Time for a joke!

It's not often that I laugh out loud, but I did when I read the following email that was sent to me last week:

Some years ago a small rural town in Italy twinned with a similar town in Greece.

The Mayor of the Greek town visited the Italian town. When he saw the palatial mansion belonging to the Italian mayor he wondered how he could afford such a house. The Italian said; "You see that bridge over there? The EU gave us a grant to build a two-lane bridge, but by building a single lane bridge with traffic lights at either end this house could be built".

The following year the Italian visited the Greek town. He was simply amazed at the Greek Mayor's house, gold taps, marble floors, it was marvellous. When he asked how this could be afforded the Greek said; "You see that bridge over there?"

The Italian replied; "No."

Although this particular joke originates from outside Greece it does appear that we (I'm including myself in this as a Greek) have an ability to laugh at ourselves. There are a number of TV programmes along the lines of "Mock the Week" and "Have I got News for You" and the following is doing the rounds of the internet via Twitter:

Five Days without a Government and during this time:

1) They have caught Psomiadi (big time swindler on the run).
2) Seized the assets of Mr. Lavrentiadis (banker/businessman suspected of tax evasion).
3) Caught harbour officials who were selling drugs.
4) Uncovered ministry officials on the take, and the most important....
5) THERE HAVE BEEN NO MORE AUSTERITY MEASURES ANNOUNCED!

Obviously Mr. Nobody really is the best Prime Minister!

Anyway, we are all hoping for better things now that we have a "more or less" non-political Prime Minister with a background in economics.
Susan