Cityboy's articles
Submitted by Cityboy on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 17:39.
 ‘Let he who is without sin cast the first stone’. That phrase has been ricocheting around my bony head for the last two weeks as I’ve watched the media doing absolutely everything in its power to whip up public fury about the MPs’ expenses scandal. Whilst what those corrupt mofos have got up to is clearly unacceptable I’m a monkey’s uncle if most readers haven’t got up to something similar at some point in their lives … and what will surprise absolutely no-one is that certain Cityboys also love to supplement their massive incomes by ripping off their expenses department.
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Submitted by Cityboy on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 18:21.
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I’ve had some truly bizarre experiences in my time but trying not to make a total knob of myself during a ten minute interview using only my piss-poor A level French in Paris the other week has to be up there with the best of them. I’d like to fool myself that they wanted me on one of their biggest chat shows because of my erudite wit and fascinating stories but the reality was somewhat more sinister.
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Submitted by Cityboy on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 15:55.
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Question: How can you tell when a broker is lying to you?
Answer: His lips move.
That City gag is so old that Henry 8th had his court jester beheaded when he last heard it. However, this week’s court case victory against the brokerage firm MF Financial by an independent day trader shows it still has some relevance today.
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Submitted by Cityboy on Thu, 04/30/2009 - 21:36.
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What is it about the ‘Rich List’ that compels me to read it every year? Last weekend I scuttled into my newsagent and furtively bought the Sunday Times, which has published this infernal catalogue of excess for the last 21 years. As usual I wrapped it up in a hard-core porn mag to disguise my disgusting habit just in case I happened to bump into a neighbour. I then rushed home, locked myself in the bogs and thumbed through its despicable pages.
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