How do you say 'look at my striped shirt' in French? (Yeah, I know the damn shirt is checkered but it's the point of the thing. He looks like the French version of that sort of tool.) And as a follow-up:
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Posted by repeatingofcours , Feb 06, 2008 12:57PM
haha, caulk ring. stupid g-rated polls.
Posted by Other , Feb 06, 2008 1:00PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_amg-Aos4
Posted by big r , Feb 06, 2008 1:06PM
the hawaii chair needs to be added to this poll
Posted by guy in the striped shirt , Feb 06, 2008 1:09PM
Is that his maman? I'd love to let her do at little sit n spin on my lap on an hawaiian chair.
Posted by , Feb 06, 2008 1:11PM
wow, he really does looks like Liev Schreiber...
Posted by SAC , Feb 06, 2008 1:15PM
Hawaii Chair ad :35 to :50=future work environment at which firm?
Posted by Anal_yst , Feb 06, 2008 1:21PM
I'm gonna go with black thigh-highs, most likely w/garter
Posted by BSD , Feb 06, 2008 1:22PM
@1:09 - that's his lawyer, and she looks like she'd strap you into that chair and make you eat it. You know you want that creme brule.
Posted by Big Ben , Feb 06, 2008 1:24PM
Too bad it wasn't a $70 billion loss. There is no such thing as risk management at some of these IB's. Short 'em while you can, the foundations are starting to crumble.. ;)
Posted by Anal_yst , Feb 06, 2008 1:27PM
@ bsd
Wait, is his lawyer "Max," the arms dealer from Mission Impossible?
Posted by Calgary Schmooze , Feb 06, 2008 1:31PM
Risk management is hard when you only have M+ and M- on your handheld solar calculator... makes those involved quantifications tricky, so you just simplify to y = mx + b
Posted by tired , Feb 06, 2008 1:59PM
Ohhh.. guy wears a checkered shirt and all of the sudden he is a tool. Deal Breaker's catty, sarcastic, misplaced jealousy-type humor is wearing thin. Get a real job and stop critiquing others.
Posted by pierre henri lacoursier , Feb 06, 2008 2:11PM
REGARDE MA CHEMISE RAYEE!
Posted by , Feb 06, 2008 2:18PM
She just asked him if he "really" wants that promotion. He's thinking about it. Exchanging bodily fluids with her for an extra $35,000 per year? But I got to make that mortgage payment? I can't decide... What if someone at the firm finds out?
Posted by , Feb 06, 2008 2:19PM
@tired
I want to draw an X and Y axis on the checkered shirt you're no doubt wearing
Posted by moron , Feb 06, 2008 2:26PM
@ tired: are you that dense, dude? it has less to do with the shirt and more to do with the fact that he's a fucking criminal, worthy of ridicule.
Posted by , Feb 06, 2008 2:28PM
moron, what are you talking about? Look at that shirt??
Posted by tired , Feb 06, 2008 2:36PM
@ you all. Eat a dick.
Posted by Calgary Schmooze , Feb 06, 2008 2:36PM
It would be better if the shirt was patterned in Log or Semi-Log, then we could determine the magnitude of the situation.
Posted by HAM'05 , Feb 06, 2008 2:36PM
you know, i happen to think a tasteful checkered shirt breaks the monotony of solid pastels day in and day out.
Posted by , Feb 06, 2008 2:46PM
they make shirts patterend in Log and Semi-Log?
is this a new canuck fashion we have not received down south in the U.S. yet?
Posted by Calgary Schmooze , Feb 06, 2008 2:49PM
The latest in French high-fashion engineering wear...
Posted by , Feb 06, 2008 2:50PM
that is so sweet.
Posted by Becky Boot Fan , Feb 06, 2008 2:51PM
...or a tasteful sweater vest over it? Or a full size sweater...then just a dickey.
Posted by , Feb 06, 2008 2:53PM
Is it true that the gays on wall street usually try to wear plaid and checked shirts so as not to betray their status as members of the fashion-conscious group that they are?
Posted by GAnalYst , Feb 06, 2008 2:55PM
We used to do that, until we figured out that it was silly. Our lisps and funny walks gave us away.... NOT
The reality is that I'll bet you'd be hard pressed to pick out the gay guys.
