tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post3812600060284740670..comments2024-01-31T00:52:30.471-08:00Comments on Waking Ambrose: EconofantasyDoug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-1527900428498804462007-04-27T16:10:00.000-07:002007-04-27T16:10:00.000-07:00Ariel, Mireille left out "quick learner"Logo, call...Ariel, Mireille left out "quick learner"<BR/><BR/>Logo, calling me a genius does not make you look smarter.<BR/><BR/>Oh, dang, Asiansmiles! I missed that you were talking about Fantasy Island. Yes, you'll need American lawyers there, definitely.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-70125853627517254782007-04-27T09:09:00.000-07:002007-04-27T09:09:00.000-07:00American? hmm... american immigration lawyers. th...American? hmm... american immigration lawyers. the fanstasy island will give them the opportunity to make things right (once and for all).AsianSmileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06574684366358480498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-86216946118829143362007-04-27T07:41:00.000-07:002007-04-27T07:41:00.000-07:00Doug, you are, in point of fact, a genius. Have I ...Doug, you are, in point of fact, a genius. Have I mentioned this?<BR/><BR/>So does associating with you make me look smarter, or show off my flaws?Logophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05791617221187190709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-8286762257213268762007-04-26T12:41:00.000-07:002007-04-26T12:41:00.000-07:00Neva, into your refined taste I recommend my tequi...Neva, into your refined taste I recommend my tequila. you say lime, it will be lime!<BR/><BR/>thanks again for all the kind words! Mireille, I've learned two new ones. :-PAriel the Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097086287609287362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-27251625408070047242007-04-26T05:14:00.000-07:002007-04-26T05:14:00.000-07:00Mireille, that was nice. Thanks.Dannyboy, you hav...Mireille, that was nice. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>Dannyboy, you have no idea the kind of pressure these people put on me Wednesday mornings. It's like working in a salt mine as a shovel. (Thanks, noted.)<BR/><BR/>Cooper, you know perfectly well you dream of lectures on matrilineal social organization in agrarian cultures.<BR/><BR/>Terry, I hope this post helped to catch you up.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-48934213108739735492007-04-25T21:41:00.000-07:002007-04-25T21:41:00.000-07:00A happy birthday toast to you Ariel *clinks Brenni...A happy birthday toast to you Ariel *clinks Brennivin shotglass*<BR/><BR/>Great update Doug. Economics was a class I missed in school. (dodged is more like it)tsduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457805824149563737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-21661557658271274842007-04-25T21:01:00.000-07:002007-04-25T21:01:00.000-07:00Only you doug.Only you doug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-68048344111044280192007-04-25T20:53:00.000-07:002007-04-25T20:53:00.000-07:00I think, my friend Doug, that you may be avoiding....I think, my friend Doug, that you may be avoiding. Take the first two, amazing stanzas, and rewrite the last three. Make them worthy of glistening before the microphone. Make them serious!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-42512877741112255212007-04-25T18:48:00.000-07:002007-04-25T18:48:00.000-07:00I'm so late ... but Ariel: happy birthday to one o...I'm so late ... but Ariel: happy birthday to one of the most erudite commenters, one of the most astute, a princess among women and one of the hardest working entertainers in show business. xoxomireillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012296353550408831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-686863644922116772007-04-25T17:34:00.000-07:002007-04-25T17:34:00.000-07:00Actonbell, I recommend a book called New Ideas fro...Actonbell, I recommend a book called <I>New Ideas from Dead Economists. </I>It's a very well-written and often funny history of the dismal science. And with your detachable jaw for literature, you can finish it in an evening.<BR/><BR/>Neva, there's a reason penguins don't live in the jungle, I think.<BR/><BR/>Aral, then see my comment to Actonbell above. And thanks.<BR/><BR/>J.D. and mine is of an angelic Alan Greenspan. You can tell which of us lives in the big house.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-32203386878502955302007-04-25T17:20:00.000-07:002007-04-25T17:20:00.000-07:00Happy B-day to Ariel!!!!My econofantasy: Tons of ...Happy B-day to Ariel!!!!<BR/><BR/>My econofantasy: Tons of Benjamins trickle down on me... I buy gold shoes...Jamie Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11036600186909466411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-70988091317596936402007-04-25T17:11:00.000-07:002007-04-25T17:11:00.000-07:00Happy birthday, Ariel! Nicely written Doug. I'm ...Happy birthday, Ariel! Nicely written Doug. I'm with actonbell... I keep thinking of reading <I>Freakonomics</I>.Lilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068609044580667767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-62625031556805974762007-04-25T15:50:00.000-07:002007-04-25T15:50:00.000-07:00actually, i meant landscaping... and now i'm laugh...actually, i <I>meant</I> landscaping... and now i'm laughing as i think of a certain "landscaping" Penguin wielding a rather large machete... (those work on <I>lemons</I> and/or budgets, too, as you well know...)