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“excited”
stop reading right there.
Nice Bess. What was the problem?
Too long didn’t read.
Mayo
@3:05– it says (and has always said) “exited,” retard.
Damn! I was actually getting work done when we couldn’t post.
what’s going on with lay-offs at lehman? i thought i saw on the WSJ that they happened yesterday, but haven’t seen any more reporting. anyone know?
Sham wow
danielle hughes is looking sharp.
AHHHHHHHHHH. MMMMMMMMMMAAAAYYYYOOOO!!!!!!!!
what’s sham-wow? seriously.
too much mayo in the servers. good thing you had the shamwow to clean it up and fix the comments.
whats worse, “sham-wow” or “whats sham wow seriously” guy?
comes free with a magic jack
@3:08–Bess your two cute.
Retard
Fuld needs to merge with batwing in order to survive.
@16– huh?
Does this work?
@ 16 – your or you are (you’re)
moron
DB needs to merge with Gasbag pastrami sandwich in order to survive.
DB needs to merge with Gasbag pastrami sandwich in order to survive.
What number am I?
i’m amazed you guys haven’t blown your load over gasparino’s on-air shoutout earlier today – something about db getting it right re: 55% re: Lehman?
20,
its a joke, looser.
@20 R you sure?
Retard
just heard a collective sigh of relief. damn, I really wish I could have read all the comments from the monday morning quarterbacks post tricky-dick’s conf call this morning. I almost choked when “mike mayo” asked his question. glad to have you guys/gals back online…
Probably the earliest shamwow was nothing more than some sort of cloth or fabric that absorbed liquids.
@24: It was pretty nice of Gasparino to give us credit. More people are realizing we scooped everyone on this story.
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/new_media/blogosphere_beats_msm_to_the_lehman_bros_punch_94131.asp
I remeber a time when the too long, didn’t read, mayo, and associates pay comments were funny. Hell even the triple posters were always good for a laugh. Now, I don’t even know where to begin.
Thank the lord at least Bess is still funny as hell, and Carney can mix it up from time to time, thats the only thing DB’s got going for itself right now.
@25
Its “loser” and I’m not joking.
Retard.
I was honestly very lost today without this website. Please ensure it does not happen again.
@30– “Thank the lord at least Bess is still funny as hell, and Carney can mix it up from time to time, thats the only thing DB’s got going for itself right now.”
um, considering bess and carney are the only things that make up db, what the hell else would it need to have going for it/be lacking?
I missed you, Bess.
DB needs to win back my affection.
DB needs to win back my affection.
DB needs to win back my affection.
DB needs to win back my affection.
@30 yep. missed the puerile posts. But just like cussing, nicotine, and heroin it really loses its effectiveness when overused.
#30
As Bon Jovi once said
we’ve got to hold on to what we’ve got doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not.
Hey retard at 31. It’s “it’s”, looser.
@30
whats associates pay?
Hey Bess how about more opinion polls?
da bears
what number am i.
@33
Wharton blog guy is pretty awesome and shouldnt be overlooked
Is this you, Bess?
http://equityprivate.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/05/08/bess.jpg
opinion polls on what
@33- “what the hell else would it need?”
Funny comments
@49 the point was it’s funny that he was saying “that’s all it has going for it right now” when THAT is basically the whole site
palin for guest blogger
palin for guest blogger
palin for guest blogger
Sarah Palin makes my pee pee wiggle
@ 47 – bess’s forehead is much larger.
@50
I’m confused.
27-year-old Slate writer Justin Peters reviewed several brands of adult diapers.
Store Brands
For the sad soul who is both incontinent and destitute, and for nobody else. Conventional wisdom says that any savings that may result from using generic personal-hygiene products are subsumed by the discomfort that users must endure. This is doubly true for generic adult diapers. Unless you are impoverished, or a masochist, there is no reason to go generic. The savings are minimal, and so is the quality.
