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Вчера в разговоре с подругой упомянула о том, что еще год-два назад некоторые банки выдавали кредиты направо и налево, даже без подтверждающих документов, и вспомнила про один момент у Вудхауза (Leave it to Psmith):
The first envelope, attractive though it looked from the outside, being of an expensive brand of stationary and gaily adorned with a somewhat startling crest, merely contained a pleasantly-worded offer from a Mr Alistair MacDougall to advance him any sum from ten to fifty thousand pounds on his note of hand only. The second revealed a similar proposal from another Scot named Colin MacDonald. While in the third Mr Ian Campbell was prepared to go as high as one hundred thousand. All three philantropists had but one stiplulation to made - they would have no dealings with minors. Youth, with all its glorious traditions, did not seam to appeal to them. But they cordially urged Psmith, in the event of his having celebrated his twenty-first bithday, to come round to the office and take the stuff away in a sack.
Кажется, вот эти филантропы - это предтечи нынешних горе-кредиторов, а их письма очень похожи (с некоторой поправкой) на объявления в метро, которые еще некоторое время назад, расклеивались по вагонам: "Кредит без документов в день обращения!". Нет ничего нового под солнцем. Интересно только, как они потом возвращали эти долги?
The first envelope, attractive though it looked from the outside, being of an expensive brand of stationary and gaily adorned with a somewhat startling crest, merely contained a pleasantly-worded offer from a Mr Alistair MacDougall to advance him any sum from ten to fifty thousand pounds on his note of hand only. The second revealed a similar proposal from another Scot named Colin MacDonald. While in the third Mr Ian Campbell was prepared to go as high as one hundred thousand. All three philantropists had but one stiplulation to made - they would have no dealings with minors. Youth, with all its glorious traditions, did not seam to appeal to them. But they cordially urged Psmith, in the event of his having celebrated his twenty-first bithday, to come round to the office and take the stuff away in a sack.
Кажется, вот эти филантропы - это предтечи нынешних горе-кредиторов, а их письма очень похожи (с некоторой поправкой) на объявления в метро, которые еще некоторое время назад, расклеивались по вагонам: "Кредит без документов в день обращения!". Нет ничего нового под солнцем. Интересно только, как они потом возвращали эти долги?