“Had it All
A man was complaining to a friend:
"I had it all; money, a beautiful house, a big car, the love of a beautiful woman; then, Pow! it was all gone!"
"What happened?" asked the friend.
"My wife found out..."”
by Clydes Jokes, Had it All

“A European banker consulted the Reserve Bank of India to learn how to get a banking license in India. He was briefed on the conditions and told that the Indian authorities would also assess his regulator. The European banker smiled and said: “No problem. We have excellent regulation.” The Indian officer replied: “After subprime, we are not sure of US regulation; after Northern Rock, British regulation; after Société Générale, French regulation and after UBS, Swiss regulation.” In short, the gold standard that the west assumed it had in the field of regulation has vanished.”
by Kishore Mahbubani, FT- Why Asia stays calm in the storm