Money Really is a Laughing Matter

By: Lynella Grant - [humor]
Money Really is a Laughing Matter
Lynella Grant

Visit a Bank that Gives it All Away
There's a new-fangled financial organization in town-but
this one doesn't keep accounts or bounce checks. It has a
quirky attitude about what to do with money. Take it! Help
yourself! No strings, no fine print, no payback. This
eccentric bank insists on a withdrawal only policy.
Instead of putting money into the bank, deposit it into
other people (and their dreams).

The Joyful Banker (http://www.joyfulbanker.com) is a fool-
service non-bank - a parody of all things financial. Unlike
a normal bank, it has no limits on how much a person can
withdraw (how about unlimited?). The coin of the realm is
joy and upbeat energy. Its unorthodox point of view skewers
conventional assumptions about money.

What's valuable? What is enough? True riches come from
connecting with each other. There's cold comfort with cold,
hard cash. The Banker's currency, by contrast, is heart-
warming.

Notice the spelling of WEalth. It has WE (more than one
person) in it. But MEalth (just one person) is a shrinking
(shirking) asset. That's an example of frivel, the silly
wordplay woven through the Web site.

The Banker's Funny Munny is Joy Bucks and Binkle Bucks
Joyful Banker puts people ahead of assets. It cares more
about a person's caring history than their credit history.
So it counters the seriousness of finances with fun. Joy
bucks are about emotions. Binkle bucks are about up-beat
energy.

The binkle is the energy you feel when you really connect
with someone, nature, or whatever inspires you (even
yourself). Consider a binkle as the antidote for stress,
since each tiny surge replaces the energy drains that
otherwise deplete us. This unpredictable Web site is
dedicated to bringing more binkle energy into everyday life.
So it serves up binkles in all sorts of amusing ways.

As with any parody, it starts from the familiar. It just
ends up in a different place, a different point of view. For
example, FDIC at Joyful Banker stands for: Forever
Delivering Incredible Caring (not a government agency or
policy). It defines liabilities as the ability to tell lies
(nothing to brag about). Or, Trusts are the legal folderol
to tie up money (and other stuff) so certain people can't
get their hands on it. Which isn't very trusting.

Stir in a generous helping of silliness and wordplay and the
Web site lives up to its claim to be the funnest, most
joyous bank in the whole world. It creates bogus financial
documents and funny munny. But the Comptroller of the
Currency (U.S. Treasury Department) has determined that they
are not counterfeit money. (That's true.)

But mostly the Joyful Banker wants to give visitors a time
out from the humdrum events of the day. So when you're
feeling short of money, or short of energy, or fun-depleted
- it's time to visit the Joyful Banker.

-- Lynella Grant - Joyful Banker, a parody of all things financial. The funnest fool-service non-bank in the world; unlimited withdrawals. Off the Page Press P.O. Box 4880 Buena Vista, CO 81211 USA (719)395-9450 http://www.joyfulbanker.com

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