Flint Expatriates: Citizens Gets Its Share

Friday, December 12, 2008

Citizens Gets Its Share

Citizens Bank claims $300 million of Federal bailout money.

And the news prompted Rich Frost to slightly rewrite the Citizens Bank Weather Ball Song:

When the weather ball is blue...
Colder temperatures are due

When the weather ball is red...
Warmer temperatures are ahead

When the weather ball blinks in anticipation...
There's a chance of precipitation

When the weather ball turns green...
Citizens get bailout bucks to finance their corporate dreams

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Rich FrostDecember 12, 2008 at 8:05 AM
When the weather ball is blue...
Colder temperatures are due

When the weather ball is red...
Warmer temperatures are ahead

When the weather ball blinks in anticipation...
There's a chance of precipitation

When the weather ball turns green..
Citizens get ballout bucks to finance their corporate dreams
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grumkinDecember 12, 2008 at 8:13 AM
You forgot...

"Yellow is the weatherball, means there'll be no change at all."

and it's "agitation" not "anticipation"...

don't ask me why I memorized it. I used to have a card in my wallet... one of those things you can't get out of your head... like Bob Seger lyrics.

Nice green line though... :) Now if only they'd go back to giving dividends....
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AnonymousDecember 12, 2008 at 10:48 AM
ah, the weatherball... my girlfriends and i had a much raunchier version of what those colors meant.
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