{"id":2704,"date":"2011-06-28T15:04:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T20:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2011-06-28T15:04:43","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T20:04:43","slug":"a-bankers-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/a-bankers-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"A Banker&#8217;s Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every once and awhile I love the Friday Funnies from Casey.\u00a0 This one is one of the best.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Another British joke, with apologies to my friends in the industry&#8230;<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A banker parks his brand-new Porsche in front of the office to show it off to his colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>As he&#8217;s getting out of the car, a lorry comes speeding along too close to the kerb and takes off the door before zooming off.<\/p>\n<p>More than a little distraught, the banker grabs his mobile and calls the police.<\/p>\n<p>Five minutes later, the police arrive. 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