Monty Python

There's a famous Monty Python sketch from the early 1970s about an argument between a pet shop keeper and a customer complaining about the dead parrot he recently purchased. The shopkeeper refuses to accept the claim even though the bird is obviously dead as a doornail.

Last Thursday the prime minister invited the heads of Greek banks to his office to discuss exorbitant fees even for the simplest electronic services.

Prior to that there was a deluge of customer complaints when they discovered that banks exacted a fee even for an electronic printout of their account balances.

"Some people think life is a tragedy and we are all going to die, and some people think life is a comedy. I belong to the second group," John Cleese tells me from the other end of the telephone line.

Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis made it to the 2015 list of style leaders by British newspaper, Guardian. The newspaper states that having style isn’t just about how you look to say something about yourself but also with the way you capture something about the world around you.

When I checked into my London hotel Monday night, on Aug. 25, I was soaking wet. I had come to London for a few business meetings, but more importantly, to watch my beloved Beşiktaş against Arsenal in a heartbreaking loss in their Champions League qualifier.