Matt Fact #23

[monkey_matt]

Cash Machine?
Yes.
Cash Dispenser?
Okay...
Automated teller machine? Only if you insist...

Hole in the wall? Absolutely. Ah, no. Actually, there's a difference. And no, I haven't lost my mind. This is building towards a valid Matt Fact. I wanted to point out that, in fact, Barclays Bank PLC own the copyright on the term "Hole in

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[monkey_matt]

Ah. The epithetical mnemonic mime-system known as "doodah-ism". For which, of course, no copyright, and therefore no royalties...

Unless you fancy patenting it as a new form of sign language?

[monkey_matt]

Yeah. Who needs words anyway? I say we all go back to grunts and gestures. It'll make things simpler in the end. And it'll stop the government getting all paranoid about asylum seekers, since they won't be able to tell them apart!

Unless... is it possible, d'you think, to mime in a foreign accent?

[willowmina]

May I ask if you have any idea about whether those Hostelries that are named 'The Hole in the Wall' are affected by this....

*is curious*

[monkey_matt]

Prob'ly. Or their covertly owned by the Bank. Ah... y'see, that's why they'll never run short of money! Suddenly, everything makes sense...

It would also explain the board of peanuts (complete with partially revealed nudy picture) and the dartboard. Hm.

[willowmina]

Well, they do tend to have good selections of Ale's - Maybe Barclays' MD is a fan of 'em....