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389. At 11:35am on 03 Oct 2008, eltelsopwith wrote:
Bradford exonerated as attention shifts to Bingley.

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390. At 11:35am on 03 Oct 2008, Neil wrote:
Mandelson returns to his Northern seat, his experience with previous mortgage crises making him the perfect man for the job.

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391. At 11:36am on 03 Oct 2008, chizadek wrote:
When Wall St, USA sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold, but when Wall St, West Yorkshire sneezes, a nearby building gets a flue.

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392. At 11:44am on 03 Oct 2008, virtualindividual wrote:
Acutally, I was trying to get to Sesame Street.....

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393. At 11:46am on 03 Oct 2008, OurSwipe wrote:
With Everyone Distracted, The Titanic Sails Back Into Port Un-noticed.

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394. At 11:49am on 03 Oct 2008, VelvetJones wrote:
The reason for the low cost relocation package suddenly became clear.

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395. At 11:57am on 03 Oct 2008, psuedodutchman wrote:
George being a Texan liked to do things big, but even he began to realise that $700bn to save Wall Street was a bit on the high side, the sign could do with a lick of paint but the pointing was sound...

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396. At 11:57am on 03 Oct 2008, burstontim wrote:
Companies collapse in US economic disaster; Yorkshireman 15p out of pocket

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397. At 11:59am on 03 Oct 2008, eftpotrm wrote:
Banks contemplate a return to the old ways.

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398. At 12:05pm on 03 Oct 2008, OurSwipe wrote:
We Best Secure That Sign, We Don't Want Anyone To Whippet !

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399. At 12:05pm on 03 Oct 2008, Jordan D wrote:
Gerry Rafferty finds new inspiration.

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400. At 12:06pm on 03 Oct 2008, OurSwipe wrote:
Blaine's Latest Trick :
'Which Chimney Hides The Fiver' Failed To Impress.

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401. At 12:07pm on 03 Oct 2008, Jordan D wrote:
Del and Rodney find a new location for their business.

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402. At 12:14pm on 03 Oct 2008, Fungus the Bogeyman wrote:
With the windows of all the homes and businesses now bricked up, this street name took on a whole new meaning.

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403. At 12:18pm on 03 Oct 2008, bassline20 wrote:
The only wall street where your moneys save

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404. At 12:20pm on 03 Oct 2008, bassline20 wrote:
The only wall street where your moneys safe

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405. At 12:21pm on 03 Oct 2008, norwoodmack wrote:
The road to ruin

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406. At 12:24pm on 03 Oct 2008, eltelsopwith wrote:
FBI suspects misallocation of Wall St rescue fund.

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407. At 12:24pm on 03 Oct 2008, Kieran Boyle wrote:
...and tragedy in West Yorkshire as dozens of financial advisers threw themselves from their loft-conversions.

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408. At 12:24pm on 03 Oct 2008, SundayParkGeorge wrote:
The traditional small quantity of kudos is all that's available these days on Wall St.

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409. At 12:25pm on 03 Oct 2008, Mal Wilkinson wrote:
Sat Nav Shares Predicted To Drop.

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