Newsboost Zoome Flume – Simply the Debt

September 7th, 2010

It would appear that under increasing strain in every day life, including rises in gas and electric, the struggle to reduce carbon emissions and a grim prospect of the coalition government trying to ensure the country recovers from the billions of debt by making sacrifices, people are unable to keep control of their finances. In a radical move though helplines and websites that offer advice to those who are unable to make ends meet have been telling their callers to listen to pop music.

“We get on average ten to fifteen hundred calls a day and that’s a lot of phones to answer,” says volunteer Jeff Noodle, “so it’s only fair that we filter those numbers down by providing alternate means. There are a lot of songs out there that quite frankly could end helplines like these. They tell you what you should be doing with a bit of sass and a catchy chorus. Who can argue with that?”

Top of the list of these songs is ‘Moneys Too Tight To Mention’ by Simply Red, closely followed by Shania Twain’s ‘Ker-Ching’.

“You wouldn’t believe the feedback we get from people once they’ve had a spin of Simply Red. They’re all smiles and laughter then. I don’t know what it is but it works and that’s fine by me.”

Sometimes the system doesn’t work however following the recent report of Charles Edmonds who half heard what the advisor told him and listened to ‘The Right Thing’ by Simply Red instead. Mr Edmonds is due to attend Leeds Crown Court on 29th October for lewd public acts and indecent exposure.

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