I tested three different store brands: Target (Affirm), Walgreens (Certainty), and Kroger (Kroger), all of which were similar in price (low) and quality (low). The simple verdict: Don’t use the store brand if you have any plans at all to do anything that day besides change your adult diaper.
My experience with Kroger was particularly memorable, which isn’t a good thing when it comes to diapers. They were about as absorbent as a drainpipe, sagging under the weight of the water and leaking like Daniel Ellsberg. These pull-on-style diapers went on easily and didn’t actually feel too bad when I wore them dry, but years of using my congenitally cheap roommate’s Rite-Aid-brand toilet paper has steeled me for discomfort.
Eventually I consumed enough liquor to muster the courage to wear them wet. Unfortunately, consuming all that liquor also mustered enough urine to make the testing process one of the more unpleasant experiences of my life. The diaper swelled until it could swell no more, at which point streams of urine began running down the sides of my legs. Even though I had locked myself in a bathroom to perform the test, I still feel unaccountably ashamed, as if God were laughing at me—a feeling made worse by my inability to exit the diaper. The Kroger diaper features quick-release strips on its sides so that wearers can rip the sides for a quick and easy exit. But the strips didn’t immediately rip, and I just stood there stymied for a few seconds, tugging ineffectively at a wet adult diaper and feeling as if there must be easier ways to make a living.
Afterward, I headed directly to the shower.
Wearability: 2
Absorbency: 1
Longevity 1
Style: 2
Total: 6
@58
b/c you’re dumb
what’s sham-wow? seriously.
@61 stfu
# 1 , 2 , 5, 9
# 1 , 2 , 5, 9
#56
I don’t give a shit.
SPODE
@61 stfu
@61 stfu
Just for the record, #49 is not the same as #58, thats just some other idiot.
@59 – That is one of the best things I’ve read in days.
@SPODE– haha. that was funny.
you’re gross bldebnker
@SPODE– haha. that was funny.
Geez, I’m starting to miss The Guy from Delaware. At least he had something to say. This is just getting inane.
You’re gross, 73.
@ 47 -
That’s Kate Bosworth
@SPODE– haha. that was funny.
@SPODE– haha. that was funny.
if sarah palin were to star in a porno, what would the plot be?
@75, YOU ARE THE GUY FROM DELAWARE
Adult diapers are for small to moderate amounts of pee. I do not recommend them for taking a dump.
SPODE
@blndebnker – please do not encourage that $hit (pun fully intended). I now have this sinking feeling about getting old and sitting at the local bar…I’d rather read about bonuses being 1/2 of what they were – 3 years ago.
side note – when are you having drinks with girl and I (yes anal_yst and fun can come too)? as for 1-2, need to make sure the hatchet is fully buried.
DayMan.
Fighter of the NightMan.
Champion of the Sun.
Master of Karate and Friendship, for everyone.
-BeckyBootFan
@83- why do you insist on constantly making your social arrangements in db threads?
Sham WOW
MAYO
MAYO
MAYO
Sham WOW
MAYO
MAYO
MAYO
Sham WOW
MAYO
MAYO
MAYO
83 Cluz: Isn’t it “girl and me”? Tell me you were just typing fast.
Sham WOW
MAYO
MAYO
MAYO
Sham WOW
MAYO
MAYO
MAYO
@cluz – I know I shouldn’t encourage this brand of humor but honestly I laughed out loud. In fact, totally owe you a drink if you didn’t find that funny!
Dude I’m down. When are you planning the next drinks?
Layoff reports? Anything? No? It never happening/happened? LEH doesn’t want to layoff?
what’s sham-wow? seriously.
@70
Your correct its a difference of 9.
SPODE
Re this Palin stuff. She seems like a nice enough lady but, honestly, what does she know about anything? Heard last night that she’s like most Americans – hard working, honest, family oriented. Okay, but what does she think about China? Russia? Free trade? Urban issues?
@83, leave girl’s hatchet wound out of this.
