I know times are tough (aren't they always?). We may be on the verge of a recession and a lot of people are worried, and maybe some are thinking of turning to a pawnbroker. Well, if you're in Paris, now you can pawn your wine!The Crédit Municipal de Paris is now accepting wine as collateral for loans to its customers. Leave it to the French to pawn wine. A spokesman for the pawnbroker says that this move attracts customers who wouldn't want to pawn jewelry or the like, but a valuable bottle of wine is discreet enough to remove from the home.
I hope it never comes to the point where I need to pawn my valuables to pay bills, but I guess I'd have to have valuables to begin with. Maybe I should start collecting wine, just in case!

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