h a l f b a k e r yBirth of a Notion.
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I sat, surrounded by flickering screens, images of wool
futures, silk futures, glove derivatives, sub-prime
support
hose, sports futures, stockings and all manner of
Spandex
and Lycra garmentry flashing before my eyes... this was
the lot of a busy sock trader, these days.
I gleefully offloaded
12 million pairs of left socks,
Russian
military, 1968, size 18.5 to a trader in China who wasn't
aware that socks that size would make good peter-
heaters
for a bull African elephant. Heaven knows what he was
going to do with them.
Now... how the hell was I supposed to get rid of 161,000
4.2
tonne bales of lint?
The Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble
http://www.juliango...rgeisa-goat-bubble/
Only tangentally related - a cautionary tale of goats, speculation and markets. [zen_tom, May 08 2012]
[link]
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So, tell me again how the invention preceded the
pun? |
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The international market already socks. |
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Well, my daughter is doing a school project on
international trade, for her Year 5 studies, and she
asked whether the local sock market affected our
balance of payments. So, it wasn't so much a pun as
a mistake that set it off, [Max]. |
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Now we understand why the London Stock Exchange Index is colloquially referred to as the "Footsie 100" ... |
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I'm pretty sure you've nailed it, [8th]. Nothing to do
with the Financial Times. |
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Damn, there aren't any more sock puns, are there. Not even winsock.. |
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Oh, sure you'll see plenty of sock brokers clean up on the
floor, but it's always the consumers who foot the bill. |
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//there aren't any more sock puns// |
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Puns are fast becoming [ubie]'s stocking trade. |
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Puns have always been my stock in trade, [Max]. I
think in puns and double entendres. |
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If you buy a dozen socks do you get six pair, or 12 pair, or 12 socks ? |
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If your socks have a holes, are they holy socks ? |
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Male sock manufacturers passed on panty hose. The silly woman inventor had to keep the entire business to herself. |
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