@85 – b/c it works
@89 – (a) typing fast, (b) wasn’t an english major, and (c) this is an ‘effing blog…it’s not like I spelled loser with two “o’s” or misused “it’s”. gotta pick your battles.
@blnde – friday.
@81: No, I’m really not. (Nor am I TOGFD.) Just someone who remembers when interesting and amusing comments dominated these pages rather than all this one line crap.
@cluz – Ah most likely out Friday but will check in for deets in case.
@95: “email this people, and stfu”
after a post like that, you need to stfu…
i work at lehman- who wants swag? one dolla for my pen.
101 is right.
Obama’s done blow with Qadaffi. He’s well qualified.
@104 you like tgfd– leave.
Cluz 89 here. Normally I would agree with you, re petty misspellings, etc. But confusing “me” and “I” or that other commone one: “affect” and “effect”, somehow seems more eggregious (sp?). To me anyway. Its like a signal that you went to a bad school or something. Which we know you didn’t. So do me a favor and be more careful with stuff like that.
@89/113 – you got me, but with the grammar lesson, you sound like my ex…and everyone has told me to ignore her (despite her emails). and shouldn’t you be using spell check if you’re going to get on my english usage? it’s “egregious”
I’m done with this. Lehman is basically collapsing, there is probably a ton of insight around, but no one will post or tip because of the juveniles (no, it’s really not funny after the first 75 times). See ya.
hey guys whats sham-wow?
111 You may not agree with Obama’s policies (although that disagreement is probably based on some simplistic notion like “hes gonna raise taxes”), but he knows and is interested in sh*t. He’s not just a moose hunter. This Palin thing is like revenge of the dummies. Reminds me of Christmas time when all the double wide (people, not trailers) come in from the hinterlands to see the Rockettes. They’re nice people, but do you seriously want them running the world?
fuckin site sucks now. c ya
Lehman laid off a bunch of people I personally know yesterday. So it’s happening or happened.
I don’t understand why people bother to post that this site sucks and that they’re leaving, etc. If you want to go, go. What is the point?
no I’d say she’s unqualified.
what are obama’s qualifications?
8=======D~~~
thats all I got
117 Ya think LEH is collapsing? Tell me why. Seems like after this morning’s announcement all’s good in the world.
no I’d say she’s unqualified.
what are obama’s qualifications?
@117 and 121 – I’m going to stop reading since you’re not posting anymore…maybe you two should start your own blog.
@117 and 121 – I’m going to stop reading since you’re not posting anymore…maybe you two should start your own blog.
there’s a toilet on my floor that hasn’t been repaired in two weeks. it’s like they know it’s closing and just said ehh don’t bother.
i want to know when the sympathy lays start?
@130 – LEH? WaMu?
I’m 121, and I just posted one minute ago…there’s people following me faster…but yes, 5 of my friends got laid off yesterday. Don’t have any special insight yet, but as I talk to people…
@ 117 – stop being such a hockey mom
what’s sham-wow? seriously.
Where the hell is Thadeus R. Rogers? Doesn’t he know there are probably hundreds of needy (former) Lehman women?
119,
FYI: John McCain is running for president.
(She’s not qualified, neither was John Edwards, Dan Quayle, or Geraldine Ferraro. Spare me the outrage at political expedience.)
@ blndebnker – Wanna go out?
132,
Alot of my friends got laid yesterday too.
Awesome.
@Raw Dog – Your name scares me. I will pass.
@114
Where have you been? Palin stopped the bridge to nowhere. If she hadn’t stopped the bridge to nowhere then people on that bridge wouldn’t have known where they were going. Why can’t you people understand that. She was a mayor and bought new vending machines for all of Wasabi. Cut her some slack she’s ready to lead.
Ask yourself this #114 “how do you get back from nowhere?”
SPODE
@blnde from 130: leh
yes layoffs started yesterday. was told closer to 1000 than 1500.
‘Sham-wow’ appears whenever another person gets fired at Lehman.
