Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Closed book opened

Thanks to Tetrapilotomos since yesterday the mechanisms of bourse respectively stock exchange to me no longer are a riddle wrapped up in enigmata:

You buy one hen, one cock,
and sooner or later you have 100 hens.

Then there comes a torrential flood,
and all your hens get drowned.

When in this moment you sigh:
'Ah, if only I had bought ducks', - that's stock exchange.

9 comments:

  1. Brilliant, Sean. Love it. I had to translate it for my work colleagues because I burst out laughing as soon as I read it.

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  2. A funny and precise observation, Sean.

    I think the current financial tsunami has wiped out the hens and the ducks.

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  3. Try a rabbit the next time, or a roaring Tiger..))
    Kindest
    hans

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  4. Haha Good one Sean

    I've always thought of the City of London as the world's find the lady game played by people prone to massive (and costly) panic attacks.

    Sometimes I wonder if we would be better off buying magic beans!

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  5. I love this Sean. My chickens are currently in cryogenic storage and I live in hopes of their revival, should I live so long. I think the ducks also succumbed to the same flood.

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  6. Ladies, gentlemen,
    glad you liked what you read. I'll pass your accolade on to my friend.
    Personally I've no doubt his example will make its way into the textbooks.

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