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The Virgin Murray	Fifth Third Bank	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1299 (07/28/08 2:49 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Is the the stupidest corporate name ever? Wouldn't the fifth third bank be more appropriately named the seventh bank ?
RoMa		#1	[-]
Posts: 36164 (07/28/08 2:52 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	yes
Survivor Boy		#2	[-]
Posts: 6064 (07/28/08 2:52 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	what?
HoodooRhythmDevil		#3	[-]
Posts: 278 (07/28/08 2:54 PM) VM17 Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	It could also have been named "Bank and two-thirds."
RetroFox		#4	[-]
Posts: 364 (07/28/08 2:54 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	alol
The Virgin Murray		#5	[-]
Posts: 1300 (07/28/08 2:56 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I know everybody can't be first, but would you want to put your money in a bank whose whole identity is wrapped up in being slow out of the blocks?
HoodooRhythmDevil		#6	[-]
Posts: 279 (07/28/08 3:00 PM) VM17 Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Could be a benefit...let all the bugs get worked out. You know, like Bank v5.3 would be better than the beta version...
WiscBadger95		#7	[-]
Posts: 11680 (07/28/08 3:01 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Goddamn, Wikipedia has an entry on just about every-fucking-thing (of course, there's no telling if it's true) ... Name Fifth Third's unusual name is the result of the June 1, 1908 merger of two banks, The Fifth National Bank and The Third National Bank, to become The Fifth Third National Bank of Cincinnati.^[6] Because the merger took place during a period when prohibitionist ideas were gaining popularity, it was believed that "Fifth Third" was better than "Third Fifth," which could be construed as a reference to three "fifths" of alcohol.^[7] The name went through several changes over the years, until on March 24, 1969, the name was changed to Fifth Third Bank. ^[6]
ilikelissie		#8	[-]
Posts: 13144 (07/28/08 3:03 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Almost as dumb as Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.
Bawoooo		#9	[-]
Posts: 1560 (07/28/08 3:06 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	It's a bank for the lower tier bourgeois or the upper blue collar.
B DeBrun		#10	[-]
Posts: 17211 (07/28/08 5:07 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I've done deals with that bank. LOL. My fellow analyst wrote it off as a mob takeover. (it's a joke)
managerr		#11	[-]
Posts: 13940 (07/28/08 7:11 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	They should have become Fourth National Bank for goodness sakes! Name Fifth Third's unusual name is the result of the June 1, 1908 merger of two banks, The Fifth National Bank and The Third National Bank, to become The Fifth Third National Bank of Cincinnati.^[6] Because the merger took place during a period when prohibitionist ideas were gaining popularity, it was believed that "Fifth Third" was better than "Third Fifth," which could be construed as a reference to three "fifths" of alcohol.^[7] The name went through several changes over the years, until on March 24, 1969, the name was changed to Fifth Third Bank. ^[6]
Softtaco		#12	[-]
Posts: 2888 (07/28/08 7:21 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	What that story tells me is that they all sat around and had a meeting and debated the merits of "Third Fifth" vs "Fifth Third." And no meeting was held to discuss the math. Nobody could do the math AT A BANK! I wouldn't trust them with my money.
Comrade Jerrifan		#13	[-]
Posts: 269 (07/28/08 7:51 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	The Virgin Murray wrote: Is the the stupidest corporate name ever? <-------------------------------------------------------------
Crepuscular		#14	[-]
Posts: 408 (07/28/08 9:08 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Maybe I'm an imbecile, but where did you get "seventh" from as a suggestion? Five plus three is eight....
Softtaco		#15	[-]
Posts: 2889 (07/28/08 9:58 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	The original Third Bank would be the First Third Bank. The next third bank would be the Second Third Bank. (But fourth bank overall) By the time you get to the Fifth Third Bank, you have seven banks total.
Crepuscular		#16	[-]
Posts: 412 (07/28/08 10:01 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I dunno how I ever passed calculus.
Vicconius		#17	[-]
Posts: 12429 (07/28/08 10:01 PM) I want "this won't end well" too. Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	It's better than Fannie Mae.
Softtaco		#18	[-]
Posts: 2890 (07/28/08 10:06 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Calculus doesn't teach you anything useful like how to count banks. If the banks were on trains speeding toward each other on circular tracks, then it might help.
NickF227		#19	[-]
Posts: 3762 (07/28/08 10:10 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Softtaco wrote: Calculus doesn't teach you anything useful like how to count banks. If the banks were on trains speeding toward each other on circular tracks, then it might help. That's Algebra II.
Softtaco		#20	[-]
Posts: 2892 (07/28/08 10:18 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Shit. Well I never took calculus. I assume it is required to build rockets and little else.

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