Thread: LOTR-related EU jokes

http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/2012/0...rule-them-all/

If I lived in the EU I might recognize more of the names used. It's still funny. (For some values of "funny.")

Hehe, I found it worthwhile. This here shalt be my favourite

“A red sun rises. Red ink has been spilled this night.”

Very good find.

Merkel: “Forgive me. I mistook you for Sarkozy.”
Hollande: “I am Sarkozy. Or rather, Sarkozy as he should have been.”

Pure win.

My favorites have to be:

“Sons of Germany, of France, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the Euro fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of currency. But it is not this day! An hour of woes and shattered banks, when the unity of Europe comes crashing down! BUT IT IS NOT THIS DAY! This day we bail out Greece! Again!”

“The Euro cannot be destroyed by any craft that we here possess. It was made in the fires of Frankfurt. Only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into the heart of the European Central Bank, and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came!”

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great find...

Originally Posted by Wraithlord

My favorites have to be:

“Sons of Germany, of France, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the Euro fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of currency. But it is not this day! An hour of woes and shattered banks, when the unity of Europe comes crashing down! BUT IT IS NOT THIS DAY! This day we bail out Greece! Again!”

yeah, that's the way to go! :-) Why can't our politicians speak like this? :-)

My favourites in the comments of that blog:

"Merkel: Gentlemen, we do not stop ’til solvency.
Pikrammenos: What about a bailout?
Merkel: You’ve already had it.
Pikrammenos: We’ve had one, yes. What about second bailout?
[Merkel turns and walks off in disgust]
Brey: I don’t think she knows about second bailout, Pik.
Pikrammenos: What about pensions? healthcare? welfare? Solidarity Taxes? Eurobond? She knows about them, doesn’t she?
Brey: I wouldn’t count on it."

and

"You did not seriously think that a small Mediterranean economy could contend with the will of the Bond Markets? There are none who can. Against the power of the 1 Percent, there can be no victory."

Originally Posted by Talaixa

yeah, that's the way to go! :-) Why can't our politicians speak like this? :-)

Amen to this!

Oh man, I was going through that list and found this gem:

"[Greece throws a few hundred billion euro down a hole.]
Germany: “Fool of a Greek! Throw yourself in next time and rid us of your stupidity!”

I think the one bond to rule them all isn't the eurobond. Its Daniel Craig.

Merkel: “A Bank Run. A demon of the ancient world. This foe is beyond any of you. Run!” Ha might be more than a little truth to that one though....

Thanks for sharing - the Eu jokes are pure win.

Love this one:

“One does not simply walk out of the Eurozone. Its iron gates are guarded by more than central bankers. There are technocrats there who do not sleep. And the great € is ever watchful. Not with ten thousand drachma could you do this. It is folly.”