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Tuesday Humor: Bank Of England's Pop Quiz
Take a guess: how many gold bars are stored inside the vaults of the Bank of England? http://t.co/M4pQgs4EMJ
— Bank of England (@bankofengland) June 17, 2014
Trick question?
Oh those Brits and their sense of humor...
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Negative 1? Tungsen on fire sale though
Do IOUs count as bars?
Infinite paper then.
Long pulp mills...
Hah ha ha ha ha
How many bits are hidden in gh0atrider's hoof?
Thwbpt!
Now guess how many people all think they own the same bar gold.
They suspected young gh0atrider was different from a young age. The kids would be out scouring creek beds with pans and metal detectors for golds while gh0atrider was playing with scripts on his computer.
Coming out to his parents and admitting he liked bits instead was the hardest thing gh0atrider had to do.
Trick question.
Does "Gold Bar" include "Gold-plated" or "Gold-painted" tungsten?
Note also; the question has no relevance if the issue of ownership isn't also addressed...
Answer: If the BOEs Groom of the Goldbars leaves Piccadilly Circus Tube Station with three (3) gold bars in his pocket en route to the City Of London, but predictably gets off at Earl's Court to innocently walk by his favorite brothel, whereby the lady on the stoop asks, "wet your pizzle, guvnuh?", then two.
Can you elaborate on "what" a counter-cultural investment expert does? Just curious.
He is a motivational blogger who gets people excited about owning their first Bitcoin. Something all new families in America aspire to.
And guess how any of those gold bars are England's.
And guess how many more bars it would have had if it wasn't for Gordon Brown.
Or Goldman Sachs
Or Golda Meir
Or Goldfinger.
goldilocks
Since when do private individuals disclose to the public what is inside their bank's safety deposit boxes?
They're just as good as money
Hypothetically speaking.
Rehypotheticated-ly speaking.
Fixed it for you.
Rehypotheticated-ly speaking, they are properly fucked ! Without a doubt they are liable for 1,000's more good delivery bars than they poses.
Somehow I seem to remember this report from Knukie's Nightly News some time ago...
Bags-O'-Nuggets.
And how many, Mr Geithner, did you say that were found in the audit of the vault at Fort Knox? Three? Three fucking little teenie weenie ittie bittie tiny things the size of Barney Frank's nut-sack labelled "Bags-O'-Nuggets" with a Woolworth's price tag for 5 cents each and one bag of stale, spoiled gold wrapped chocolates embossed with "Happy New Year 1933"? ?And you tell me the audit is complete and no further fucking activities were deemed warranted because you were in Pompano, Florida looking for a quadriplegic telemarketer lady named Tracey from Singapore? ?Timmah! Look at me! I'm trying to help here.
+1 for the color provided.
Why waste money on good tungsten. Hell you can't audit it anyway (Just ask Austria). Haven't you heard of Photoshop
reminds me of the old joke, how many nudelmans can you fit in a BMW? 100, two in the front, two in the back and 96 in the ash trays
Reply: "I don't know how many are stored, but I do know how many are owned by the BOE: Zero!"
Obama (That's Zero for the thinking challenged)
They must think us complete idiots, since more paper gold then this is sold every day.
The Bank Of England (BoE) just came out with their annual report 2014. In the report it’s stated the BoE is the custodian of 5584 metric tonnes of gold (£140 billion pounds measured February 28, 2014). From the BoE annual report 2014:
The Bank provides custodial services for a range of customers. As at 28 February 2014, total assets held by the Bank as custodian were £594bn, of which £140bn were holdings of gold.
In the BoE’s annual report 2013 it was stated they held 6071 tonnes of gold (£210 billion pounds measured February 28, 2013). From the BoE annual report 2013:
http://www.ingoldwetrust.ch/the-bank-of-england-lost-487-tonnes-of-gold-...
And for extra credit, how many times have they been rehypothecated?
pods
That's their next question. lol
Stored? Probably a few tons. Owns? Well....do paper receipts count?
just tweeted back
Shouldn't the question be , How many times has the Gold in the BOE been rehypothecated?
Would anyone want a rehypothecated condom?
Barry might.
Cheers! drink up, Barry!
Depends how big the bar is and how large the magifying glass being used is.
Brown will get to the bottom of this.
Honestly I am more interested in how many paper claims on said bars are out there...
487 tons less than last year.
http://www.ingoldwetrust.ch/the-bank-of-england-lost-487-tonnes-of-gold-in-2013
I am pretty sure that site is getting the shit DOSed out of it right now.
Probably the whole 1000+ tons that went from London to Switzerland last year departed the BoE... which means they couldn't last very much longer with "only" 5,000 tons left given all the competing paper claims.
that page wont load for me lol
It sure did...
https://twitter.com/KoosJansen/status/479001431937388544
Don't know about the gold....
But I've got an accurate tungsten count if anyone wants it...
Is the answer "Fuck all"?
Love to see the same Tweet from Ft.Knox...
