BEDA #15: Ten Ways to Explain the GFC to Young Children

  1. Tell them every­one is say­ing KFC not GFC. It’s all about some chicken shops going out of business.
  2. Give them a game of monop­oly, let them play for an hour, then take all the cash away and ask them how it feels to live in Iceland.
  3. Tell them a ‘stim­u­lus pack­age’ is exactly what the other kids at school say it is (Sex is eas­ier to explain that finan­cial systems).
  4. Tell them the $900 hand­out hap­pened because Labor is in gov­ern­ment and there’s no such thing as a GFC.
  5. Tell them the $900 hand­out is saved from money we didn’t give to the ABC for ten years.
  6. Tell them the $900 hand­out is to encour­age peo­ple to buy chicken.
  7. Tell them China took away all our money. You might as well start the fear mon­ger­ing when they’re young.
  8. Tell them that the GFC is just clever viral mar­ket­ing by the Gee­long Foot­ball Club to boost mem­ber­ship numbers.
  9. Tell them that ‘injec­tion’ means ‘baster’ and ‘econ­omy’ means ‘chook’.
  10. Tell them Han­nah Mon­tana is on TV. That’ll dis­tract ‘em.

BEDA #15: Ten Ways to Explain the GFC to Young Children">15. April 2009



2 Comments

esther

Oh no, you didn’t blog yes­ter­day! That’s a bit awk­ward… Um, can I request a blog topic? Peo­ple overuse the adverb “actively”, eg. I’m actively look­ing for a wing­back arm­chair. Discuss.

p.s. I heart Miley Cyrus.

Andrew

Oh, I know. I feel like a tired mother who has left a child behind. Although, 15 kids is a lot. No won­der she’s tired.

I will actively think about your topic before blog today (2 to make up for yesterday).