Humor on the Financial Crisis

Almost everyday, we hear news about how bad the financial crisis is.  If you have money in any type of investment accounts (IRA, Roth IRA, Stocks, etc) most likely you have lost a good deal of money.  So instead of writing how much we have suffered due to the financial crisis, I went online and look for some humor related to the financial crisis.  Heres what I found:

Below is some black humor, courtesy of South China Morning Post:

Q: What is the definition of optimism?

A: An investment banker ironing five shirts on a Sunday evening.

Q: Why are all MBAs going back to school?

A: To ask for their money back.

I went to the ATM this morning and it said, “Insufficient Funds”.

I’m wondering: Is it them or is it me?

Here is some dark humor making its way around the email.   You might have some of it in your inbox:

BULL MARKET — random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.

BEAR MARKET — 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.

VALUE INVESTING — The art of buying low and selling lower.

P/E RATIO — The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.

BROKER — What my broker has made me.

STANDARD & POOR — Your life in a nutshell.

STOCK ANALYST — Idiot who just downgraded your stock.

STOCK SPLIT — When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.

FINANCIAL PLANNER — A guy whose phone has been disconnected.

MARKET CORRECTION — The day after you buy stocks.

CASH FLOW — The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.

YAHOO — What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.

WINDOWS — What you jump out of when you’re the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR — Past year investor who’s now locked up in a outhouse.

PROFIT — An archaic word no longer in use.

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Got some more humor on the financial crisis?  Then share it with us!!!


October 28, 2008 | Filed Under Humorous and Odd Story, Ramblings | 1 Comment 

Man Pays New Truck with Thousands of Coins

A man from Ohio, USA buys a new Chevrolet Silverado truck with coins.

Yes, you read it right. He paid for the truck with coins, a lot of coins. The employees at the Chevrolet dealership located in the suburb of Springdale, Cincinnati saw the 70 year old James Jones and his wife carry 16 coffee cans full of coins to the dealership to pay for the truck. He used it to pay half of the $16,000 price of the pickup truck.

It took the employees at the car dealership more then 90 minutes to count the collection of nickels, dines, quarters, half-dollars and dollar coins. However, the coffee cans have no pennies. Imagine the time it would them to count the coins if more then half of it is pennies. He would definitely need more then 16 coffee cans to carry those pennies.

As for the other half of the $16,000, Jones and his wife, Betty, wrote a check.

Jones’ son says his penny-pinching dad always preferred to pay his purchases with coins. His reason to buy a new truck was because the parking brake of his 1981 pickup truck failed last year sending him to the hospital.

Most likely, he used coins to pay off his hospital bills as well.


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