Write-Offs: 05.08.08

By Bess Levin

$$$ How Inefficient Are Seals? [LoSC]
$$$ Insider trading is a great idea [1-2]
$$$ Rupert, Make Me ‘WSJ’ Chief [WSJ]

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Posted by guest | May 8, 2008 at 9:36 PM

A seal walks into a bar.
The bartender says “What can I get you?”
The seal responds “Anything but a Canadian Club on the rocks.”
–Calgary Schmooze
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Posted by guest | May 9, 2008 at 12:17 AM

Awful but funny joke, Schmooze.
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Posted by Novice | May 9, 2008 at 6:12 AM

I would put up Jose Mourinho as the next editor. Not only does he have proven success with newly-acquired properties, he has experience in handling foreign bosses who are hated by vocal minorities within the country.
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Posted by Anal_yst | May 9, 2008 at 10:05 AM

schmooze thats terribly awesome (or awesomely terrible? I can’t decide)
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Posted by guest | May 9, 2008 at 10:48 AM

Excellent Joke! Or, when the Exxon Valdez ran aground, the captain came up from his drunken stupor and said to the helsman, “No!! I said I wanted a Tanqueray on the rocks!!

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