<BR/><BR/>chop chop! ; )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-74194352209964481742007-04-25T14:47:00.000-07:002007-04-25T14:47:00.000-07:00Happy Birthday Ariel!Happy Birthday Ariel!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-29974654243296412062007-04-25T14:45:00.000-07:002007-04-25T14:45:00.000-07:00Asiansmiles, it always comes down to the dishes, i...Asiansmiles, it always comes down to the dishes, in the end. Do you have any Americans?<BR/><BR/>It's OK, Al. Oral exam.<BR/><BR/>Good quote, Mule. Good source, too, except I don't want to consider Woody Allen's pajama memories.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, TLP. It's all about choosing the right firmament.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Joel. I ate one dollar bills for supper, why?<BR/><BR/>True, Icy. Luckily, in my youth I dreamt of being a ne'er-do-well.<BR/><BR/>Ariel, I have tried to learn your gift for titling. I hope it was a good birthday. Lemons are my stock-in-trade.<BR/><BR/>Neva, in truth, I dreamt of landscaping.Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-88130501081266714122007-04-25T14:15:00.000-07:002007-04-25T14:15:00.000-07:00Ariel: hah! now see? i might have thought landscap...Ariel: hah! now see? i might have thought <I>landscaper</I>.<BR/><BR/>no lemons, birthday girl... how 'bout some limes?? ; )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-75721798288854015862007-04-25T12:58:00.000-07:002007-04-25T12:58:00.000-07:00Doug and people, thank you for all the good wishes...Doug and people, thank you for all the good wishes! I had a long day and it is really nice to come home and read good wishes. tones of cakes in the fridge, and beer, Bailey's and tequila, I was somehow expecting visitors today. :) forgot the lemon, though, has anybody have some lemons?<BR/><BR/>Monika, that is not Hungarian but sounds very nice, just a couple glasses and I'll know it by heart. :)<BR/><BR/>Doug, I good thing your dream have a title or I'd have thought it was about a politician. :)Ariel the Thiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097086287609287362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-70474784151611082872007-04-25T12:50:00.000-07:002007-04-25T12:50:00.000-07:00Our dreams in youth are inflationary leaving our e...Our dreams in youth are inflationary leaving our elderly dreams in recession and often depression.Tom & Icyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02184377353312923689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-42418629297083710622007-04-25T12:21:00.000-07:002007-04-25T12:21:00.000-07:00Interesting dream Doug...what was for dinner last ...Interesting dream Doug...what was for dinner last night? Nicely done nonetheless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-53795324489345667532007-04-25T09:06:00.000-07:002007-04-25T09:06:00.000-07:00Economics: Smoke and mirrors.Happy birthday to Ari...Economics: Smoke and mirrors.<BR/><BR/>Happy birthday to Ariel, if in fact it <I>is</I> your birthday, and if you choose to accept birthday wishes.<BR/><BR/>Wonderful poem Doug. You really are a star.TLPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02837578489728318423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-41290879266844889432007-04-25T08:44:00.000-07:002007-04-25T08:44:00.000-07:00"a dream is a memory in pajamas"Woody Allen"a dream is a memory in pajamas"<BR/><BR/>Woody AllenThe Old Mulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469707883604282375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-67939492151812277782007-04-25T08:34:00.000-07:002007-04-25T08:34:00.000-07:00In your dream, Doug, are you, like, sitting in you...In your dream, Doug, are you, like, sitting in your underwear in a classroom full of strangers, having just been told by a teacher you've never seen before that there's an unexpected final exam that day, on a subject you didn't even know you had on your roster until just now, so you've never even been to a single class all year?<BR/><BR/>I love that dream. Or, is it a memory? What's the difference again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-15684130575016805272007-04-25T08:25:00.000-07:002007-04-25T08:25:00.000-07:00rrr... 3rd try.. earlier comments got economized.....rrr... 3rd try.. earlier comments got economized.. lemme try again pls..?<BR/><BR/>a similar fantasy i had. having an island populated by technocrats from japan, bureaucrats from britain, pulitzer/nobel prize winners/ scientists, engineers (*starry-eyed*) best of the bests. then a question popped: "who's gonna wash the dishes?" (*ho-hum* so much for fantasies)<BR/><BR/>Economy (of scale): an accountant's invisible weapon to get what she wants.<BR/><BR/>thanks doug, have a great day!AsianSmileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06574684366358480498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-24484616950069879762007-04-25T08:14:00.000-07:002007-04-25T08:14:00.000-07:00Ooops, sorry Mule. I like "Pico-economics." Aust...Ooops, sorry Mule. I like "Pico-economics." Australopithicean Neokeynesians?Doug The Unahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-81602783345453149212007-04-25T08:12:00.000-07:002007-04-25T08:12:00.000-07:00Economics: The art of science.Doug, my hat is off....Economics: The art of science.<BR/><BR/>Doug, my hat is off. Great poem. And "...scold us in the first-person plural" had me in stitches.<BR/><BR/>You give the Pico-econometricians a run for their money with that one.<BR/><BR/>Save me some cake, Ariel?The Old Mulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469707883604282375noreply@blogger.com