Doctoring the Money

 Local ATM's

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Just when you thought it safe to grab your money and run, and with the olmypics coming up as well,  let's make the whole damn thing of using an ATM that much more difficult.  Don't you just love us Brits.

Anyway, for those wishing to know a few examples of terms of money that we Brits use (but mainly cockneys) then a few are listed below, and not all of these are obviously rhyming slang, and are by no means guaranteed to get you around london any quicker.

Shilling	Bob
Oxford	5 shillings or a crown
'alf an Oxford	2 shillings & 6 pence or half a crown
Sixpence	Tanner, Sprarsy Anna, Tilbury
20p	Edge Pence
50p	Spanner
£1	Nicker, Quid, Nugget, Alan, Squid, Huckleberry Hound
£5	Melvin, McGiver, Ching, Sky diver, Pam Shriver, Jackson
£8	Garden Gate
£10	Tenner, Pavarotti, Paul McKenna, Ayrton Senna
£15	Wicker Basket
£20	Score, Apple Core, Bobby Moore, Plenty
£25	Pony
£50	Bullseye, Thrifty, McGarrett, Nifty
£100	Ton
£500	Monkey
£1000	Grand, Bag of Sand
£2000	Archer
Shrapnel	Refers to loose change
Sheets	General term for paper money
Dosh	Any sort of money

For a more detailed list and with possible explanations as to how they came about can be found here.

Bedside Manner

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They never learn do they these Doctors and nurses, tut.  A while back it was codes that they used on patients charts and now they extend their bedside manner to ringing you up and insulting you at home, and it's all free on the National Health Service (NHS).  Bargain.