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HUH ?
#1
Things that make ya go, Huh ? ::blink::

Why is it that when the closing bell at the Stock Exchange is being rung after another day of falling stock prices, is everyone smiling & clapping ?
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#2
Perhaps that the fall in stock prices signifies a correction rather than a freefall and that the forecast shows a better future.

That is just a guess.
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#3
Or maybe all those stockbrokers are smug, self-important assholes that managed to make a profit when the rest of the country is going bankrupt.
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#4
[user=29]Duchess[/user] wrote:
Quote:Things that make ya go, Huh ?     ::blink::

Why is it that when the closing bell at the Stock Exchange is being rung after another day of falling stock prices, is everyone smiling & clapping ?


Whether the shares go up or the shares go down they still get paid their massively inflated salaries.
We need to punish the French, ignore the Germans and forgive the Russians - Condoleezza Rice.
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#5
[user=29]Duchess[/user] wrote:
Quote:Things that make ya go, Huh ?     ::blink::


Or just Hmmmmmm:


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#6
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#7
To address the Stock Exchange... they're probably all on crack.
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#8
Borndragon Wrote:[user=29]Duchess[/user] wrote:
Quote:Things that make ya go, Huh ? ::blink::


Or just Hmmmmmm:


Why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?

Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
R.I.P. George Carlin
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#9
Quote:If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height,
what would happen?
What side is the buttered part of the toast facing?
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