"If you own someone $340, that's your problem. If you owe someone $340,000,000, that's there problem."

Might as well be a trillion dollars as it's never getting paid.

"when you're $100,000 in debt, it's your problem. But when you're $1 million in debt, it's the bank's" - Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989)

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a4isms 2 days ago | parent [-]

An old variation:

Fred and Wilhelmina are in bed together. Fred tosses and turns, unable to sleep. "Fred, what's troubling you?"

"You know Bjarne from the bank? Well, a balloon payment is due tomorrow on my loan, and I don't have the cash flow to pay it."

Wilhelmina thinks for a bit, then reaches for her phone. "Betty? Yes, this is Wilhelmina. Sorry to call so late. Would you tell Bjarne that Fred can't make the loan payment tomorrow? Yes, that's all. Good night."

Fred states at Wilhelmina, aghast. "What did you do THAT for?" She smiles. "Now it's Bjarne's problem. Let him toss and turn, you can go to sleep."

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ivberrOg 2 days ago | parent [-]

the flintstones?

	▲	a4isms 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I chose the names from The Flintstones, although the joke is not from the show. Ridiculously unimportant trivia: The Flintstones borrows heavily from The Honeymooners, was the first animated sitcom, and was also the first animated show aired in prime-time.