It's 3:00 AM and Goldie wakes up to see her husband pacing the floor.

"Morris, why can't you sleep?" she asks him.

"You know our next door neighbor, Sam? I borrowed $1000 from him, and its due tomorrow morning and I don't have the money. I don't know what I'm going to do," Morris replies.

Goldie gets out of bed and opens the window. "Sam," she shouts, and several times more, "Sam, Sam." Finally a very groggy Sam opens the window opposite her and yells back, "What, what do you want...it's 3 AM?

" Goldie says, "You know the $1000 my husband owes you? He doesn't have it."

She then slams the window shut and turns to Morris and says, "Now go back to sleep and let Sam pace the floor."

UPDATE ON THE JAPANESE BANKING CRISIS!

According to our inside contacts the Japanese banking crisis shows no signs of ameliorating. If anything, it's getting worse. 

Following last week's news that Origami Bank had folded, we are hearing that 
Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank plans to cut back someof its branches. Karaoke Bank is now up for sale and (as you might expect) is going for a song.

Meanwhile, shares in Kamikaze Bank have nose-dived and 500 back office staff at Karate Bank got the chop. Analysts report that there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank and staff there fear they may be getting a raw deal. 

In fact market specialists worldwide are concerned that Japanese banks may be loosing their yen for business altogether after the Bank of Yamaha just got out of vegetables, Toyota Bank recently let go of it's Leggo division, and the Bank of Mitsumi continues to make waves with it's total disregard of the West.

Don’cha love - Steam Haulage concern that went off the rails.

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