Italian Ministers expense claims

At a meeting of the European finance ministers all present agreed that they could see green shoots ahead.... It was also agreed that they saw pink elephants and pigs fly !!

The meeting ended with a collection instigated by the the Italian minister in aid of Berlosconi's favourite charity. The charity is hoping to purchase luxury penthouses for willing eighteen year old virgins near the Quirinale.

The chancellor wrote a cheque for five thousand pounds and asked for an official receipt in order to claim it back on his expenses!.