Really yucking it up, aren't they?
krylon gold metallic spray paint - Google Search
They could have at least made it multiple choice....or a True/False.
I hate story problems....almost as much as their storage problems.
Where's ghoatherder when you need 'em?
"Gold is for sissies, by moar bitcoin."
Gordon Brown sold all the quality, all they've got left is dessicated gold from the Elizabethan era
Notice they said stored. Not owned, controlled, rehypothecated...
Exchequer Pyramid bitchez...
"Take a guess: how many gold bars are stored inside the vaults of the Bank of England?"
Why not ask the Chinese, they got it all.
May be someone still don't get it=)
What do you mean someone?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1262683/Brown-defied-Bank-warnin...
Does Nazi gold count?
Sure, any amount of gold count include tungsten
Yes, but the molar and other bone fragments don't, I'm afraid.
four furlongs and two stone
I can still see Queen Mum drooling for the cameras. I think she took the last bar to beat the shit out of Charles.
The only instance of re-hypothecation I'll ever support...as long as she strokes out afterwards.
Drei
That's three in Austrian !
If one connects the Rothschild Bank of England via a tunnel thru the earth to Beijing or Shanghai, then there is a lot. Otherwise there is nothing but tungsten.
I actually have some experience in this area, BOE.
I can answer your question as soon as I know how big the bass boat was that was carrying it.
Schrödinger's cat? .."how many gold bars"?...
it's as many as you think, until you look, then you collapse the wave function.
None. They are all tungsten.
Well we know where they're supposedly stored. We'll find out who owns them when we see which country's tanks blow the door off the vault.
What vaults?
Is a single gold atom considered a small bar (or rather a "round") ? If so, quite many, actually.
Oh, shit. How silly of me. I've been wracking my brain trying to come up with a figure.
They were being rhetorical.
Little slow today. Sorry, blokes. Carry on with your stealing or whatever.
re How many gold bars in BOE's vaults?
Probably a few less than they think, after Hillary was given a guided tour.
Not as many as there should be.
Someone should pull in the deposed one eyed scotch cunt little boy lover 'McRuin' and ask him what he done with the gold, and his war criminal, gurning, public toilet visiting paedophile rapist mate B.Liar.
You lot 'Do' know that 'Miranda B.Liar' put what we lot know as a 'D-Notice' for a minimum of 50 years on his questionable activities while the PM here?
Well if you didnt, you do now. To say B.Liar is a war criminal, liar, child molesting, paedophile, nation wrecking, stealing, thief of a cunt, with the blood of not just some 1,000,000 Iraqis and service men on his hands, but fuck knows how many here, chancing, treasonous bastard.
Is to give your retarded George 'Retarded the II' a good name.
I would in all honesty, snuff this disgrace to the human race owt with my own bare hands.
This cunt of all cunts has a security detail what us daft bastards pay for that runs into around 2 million year, just to keep people like me from giving him all he so rightly deserves.
Catholicism, and converting to it B.Liar will do you no good. You cannot, you never will be absolved of the disgrace you oversaw, wanted and conducted. You dont deserve peace in this life, what we pay for, and you most certainly wont get it in the next life.
You are the absolute personification of evil that ever walked this earth.
61 years old you are, there is still time to serve you justice, lets hope this year you get it you filthy cunt.
;-)
As an American I can only say I sense some anger...as for the rest of what you said I'll have to get out the olde English to American dictionary....D list indeed...keep that anger inside now...if it starts getting out you might explode...
Explosion might be what is required....
Subpeona that bitch.
9/11B.Liar
highrisesafetynyc.org/
Well bowled, chap! I say well bowled.
....did they say gold bars or Goldburgs?
Autocorrect can be a bitch sometimes.
Notice they don't specify the weight of each "bar".
Well, thanks to the one eyed scottish c*nt and his savvy market skills, not very many.
Worst. Chancellor. Ever. (and worst PM ever also)
Willi Wanka knows this trick question!
"One!"
"One?"
"I roll big joints, man."
"Our judges will accept 'one'!!"
So I assume the answer will provide a total with a detailed breakdown of induvidual ownership. that would be great. thanks.
Supposed first hand look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTtf5s2HFkA
Of course, he never assayed any of them.
How many gold bars are in the vault at the Bank of England.
Ha, ha, funny that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GSXbgfKFWg
How many they hold or How many they OWN? Ask Germany if there is a difference? With the trade between Germany and Russia.....not much Big Talk from the USA and a quiter Germany....it's not satsfying to the German People who chan "WE WANT OUR GOLD"
the site says it's about 400,000 bars.
what's the deal?
There are 2 bars in the BoE museum. I think that's about it....so 2
Captain it appears that the Gold has simply vanished the vault and has been transported to an undisclosed location.
Captain it appears that the Gold has simply vanished the vault and has been transported to an undisclosed location.
Winner Selected at random.
Winners response will be used as the official figure in all future BoE correspondence.