{"id":221,"date":"2011-05-27T07:54:42","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T07:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=221"},"modified":"2011-05-27T07:54:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T07:54:42","slug":"i-want-to-buy-a-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2011\/05\/i-want-to-buy-a-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"I want to buy a bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The end of another academic year and I have worked hard to save 50p.<br \/>\nI have been thinking what to do with my savings, and decided to buy one of our poor banks.<br \/>\nI am awaiting a reply from Lloyds TSB to this email.<br \/>\nI would like to buy your bank.<br \/>\nI am prepared to offer 50p.<br \/>\nThis offer is only open for two days. If I don&#8217;t hear from you by then I will use the money to buy a packet of crisps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end of another academic year and I have worked hard to save 50p. I have been thinking what to do with my savings, and decided to buy one of our poor banks. I am awaiting a reply from Lloyds &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2011\/05\/i-want-to-buy-a-bank\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Wm4j-3z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1188,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2013\/01\/we-have-only-217-in-the-bank-says-zimbabwe\/","url_meta":{"origin":221,"position":0},"title":"We have only $217 in the bank says zimbabwe","author":"taxicle","date":"January 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"So, in bongo bongo land there is precious little stolen cash left to go around and things look set to get worse, with bills falling due that may not be paid. 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