The $7 Billion Question

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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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Comments (44)

  1. Posted by repeatingofcours | February 6, 2008 at 12:57 PM

    haha, caulk ring. stupid g-rated polls.

  2. Posted by Other | February 6, 2008 at 1:00 PM
  3. Posted by big r | February 6, 2008 at 1:06 PM

    the hawaii chair needs to be added to this poll

  4. Posted by guy in the striped shirt | February 6, 2008 at 1:09 PM

    Is that his maman? I’d love to let her do at little sit n spin on my lap on an hawaiian chair.

  5. Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008 at 1:11 PM

    wow, he really does looks like Liev Schreiber…

  6. Posted by SAC | February 6, 2008 at 1:15 PM

    Hawaii Chair ad :35 to :50=future work environment at which firm?

  7. Posted by Anal_yst | February 6, 2008 at 1:21 PM

    I’m gonna go with black thigh-highs, most likely w/garter

  8. Posted by BSD | February 6, 2008 at 1:22 PM

    @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.

  9. Posted by Big Ben | February 6, 2008 at 1:24 PM

    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.. ;)

  10. Posted by Anal_yst | February 6, 2008 at 1:27 PM

    @ bsd
    Wait, is his lawyer “Max,” the arms dealer from Mission Impossible?

  11. Posted by Calgary Schmooze | February 6, 2008 at 1:31 PM

    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

  12. Posted by tired | February 6, 2008 at 1:59 PM

    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.

  13. Posted by pierre henri lacoursier | February 6, 2008 at 2:11 PM

    REGARDE MA CHEMISE RAYEE!

  14. Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008 at 2:18 PM

    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?

  15. Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008 at 2:19 PM

    @tired
    I want to draw an X and Y axis on the checkered shirt you’re no doubt wearing

  16. Posted by moron | February 6, 2008 at 2:26 PM

    @ 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.

  17. Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008 at 2:28 PM

    moron, what are you talking about? Look at that shirt??

  18. Posted by tired | February 6, 2008 at 2:36 PM

    @ you all. Eat a dick.

  19. Posted by Calgary Schmooze | February 6, 2008 at 2:36 PM

    It would be better if the shirt was patterned in Log or Semi-Log, then we could determine the magnitude of the situation.

  20. Posted by HAM'05 | February 6, 2008 at 2:36 PM

    you know, i happen to think a tasteful checkered shirt breaks the monotony of solid pastels day in and day out.

  21. Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008 at 2:46 PM

    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?

  22. Posted by Calgary Schmooze | February 6, 2008 at 2:49 PM

    The latest in French high-fashion engineering wear…

  23. Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008 at 2:50 PM

    that is so sweet.

  24. Posted by Becky Boot Fan | February 6, 2008 at 2:51 PM

    …or a tasteful sweater vest over it? Or a full size sweater…then just a dickey.

  25. Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008 at 2:53 PM

    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?

  26. Posted by GAnalYst | February 6, 2008 at 2:55 PM

    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.

  27. Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008 at 3:05 PM

    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…

  28. Posted by Eustacia Vye | February 6, 2008 at 3:05 PM

    HAHAHAHAHA! Beautiful.

  29. Posted by kubam | February 6, 2008 at 3:13 PM

    French guys ALWAYS wear suit pants. Even when they are wearing jeans.

  30. Posted by Anonymosity | February 6, 2008 at 3:17 PM

    @ 2:19
    classic

  31. Posted by Blade | February 6, 2008 at 3:17 PM

    her left toe is in his asshole in that picture

  32. Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008 at 3:18 PM

    I think this looks like a still from an actual movie:
    Woman: Do you still find me attractive, Jerome?

  33. Posted by GAnalYst | February 6, 2008 at 3:31 PM

    @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.

  34. Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008 at 3:38 PM

    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

  35. Posted by GAnalYst | February 6, 2008 at 4:08 PM

    @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.

  36. Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008 at 4:18 PM

    Well, thanks for the insight. It is possible I am either not perceptive enough or not desirable enough to ever know for sure.

  37. Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008 at 4:25 PM

    Sheesh. Scared to look anyone in the eyes now for fear of giving the wrong impression!

  38. Posted by GAnalYst | February 6, 2008 at 4:36 PM

    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.

  39. Posted by Anonymous | February 6, 2008 at 4:45 PM

    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.

  40. Posted by GAnalYst | February 6, 2008 at 4:58 PM

    @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.

  41. Posted by L. Craig | February 6, 2008 at 5:30 PM

    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.

  42. Posted by JorgeCad | February 6, 2008 at 7:34 PM

    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

  43. Posted by financial engineer | February 7, 2008 at 5:09 AM

    I always wanted a log or semi-log patterned shirt! A Smith chart patterned one would be the ultimate in Electrical Engineering fashion circles.

  44. Posted by FuriousStyles | February 7, 2008 at 9:47 AM

    sans-Tshirt too.. Tacky

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