[spokeshave]

Goldman Sachs cooked, broiled, smoked, poached, parboiled and deep fried Greece’s books to make them look almost close enough to meeting the EU’s economic requirements if it was dark and you didn’t look to closely

The Italians invented double book entry accounting system

With the advent of computers, the Greeks went one better and invented triple book keeping:

First set of accounts is the true story for the business owner

Second set of accounts to show to spouse with "funny money" for mistress and gambling hidden

Third set of accounts for the tax man ....showing a loss (after the tax mans bribe is paid)

[tflabo]

‘You never give me your money...you only give me your funny paper...and in the middle of investigations..you break down’...boy.. Your gonna carry that weight, carry that weight a long time’..-—Beatles lyrics