Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Wall Street

Wall Street, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven. Even the great and good Andrew Carnegie has made his profession of faith in the matter.

Carnegie the dauntless has uttered his call
To battle: "The brokers are parasites all!"
Carnegie, Carnegie, you'll never prevail;
Keep the wind of your slogan to belly your sail,
Go back to your isle of perpetual brume,
Silence your pibroch, doff tartan and plume:
Ben Lomond is calling his son from the fray --
Fly, fly from the region of Wall Street away!
While still you're possessed of a single baubee
(I wish it were pledged to endowment of me)
'Twere wise to retreat from the wars of finance
Lest its value decline ere your credit advance.
For a man 'twixt a king of finance and the sea,
Carnegie, Carnegie, your tongue is too free!

Anonymus Bink

2005 Update: The world's great center of commerce in all except goods and services.

By the way, five demerits to anyone who leaves "The capitol of capital" in the comments.

20 comments:

  1. Your new definition really can't be topped. My attempt would be: A street surrounded by walls where people are allowed to hold demonstrations and protest actions, without disturbing anyone.

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  2. Ah, yes, Inde, a free speech zone. Brrrr.

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  3. I don't know how you come up with these...they are fantastic...

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  4. Wall Street, n. Las Vegas for acountants.

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  5. Anonymous10:31 AM

    I second spiritdancerq. They really are fantastic. xD Again, I love your sense of humor. Your biting sense of sarcasm is very amusing. &heart Take care.

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  6. Wall Street: The lifesucking financial force my husband was lucky enough to relocate away from last year.

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  7. Spirit Dancer and Jessie, remember that these posts are 50-75% Bierce by Volume and 95% by depth. If you are trying to make me a nice guy it won't work. That said, thank you.

    Gabriel, I thought Las Vegas was Las Vegas for Accountants.

    Sar, is that why he's striding? Glad he got out before he hobbled.

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  8. Anonymous6:04 PM

    Mad scurrying driven by the better devils of our nature, fueled by other people's money.

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  9. I love it, Comfort Addict, money as the Devil's energy drink. And here I thought Red Bull gave you wings.

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  10. Let me dispell the myth - Strider's my brother! But agreed, we're all thankful for hubby's fortunous move.

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  11. You married your brother?

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  12. Ah, Doug....lol :)

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  13. Another gem, Doug. :D

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  14. Sorry, Sar

    Thanks, Rohit!

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  15. Doug - no prob; it's all good!

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  16. I know, Sar, thank you for your graciousness.

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  17. significant for the significant!

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  18. Putty for the petty!

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  19. Anonymous3:20 PM

    In this case Wall Street is a symbol and a state of mind.

    Hate to say this but I like the original definition better. Little less anti-New York

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  20. Pia, anti-New York? My apologies if it came across that way. I can't say I don't mean to offend, but I don't mean to offend you. I don't mind a bit that you liked the original definition best.

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