mythical creatures

[swilly]

What mythical creature means a swiss banker?

[swilly]

gnome

[Quizmonster]

Just to add some explanation to Swilly's answer...(I trust you don't mind, S?) In the mid-1960s, the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, referred to Swiss bankers as "the gnomes of Z�rich". This was because they were speculating in British currency and hiding all the gold in their subterranean vaults, just as gnomes supposedly did in caves, according to fairy tales.

[mindbullets]

why have you answered yr own question swilly?

[Quizmonster]

Yes, I was wondering about that. I noticed that the answer was Swilly's, but totally overlooked the fact that the question was, too!

[mikewith]

swilly, it appears, is asking/ answering questions from Net Riddler/ Languid. Various users of this site are doing so. swilly, for your information, you'll find more of the same in the People & Places category of this site.