Feeling a little stupid or slow on the uptake lately? Kicking yourself for not seeing that subprime shitstorm coming from a mile away? Having belated regrets about keeping the lion’s share of your life’s savings in your employer Bear Stearns’ stock? Recognizing that going to that bridge tourney and refusing to take calls while the company you were supposed to be in charge of was pissing blood probably wasn’t the most prudent business decision you could have made? Have we got the pick me up for you—head on over to accounting firm MarksPaneth’s website and see if you can solve the brain buster they’ve laid on the table. I’m confident that most if not all of you can solve the puzzle, and guarantee it’ll improve your sense of self-worth and, contrary to what everyone in the world thinks of you and your Wall Street colleagues right now, prove that you are not an idiot.
Is It… Italian Freedom Fighter Giuseppe Garibaldi? [Animal]
Bonus Round: Which Investment Bank, Until Recently, Asked This Very Question Of All Would-Be Employees?
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Saw this on the train last week, and that isn’t even the dumbest one…I’ll see if I can get a pic of some others
I bet every male trader/associate/analyst of Japanese ancestry knew what was in the pixelated image within a nanosecond.
@12:03– ya think?
@anal_yst…they’re on the MarksPaneth site. ridic.
I don’t get it. What is the point to this ad campaign?
to make you feel smart, blndebnker
@12:17pm – Well golly shucks wouldn’t you know it worked.
oh oh statute of liberty
I feel like I’ve interviewed some schmucks who wouldn’t know the answer to this.
I know some guys at Merrill who wouldn’t recognize a DCF if it bit them on the ass, so this picture is probably a bit of a challenge for them.
I’ll bet this was the nock out question in the Bear interview process.
Why is there a blurry picture of a statue of Vikram Pandit on an accounting website?
@ 1:03…i’m guessing you were ‘nocked’ out earlier for spelling errors on your resume
Know your audience. The LIRR crowd is not that swift. You would never see this on Metro North or NJ Transit.
Actually @ 1:45 it is on NJ Transit. Sigh…
@1:45 here. Another example of how irony doesn’t translate well into text. I was joshing about the intellect of LIRR riders. (Hit a nerve anal? Seem to recall you have relatives in Bayside; that probably means more tribe out further east. No need to be sensitive. None of us can choose our families or where we’re from). Anyway, the real answer is of course that everyone knows what the bull is and all MarksPaneth cares about is generating web hits. That said though, this week I saw another reference to this bull being in front of 140 Bwy. Wrong, there is of course another famous piece of street furniture at 140: the big orange cube. But certainly no bull.
Does anyone know what NJ Transit line it’s been seen on? That could explain some things.
confirmed on montclair-boonton line and whatever line goes through short-hills (morris-boonton?)
they’re on the dover train line. as i sit there, wondering where the hell I went wrong, i wonder which are worse: these ads or the ones where Joe Torre explains the similarities between managing a pro baseball team and choosing JHCohen as an accounting firm.
both the gladstone and morristown lines run through short hills
how big a loser do you have to be to know what trains go where in NJ?
Interesting. I would think those are some of the smarter lines.
@2:52pm hahaha that’s awesome. I wonder where I went wrong when I stand adjacent to the adds on the PATH asking me to donate my eggs.
@bb–i’d be happy to play hide and seek with your eggs and my sperm.
The only adverts I see on the subway say something to the effect of
“trabajo para los que no hablan ingles – $ 10 estadounidense cada hora”
and i get that fuzzy feeling that i’ve done something right.
@ AB
hahaha I’ve also wondered about those, namely, how desperate Torre is for $ (guess he had the same addiction as Spitzer?)
@3:00
I dunno some of us might be from/have family in/unfortunately have to do stuff in NJ?
What are you guys doing on the trains anyway? Don’t tell me you are … gasp … commuters!?
Don’t you know, everybody is originally from NJ. Its like everyones dirty little secret.
@3:21 Thank you, the great cultural mystery has been solved! This explains why eveything is so fucked up.
@3:21 Not everyone. girl, as I recall, is from IL. Like Obama. That may be why things are f-u.
@ 3:33, good memory on you little one
I’m surprised that the “Guy from Delaware” and the “Other guy from Delaware” haven’t chimed in by now to let us know that they’re from Delaware.
@3:21pm – It’s so true.
And btw if anyone wants to pick on a terrible state, Delaware would be a good choice.
Don’t mess with Texas!
~Jimmy Krack Corn, East Texas Gas Trader
guest@3:54PM…
I’m still here. Haven’t posted for a while, just monitered the drone from time to time.
blndebnkr@3:59PM…
What the fuck do you know about Delaware? Last I saw, you couldn’t decide between “douchebag” and “dimwit” as your new moniker.
The Guy from Delaware
@ Guy From Delaware
I don’t think you’re exactly helping your case buddy.
Also, do you remember that scene in Wayne’s World, when they “go” to Delaware? Yea…
Gotta give Delawarians credit. They’re smart enough to fund a big portion of their state budget by charging high tolls for driving the 3 miles across their state when you want to get from NJ to MD or vica versa. Any they seem to get the rest of it by being the place to domicile. Now if only Wilmington wasn’t a soul-sucking wasteland that my firm makes me visit 4 times a year.
BB – Now that wasn’t very nice!
The Other Guy From Delaware
Anal_Yst@5:29PM…
I don’t have a case that requires help. Also I don’t watch trash movies like Wayne’s World. They are for you to watch.
absnatch@5:35PM…
There must be something important in Wilmington for your firm. Otherwise they wouldn’t pay your bus fare.
The Guy from Delaware
@3:54pm — Why did you have to bring up the Names That Must Not Be Spoken? It’s like postings supporting a certain Presidential candidate who’s a Congressman/obstetrician from Houston. Don’t bring up TGFD or TOGFD and perhaps they (or he) won’t feel compelled to reappear.
@cc – you’re confusing the TGFD and TOGFD with your acronyms, didn’t you see that hsbc cut all that out…
Hey, Cluzo! Consider: if I’m confusing TGFD and TOGFD with my acronyms, isn’t that a good thing?
CC=a**hole
The Other Guy From Delaware. Of course!!!
Yo, cc…boy. You’re not confusing anyone from Delaware with your fancy acronyms, putz.
Everyone likes Delaware.
yet another guy from Delaware
Curse those damn pixelated images and the instinctive masturbation response they elicit. They should be banned from public transport, especially on the morning commute. And, um, excuse me, I have to change into my emergency pants. Hope I didn’t leave them at my PA’s apartment again.
I wonder if the bull is for sale. Can you imagine what you could get for it in E-Bay? Set for life I say (except if you put your life savings into Bear Stearns, then you are back to break even!)