IMBRÓGLIO FINANCEIRO
O turista inglês que se instalara com a mulher em Vilamoura, para um merecido descanso algarvio, estava perplexo. Ligeiramente nervoso contava a outros compatriotas que tinha transferido o dinheiro para financiar a vilegiatura através de um Banco – Holy Ghost – que afinal não existe. Um dos convivas procurou tranquilizá-lo e explicou:
- You know, there was a complaint from the financial authorities of the Vatican City. They claimed that Holy was a Trade Mark of their State. The use of it was misleading and abusive. A lot of people thought that it was a Vatican Bank and vaticaners did not feel happy about it. The portuguese bankers concluded that it was better for them to change the name of their Bank and avoid the risk of an extension of their purgatory time. They dropped the Hole and now the Bank is called simply Ghost Bank.
- And where is its location, perguntou o sobressaltado veraneante. O outro respondeu com um "very british" AUUUH! e acrescentou:
- As you certainly know, a ghost has no fixed address.
Luís Soares de Oliveira
