Maggie's Farm

a phrase that annoys me is "I wish you were dead".

another one i dislike is "you are under arrest'

knuck, i bet that happened somewhere near Checkpoint Charlie back when the line was thru Berlin --

In other news, this just in:






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From: Amin I. Mawji
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 7:46 PM
To: Buddy larsen
Subject: FWD: Fw: Somali Pirates in Discussions to Acquire Citigroup



Somali Pirates in Discussions to Acquire Citigroup

By Andreas Hippin
November 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Somali pirates, renegade Somalis known
for hijacking ships for ransom in the Gulf of Aden, are negotiating a
purchase of Citigroup.

The pirates would buy Citigroup with new debt and their existing cash
stockpiles, earned most recently from hijacking numerous ships,
including most recently a $200 million Saudi Arabian oil tanker. The
Somali pirates are offering up to $0.10 per share for Citigroup, pirate
spokesman Sugule Ali said earlier today. The negotiations have entered
the final stage, Ali said. ``You may not like our price, but we are not
in the business of paying for things. Be happy we are in the mood to
offer the shareholders anything," said Ali.

The pirates will finance part of the purchase by selling new Pirate
Ransom Backed Securities. The PRBS's are backed by the cash flows from
future ransom payments from hijackings in the Gulf of Aden. Moody's and
S&P have already issued their top investment grade ratings for the
PRBS's.

Head pirate, Ubu Kalid Shandu, said "we need a bank so that we have
a place to keep all of our ransom money. Thankfully, the dislocations
in the capital markets has allowed us to purchase Citigroup at an
attractive valuation and to take advantage of TARP capital to grow the
business even faster."
Shandu added, "We don't call ourselves pirates. We are coastguards and
this will just allow us to guard our coasts better."

The first words ever spoken were by Adam to Eve. These words were "Stand back, Eve, I have no idea how big this thing's gonna GET!"

those five lines
actually tell a story
a first-person someone
who having shot off his mouth
wallows in regret & rue

see, it's this guy talking to you the listener. he's just lost control and told off his boss, and awaiting the pink slip has dropped by your office to tell you goodbye. it would be understood, in that circumstance, that he was talking about himself, so the the missing personal pronoun is supplied by context, or as they say "understood". see? see?

hmm...channeling Daffy are ya? I'm channeling Mr. Magoo. only i'm afraid i ain't channeling

right on --good to remember, it's akways darkest before...before it goes COMPLETELY BLACK

LOL --that lecture actually has plenty of power and economy --truth is, cliches are cliches becuz they briskly & clearly get the job done --

again

sounds like a great regimen, habu --and great, great call on the markets. I remember when you were warning us on this very site--and we were telling you to stop being so extreme. So that's one for you --damn yer hide.

Oh well --you tried! and ought to be thanked for it. So, thanks. But next time couldja be a wee bit more persuasive puhleeze?

and -- Merry Christmas & Happy New Yurt backatcha --

BTW, didja hear about the Babtist Cowboy?

> Baptist Cowboy
>
> A cowboy, who is visiting Wyoming from Texas , walks into a
> bar and orders three mugs of Bud. He sits in the back of the
> room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he
> finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three
> more.
>
> The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy, 'You
> know, a mug goes flat after I draw it. It would taste better
> if you bought one at a time.'
>
> The cowboy replies, 'Well, you see, I have two
> brothers. One is in Arizona , the other is in Colorado ..
> When we all left our home in Texas , we promised that
> we'd drink this way to remember the days when we drank
> together. So I'm drinking one beer for each of my
> brothers and one for myself.'
>
> The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves
> it there.
>
> The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks
> the same way. He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn.
>
> One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs. All the
> regulars take notice and fall silent. When he comes back to
> the bar for the second round, the bartender says, 'I
> don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to
> offer my condolences on your loss.'
>
> The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light
> dawns in his eyes and he laughs.
>
> 'Oh, no, everybody's just fine, ' he explains,
> 'It's jus t that my wife and I joined the Baptist
> Church and I had to quit drinking.'
>
> 'Hasn't affected my brothers though.'