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i'm cooking the veggies and valuing myself! ([personal profile] themeletor) wrote2005-02-01 10:57 pm

B. Rottman is fantastic:

And people wonder why economics makes me giggly...

Today:
-He warned us about the (unlikely) threat of "Banks Gone Wild" -- you know, giving loans to ... ant farms ... and the like.
-In a massive mixed mauled metaphor, he lectured us on the importance of having "a maestro at the helm" ... otherwise our economy would... sink? get off tempo? perform poorly-sung shanties? (OH THE HORROR! Hide the women and children!)

Classics (Now with 70% more inadvertent racism!):
-In reference to a comment on beaded purses, "I saw a guy beating an octopus once... It was in Greece. I think he was getting the ink out... because we had it for dinner that night. Maybe tenderizing."
-In a bout of something completely unintended and entirely inappropriate, "Israeli women need to get on the stick and start producing babies."



Also, I now have five pair of stainless steel chopsticks. My joy is effusive.

(Anonymous) 2005-02-02 12:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't foret some other classics:

King Solomon had 200 wives and 700 concubines. He was a busy guy.

He's a few tacos short of a combination plate.

So we just imagine Alan Greenspan sitting in his bathtub thinking up numbers. Alan Grenspan in a bathtub is not something I want to think about for too long...

Gerber: What would happen if the entire world economy tanked?
Rottman: That's generally bad.

(Anonymous) 2005-02-02 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
~Em

Sorry forgot to sign that last one. Didn't want you to get creeped out and think someone was stalking you.

[identity profile] meletor-et-al.livejournal.com 2005-02-02 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
A few tacos short of a combination plate... I love that one.

But I was saving some for later, you know. .::crosses all these off List for Later Use::.

Hehee, such fun that class.