Posted by , Feb 06, 2008 3:05PM
Duh dude that's why I'm asking. I thought it sounded a little far fetched but you never know.
But look I think we all know that one guy in the office who dresses just a little too well...
Posted by Eustacia Vye , Feb 06, 2008 3:05PM
HAHAHAHAHA! Beautiful.
Posted by kubam , Feb 06, 2008 3:13PM
French guys ALWAYS wear suit pants. Even when they are wearing jeans.
Posted by Anonymosity , Feb 06, 2008 3:17PM
@ 2:19
classic
Posted by Blade , Feb 06, 2008 3:17PM
her left toe is in his asshole in that picture
Posted by , Feb 06, 2008 3:18PM
I think this looks like a still from an actual movie:
Woman: Do you still find me attractive, Jerome?
Posted by GAnalYst , Feb 06, 2008 3:31PM
@3:05 You a little intrigued by him maybe? Could see yourself doing it with a hard body for a change? Try it out - guys are animals, which makes it extra hot.
Let me help you with one out of the gay playbook: see if he looks you in the eye, checks you out, notices you. Straight guys look THROUGH other guys, hardly notice them. Gays look deep INTO other guys, check them out. Its all in the eyes.
Good luck.
Posted by , Feb 06, 2008 3:38PM
Gaynalyst not to doubt your credentials here but cmon you mean to tell me you are checking out allthe dudes in your office so hard that they would notice if they tried? I mean isn't it usually like the equivalent to you of working in an office filled with ugly girls would be for me? Like, I know in the back of my mind if I got drunk enough I would go at it with two of them at once but I wouldn't spend my sober or work time thinking about it or checking them out
Posted by GAnalYst , Feb 06, 2008 4:08PM
@3:38 Its hard to explain, but it takes like one second. There's no drag on productivity. Their eyes meet yours and its clear that you're both thinking "would I have sex with this dude?". Happens at work, on the subway, in the street, at the gym. Doesn't mean you're gonna have sex, just that you're checking each other out and have therefore figured out that each other is gay.
Posted by , Feb 06, 2008 4:18PM
Well, thanks for the insight. It is possible I am either not perceptive enough or not desirable enough to ever know for sure.
Posted by , Feb 06, 2008 4:25PM
Sheesh. Scared to look anyone in the eyes now for fear of giving the wrong impression!
Posted by GAnalYst , Feb 06, 2008 4:36PM
4:18 I doubt there's a problem of desirability or perception - you're just straight. You're checking out women, who are usually not the sexual animals men are, so it would be rare to feel the same vibe that you would if you were playing the game with another guy and he turned out to be gay.
Posted by , Feb 06, 2008 4:45PM
I wonder which is more likely to result in some sort of harassment complaint in my office, making deep eye contact with all the women or all the men.
Posted by GAnalYst , Feb 06, 2008 4:58PM
@4:45 Again, I said it was hard to explain. Nothing deep at all. Split second, your eyes meet his. BANG - you sense you're both thinking the same thing - would I have sex with this dude?
Don't even bother if you're straight. Women don't think like that unless they're the rare total slut. Its a guy thing, cause guys are animals. So therefore the spark happens only when both of you are gay. Its that simple.
Posted by L. Craig , Feb 06, 2008 5:30PM
That's why I look into eyes in the men's room. I'm not gay but I want to know who may be having sex in the stall later so I can avoid my wide stance.
Posted by JorgeCad , Feb 06, 2008 7:34PM
Lads,
Check shirts are a French thing, as are weird looking green blazers. Since I am not a fasihion expert (gosh I still wear a blue blazer - dated 1999) I can not fault our "poor boy"" Jerome for what he wears.
And yes, he is a poor guy, This guy is a fall-guy "par excellence"". No-one said anything when P&L was good, only when things went sour did they react.
No how does not matter. SocGen is gone, should have happened in 99. All the incompetent "directeurs"will be fired - very good. SocGen does have alot of talent, they will survive (as they should)
Jorge
Posted by financial engineer , Feb 07, 2008 5:09AM
I always wanted a log or semi-log patterned shirt! A Smith chart patterned one would be the ultimate in Electrical Engineering fashion circles.
Posted by FuriousStyles , Feb 07, 2008 9:47AM
sans-Tshirt too.. Tacky