Terrible Investment!
I think I will have to tell you the tale of my mate Mark and his failed investment.

Mark is a friend of mine, we have been mates since secondary school and where I decided to have a family, settle down and earn enough to be happy this guy decided to move down south and start working in the financial sector. Due to a couple of good investments Mark has worked his way up the corporate ladder, done very well for himself and earned a shitload of cash.

Anytime he gets big headed abouth the whole situation I like to bring him back down to earth by reminding him of the one investment he failed spectacularly at.

Back in the early 90’s Mark was approached to join a group of people investing in a scheme to buy a plot of land, sort out the drainage etc etc and build a modest theme park to attract tourists. Mark is a big kid really and for once his brain bypassed the part labelled warning bad investment. This lead to him parting with a decent sum of cash but he wasn’t too bothered as it would be worth it to be part of a backer for the next Alton Towers or Disneyland.

As the months passed the amount of money needed from the site increased, with the excuses always being different (building faults, electronic problems with the rides, faulty attractions). After a sizeable amount was invested the place was due to be opened when one of the workmen was injured in an accident, this lead Mark and co to get a little edgy as they didn’t want any compensation claims from visitors on the first day. The group decided to invest in another health and safety visit and sent along a representative for the group too.

Big mistake.

Thanks to the visit the whole place was eventually shut down costing each of the backers to lose everything they had invested. I never really saw much details of why the place failed the audit so spectacularly but Mark says it had something to do with an escaped pack of raptors and a T Rex. I just think the bloke behind the whole place was taking the money on the sly.
(mon bison powered by magnets, Fri 4 Dec 2009, 10:38, 7 replies)

You fucker
I usually spot these within the first sentence
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 4 Dec 2009, 10:58, closed)

That
got me all the way to the end! *click*
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 4 Dec 2009, 11:00, closed)

Nicely
Done.
And we were :)
(SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Fri 4 Dec 2009, 12:00, closed)

Very good.
Nothing until the final paragraph, and then spanged realisation.
(Sundayturkey has the biggest mug of tea, Fri 4 Dec 2009, 12:46, closed)

Same here.
Nicely done, Bison.
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Fri 4 Dec 2009, 13:10, closed)

You got me...
Even when I accidently flicked to the end, I just assumed there would be something about the band T. Rex!
(The Kwyjibo A big, dumb, balding North American ape., Tue 8 Dec 2009, 15:03, closed)