Sunday
08Jun
Expectations
Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 09:20PM in broker bill "Uh, captain."
"I saw it, Mell. The Journal's breaking the story."
"2 billion? Are you fucking kidding me?"
"Expectations were around 300 mill."
"I was even thinking they might be a buy around here."
"Ah, Mell. You know what they say."
"What? Never trust a salesman from Lehman?"
"Not that one."
"Once you go black, you never go back?"
"Cut the shit, Mell. For one sec."
"OK, captain. I give up."
"You never want to catch a falling knife."
(silence)
"Thanks, captain. You're like Bernard fucking Baruch come back from the dead."
(silence)
"You give out that shit to all your clients?"
"Only for you, Mell. Only for nice guys like you."