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Old 24-06-2009, 03:23 PM   #1
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German pensioners ‘kidnap and torture their investment adviser’
German pensioners ‘kidnap and torture their investment adviser’

A group of well-to-do pensioners who lost their savings in the credit crunch staged an arthritic revenge attack and held their terrified financial adviser to ransom, prosecutors said yesterday....
more.... German pensioners ‘kidnap and torture their investment adviser’ - Times Online
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Old 02-07-2009, 10:34 AM   #2
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That is a weird story.

Quote from the article: “It is unbelievable how easy it is to rob a bank,” Wilfried Ackermann, 73, boasted during the trial. The men held carrots in their pockets pretending that they had pistols.

Can we look at carrots in the same way now?

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Old 03-07-2009, 10:32 AM   #3
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Oh my...

I'm never going to look at my elderly clients the same ever again!
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He's lucky his clients didn't have underworld connections
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Old 05-07-2009, 12:19 AM   #5
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I'm never going to look at my elderly clients the same ever again!

See....you learnt something at last!!
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