That’s what sham-wow is.
sham wow
sham wow
“Something to Say”…
As I’ve said before on DB, I will say again:
The obama campaign is failing and falling apart. His inability to make a decision, his lack of any actual substantive ideas, his poor off-the-cuff speaking skills, his recent “my muslim faith” comment, his utter lack of experience, his long-term friendships with radicals, his choice of Biden as VP, his recent dispatch of 30+ lawyers/investigators to Alaska to try to find some dirt on Palin, his childish, personal attacks on McCain and Palin, his support of sex education for kindergarten kids, and his emptysuitedness all point to a stunning defeat for obama in November.
Just saying “change”, “more of the same”, “hope”, “same old thing”, “new direction”, “lies & more lies”, without giving any specific particulars defines obama’s whole campaign.
In the history pages of failed democrat left-wing presidential candidates, obama will join McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis, Gore, and Kerry. That’s where he belongs.
The Guy from Delaware
136 Your FYI that we should focus on McCain and SP is an unimportant part of the equation falls short for two reasons: 1) given McCain’s age, the “heartbeat away” thing is a vald consideration 2) the whole McCain campaign was going nowhere until she came along. The reality is that SP is in fact a very important consideration.
So, regarding Leh layoffs, if you know these people personally, what areas were they in? How deep were the cuts in certain groups? Throw us a bone, a little color please…
146 – good luck. $10 says you get tldr, shamwows and mayo comments before LEH insights.
@142 – I’m really sorry to hear that! I didn’t hear the number this morning (managed to zone out at that moment) but I hope it’s not you. Good luck!
We need a post here that says — “All Sham Wows and Mayo please comment here” And another about something (politics Palin, anything..) that says “The rest of DB clever/witty and profane people comment here”
Segregation! – give the mayos and shamwows separate but equal space to be inane.
cluz — I’d be down, happy hour sorts time frame??
Why do you have to make sure 1-2 has buried the hatchet? How is 1-2 doing?
Bake Sale for Lehman 8 am tomorrow
@149 AGREED
What are Lehman Associate #’s?
@152 AGREED
145,
do you think obama is qualified to be president?
@155 AGREED
@156, yes, I do.
@156 No, the Big O (Zero) is not qualified.
@blndebnker – What’s wrong with my name? Are you really blind?
@156,
what has he done to be qualified?
@160: blndebnker is “blinde”, not “blind”. It’s all about the details man.
145 Here. I’m gonna get s**t for this but here goes: 1) My first choice was Hillary – good instincts, strong policy understanding, argues well on her feet. 2) When she lost I was leaning very strongly towards McCain – good smart guy, also good instincts, good leadership qualities 3) McCain picks SP, a total airhead, like the Jerry Springer show, nothing good about her 4) Concluded that McCain has caved into the views of the hard right nut cases, so I changed my mind about his good judgement and am now supporting BO. Who, though not my first choice, will do just fine. Unlike the JM/SP combo.
i love how obama supporters can never outline how he is qualified for PUSA. deflection, deflection, deflection.
quit reading at 1).
@165– i think you’re confusing the republican’s tactic for the dems’. did you even watch your convention?
@167– deflection.
@151: 1-2 is doing fine. just need to make sure he and girl are cool being in the same room. I don’t like awkwardness. they are both good eggs, but seem to have had a “disagreement” – about what, is their concern not mine. (how’s my grammar/spelling?)
@fun: yes, happy hour…
@160 & 162 – Are you guys fucking serious? BLONDE not blind or blinde. Sweet Jesus I hope you’re both joking.
#164 is the Investment Banking Associate from Wasilla, by the way.
165 et al Its hard to say why someone is qualified. What you want is someone that’s capable of making good decisions. Experience is part but not all of that. You can argue McCain vs. Obama, depending on what your focus on, one better than the other. But both are qualified. SP though???? A total zero, yet her charm and sass appeal to a large part of the electorate. Scary stuff. Has she ever been to NY? Does she know anything about financial markets? Does she have a world view? She’s presiding over a state that’s like nowhere else. Basically sit there and let the oil royalties and federal money roll in. And serve as a safe haven for a lot of people running away from things, seeking solitude. Repeat: scary stuff.
