Free Association Thread 4

[JKendallDane]

Talk about 'signals'. Sometime back in the '90s I was invited to Enron's London HQ to discuss 'a project'. Looking around, I thought to myself: Gosh, these guys must be ready to take over the world. And then, a few months later, the receivers were holding a 'fire sale' at the very same premises. I probably should have bought something - just for the hell of it.

Back in the mid-1980s when I was wheeling and dealing property like Trump (just on a much, much smaller scale) and the savings and loan industry began collapsing under all the over-leveraged loans they had out and the internal theft by the board members, I remember the standard line quickly became:

What's the safest way to rob a bank? Own one!

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[Handley_Page]

Back in the mid-1980s when I was wheeling and dealing property like Trump (just on a much, much smaller scale) and the savings and loan industry began collapsing under all the over-leveraged loans they had out and the internal theft by the board members, I remember the standard line quickly became:

What's the safest way to rob a bank? Own one!

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There's a pain (still) in the guts of millions of Bank Customers for that.

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

There's a pain (still) in the guts of millions of Bank Customers for that.

That's why they give you a toaster when you open an account... Can be made, quick, easy, & relatively-cheaply so you think the pain is just b/c you're full.

EDIT: Oh, & lest I forget, that pitiful "Bank Job" flick (perhaps Statham's worst ever) is far worse than the Barenaked Ladies song of the same name, or the similarly-storied "The One" by Old 97s.

 

[JKendallDane]

There's a pain (still) in the guts of millions of Bank Customers for that.

Sadly we didn't learn from that little S&L fiasco and ended up repeating it with the banks in 2006.

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

Sadly we didn't learn from that little S&L fiasco and ended up repeating it with the banks in 2006.

Banks, Bushes, Buffoons, etc... It's all a bunch of Bs/SOBs.

 

[JKendallDane]

Banks, Bushes, Buffoons, etc... It's all a bunch of Bs/SOBs.

I've used the term "SOBs" as the tag for "Sons of Bosses" ...the ones that take over a company Daddy has busted his ass to build and the clueless offspring tend to fuck it up beyond belief.

The Walton kids always come to mind first.

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[SamScribble]

I've used the term "SOBs" as the tag for "Sons of Bosses" ...the ones that take over a company Daddy has busted his ass to build and the clueless offspring tend to fuck it up beyond belief.

The Walton kids always come to mind first.

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Walton kids? Weren't they the ones who kept saying 'Good night' to one another?

 

[legerdemer]

Walton kids? Weren't they the ones who kept saying 'Good night' to one another?

So Long, Farewell

 

[JKendallDane]

So Long, Farewell

Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MUJ2NpD-dns/USVVbk9O79I/AAAAAAAAP6M/XqxvSlRbykE/s1600/Mash-Goodbye_l.jpg

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[MagicaPractica]

Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MUJ2NpD-dns/USVVbk9O79I/AAAAAAAAP6M/XqxvSlRbykE/s1600/Mash-Goodbye_l.jpg

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I hear chopper blades. Nobody ever had a mustache like BJ Honeycutt.

 

[JKendallDane]

I hear chopper blades. Nobody ever had a mustache like BJ Honeycutt.

And thirty-three years after it first aired, it's still the most watched television episode of all time.

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[SamScribble]

And thirty-three years after it first aired, it's still the most watched television episode of all time.

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I assume that includes both the people who watched it the first time and all those who watched it on the numerous re-runs?

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

I assume that includes both the people who watched it the first time and all those who watched it on the numerous re-runs?

Hulu? (More like "Who? Lou?" I thought of him watching TV when someone on a current show in the past week made a reference to someone having "spunk".)

 

[Handley_Page]

Of the great speeches uttered, THIS is one of the mightiest.
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although I admit to being in that band of admirers of THIS ONE, from Henry 5th:

 

[SamScribble]

Of the great speeches uttered, THIS is one of the mightiest.
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although I admit to being in that band of admirers of THIS ONE, from Henry 5th:

Preceded by the Siege of Harfleur

'Once more unto the breach, dear friends...'

 

[JKendallDane]

Preceded by the Siege of Harfleur

'Once more unto the breach, dear friends...'

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..."

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[SamScribble]

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..."
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Flavius: 'Yeah? What have you got in that sack?'

Antony: 'Ears!'

(Courtesy of Johnny Wayne and Frank Schuster)

 

[MagicaPractica]

Flavius: 'Yeah? What have you got in that sack?'

Antony: 'Ears!'

(Courtesy of Johnny Wayne and Frank Schuster)

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
The Reduced Shakespeare Company

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Friends of mine did some of this as a "speech-&-debate team" cut in high school.

Last I knew, 1 of the 2 was said to be selling knives in TX.

Briefly made me wonder if he used it to cut off more ears.

 

[JKendallDane]

Friends of mine did some of this as a "speech-&-debate team" cut in high school.

Last I knew, 1 of the 2 was said to be selling knives in TX.

Briefly made me wonder if he used it to cut off more ears.

It slices! It dices! It juliennes!

The infamous Veg-O-matic

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[L1tTleD1fferent]

It slices! It dices! It juliennes!

The infamous Veg-O-matic

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"Mr. Popeil" by the (apparently has recorded last album, he claims) Master!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BX56syrmWQ

 

[JKendallDane]

"Mr. Popeil" by the (apparently has recorded last album, he claims) Master!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BX56syrmWQ

Music to place your bid by...

I Got It On eBay

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[L1tTleD1fferent]

Music to place your bid by...

I Got It On eBay

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Truly is his song, & was recommended to me on YouTube, but is (it seems) not on his official account.

https://www.youtube.com/user/alyankovicVEVO/videos

 

[SamScribble]

Truly is his song, & was recommended to me on YouTube, but is (it seems) not on his official account.

https://www.youtube.com/user/alyankovicVEVO/videos

My YouTube recommendations confirm where I am in life. And here I was trying to conceal the fact that I am no longer of an age where I have to consider 'What next?' Gravity is well and truly in charge. The door is that way.

 

[MagicaPractica]

My YouTube recommendations confirm where I am in life. And here I was trying to conceal the fact that I am no longer of an age where I have to consider 'What next?' Gravity is well and truly in charge. The door is that way.

The stronger gravity is, the faster time seems to move. I wonder if black holes and worm holes are related.