...no, wait, by that shrub over there... Or was it next to the bird bath? If there is one thing squirrels are famous for it’s hiding their food so well that they can’t find it again. Given this solid reputation for misplacing assets, doesn’t it seem a tad incongruous that the Caisse d’Épargne, the largest savings bank in France, should have chosen a squirrel for their emblem? Sure enough, in October of 2008, the squirrels buried 600 million euros that they couldn’t subsequently locate. They fired the individual bushy tails responsible for the debacle, allowed the government to bail them out, and things returned to normal. Still, I feel a bit uneasy: the Caisse d’Épargne is supposed to merge with my bank, and the squirrels would then oversee 480 billion euros. That’s way too many nuts...