151: yeah he gave her the shocker, and she’s not down with that type of bevhavior.
get a life cluzo
@clutz, awckwardness is like cheesesteak, the more the better.
is this a midtown thing?
investorcluzo: please give 1-2 our best, tell him to come by and give us a shout; vent; whatever. I liked his posts. thanks.
169 Touchy cluz… Still smarting from that all too public confusion over “I” and “me”? Forget it. We all make miztakez.
@172
Funny that you think that the most important qualification for pres is whether the person has been to “NY”.
Clearly, you are not from NY as otherwise you would know that you mean “NYC”.
I hope you are proud of that brief three-day period you once came to NY.
@ Cluzo
1-2 and I had a drink together like 2 weeks ago; we’re friendly. As for the boards, I’d appreciate it, naturally, if you kept whatever you knew about me and my epic awkwardness with those in my orbit to yourself. Cheers
Clutz, BlindeBnker, et al – I will be joining you all for drinks. I can’t wait to “see” blindebnker… get it? Haha. Yeah, that’s right.
@178 shut the fuck up you moron. actually, only tool bags say nyc.
172,
what has obama done to be qualified to be president?
specifically (law review? community organizer? he lists running a successful voter registration drive on his bio, is that it?)
@181 No you shut the fuck up you hicktown tourist.
Next time you are in NY, remember to send a postcard to your community organizer.
girl,
1 you are too smart to use “like” in that manner.
2 sorry about the shocker.
FYI…
Polls say that the obama/Biden ticket is not doing so well in Delaware as the dems were hoping it would. Reminds me of the 2004 election when Kerry/Edwards couldn’t carry Edwards’ home state.
The Guy from Delaware
@186– no you are a fucking idiot. My candidate has a ton of experience, and yours has none. You go kill yourself.
186,
Please reread the question retard!
Having a job and doing something aren’t the same thing, ass lick. Did you think John Edwards was qualified in 04? He too was a 2 yr senator who had done absolutely nothing.
I guess you like the way Obama talks. He is very good at that.
bldbnker – seriously, what’s in a name? Should I sign in as Casanova instead?
@ 185
I haven’t heard a guy above the age of 13 ever say “the shcoker”, which further confirms my belief that you should turn your sights back to
a) your World of Warcraft game
b) Trying to trade your last Ox for a ride across the river on Oregon Trail.
BO = Big Zero
Totally. Bat wing.
@191: hahaha ohhh snap!
Nevermind bldbnker – now I’m interested in having a drink with girl. She had me at “below”. So girl, how bout it?
Raw Dog is all yours girl
Raw Dog,
I was like talking to girl and she was like all oh youre too young, and i was like no way and she was like all yes way. so then we played on her wii and she gave me the shocker. and i was like all, yeeeeeahhhhhh.
-12 y/o cassonova
Did we ever decide where we’re having drinks tonight?
How did the comment section go to hell so fast? Where did all these morons come from? Mayo, Sham and First were tolerable, even funny sometimes. This is just chaotic and inutile.
Oh there’s drinks tonight? I would be down for that.
girl will you bat wing me?
batwings
batwings
batwings
@199
“inutile”?
sham-wow
batwings
batwings
batwings
batwings
wow, sham-wow is a sham. scam.
another person at lehman got fired.
@carney, name the place. not too far down in nyu land though…I’m assuming bessey will be too tired for the festivities.
@girl – please accept this official public apology for the poor judgment/slip.
@177 – that was sarcasm, not my fault you can’t spell.
@210 give us the leh details!
lehman???
who got fired at leh, dick?
i work at lehman, who wants my duffel bag?
which is nerdier, world of warcraft or dungeons and dragons? who would know?
Carney – thank god you’re here. Seriously, let’s throw back a few this fine evening. And don’t be scared of my name as is blndebnker; I’m merely a Sarah Palin supporter. RD-ing is just a part of my Christian value system. I suggest drinks at Ullysses or perhaps Del Frisco’s.
@raw dog you sound like a meathead.
Raw Dog: it’s fantastic that you support Sarah Palin (whatever you do in your spare time is your own business). Please support McCain as well.
Raw Dog is a breath of fresh air in this place.
@219-223: no, she is not a slut. she is just horny.
question– are you still a virgin if you’ve only had anal sex?
question– are you still a virgin if you’ve only had anal sex?
question– are you still a virgin if you’ve only had anal sex?
question– are you still a virgin if you’ve only had anal sex?
@228-230: yes if you are a male
what number am I?
Carney — yea or nea on this evening?? I vote against Ulysses though.
is ‘what number am i the new mayo’?
is ‘what number am i the new mayo’?
is ‘what number am i the new mayo’?
is ‘what number am i the new mayo’?
is ‘what number am i the new mayo’?
is ‘what number am i the new mayo’?
is ‘what number am i the new mayo’?
is ‘what number am i the new mayo’?
@235-239: only if you are a male virgin (see 232 above).
is ‘what number am i the new mayo’?
FUN – let’s do flash then.
lets go to puss n boots on the turnpike
is the anal question coming from a palin family member?
@247: no, the anal question is from RAW DOG
JC can you get rid of these guys? Maybe only allow posts with accounts? The comments are really starting to deteriorate.
/commenting as guest just for the irony
Didn’t BL earlier say that all mayo type comments will be blocked? When is that going to start?
Only 7 people have clicked “Recommend this!”
Lets go people you can do better.
#250
Easy, they just figured out how to let us post again, blocking certain comments is going to take time and another hamster wheel.
I have some old 486 computers that JC can borrow to help with the comments section upgrades. More than enough power to justify the upgrade hassle- 66mhz, 16MB RAM and 200MB hard drives. The exteriors have stickers all over them and the led lights don’t blink anymore, but none of this should bother you as you’ll be more than pleased with speed boost that comes with pushing the “Turbo” button.
hilarious how you guys act like you know what the problem was when you’re merely readers (and not insiders) of the site.
178 I am from NY: Manhattan. Yr the one that went to St Francis, graduated cum laude and now reconciles fx accounts at Paribas. And takes the ferry back to SI, where mom always has dinner waiting. Why else would you be so stupid as to support a ticket with an empty headed bimbo like Sara Palin on it? Oh, and if by chance I’m wrong and we’re nabes in Manhattan I bet yr living with three roomates, which means no privacy so no sex utill you all go so frustrated you started regularly sucking each other’s dicks.
FINALLY,it’s my turn to post!!
My forefinger is tired of pressing down arrow key of my PC.
Carney, where’s that Weisenthal now? I’m glad you fired a moron.
anyone remember back when the DB comments section didn’t suck?
259th!
It’s better to burn out, than fade away.
@256: What’s St Francis? Is this a school for mentally retarded? And how do you know so much about this St Francis and Staten Island? And then all these dick-sucking roommates?
(I have never heard of such awefullness)
Describing yourself, aren’t you?
#144 “his support of sex education for kindergarten kids”. I see when Republicans repeat lies often enough, a few idiots actually do accept them as fact. Gee, what a surprise that TGFD is one of those idiots.
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People who vote for mccain/palin are one of three things; 1) Racist 2) Rich and Greedy 3) Stupid and probably racist.
It’s shell-shocked moronic vet, an opportunistic sell-out and a semi-retarded bible loving mom from ALASKA!!! It took this woman 6 years to graduate college. College in Hawaii and Idaho. Running our country, through the worst financial crisis of our lives. The other side has an intellectual force we’ve never seen the likes of, and the chairman of the foreign relations comittee who didnt even live in Washington, he took the train home to Delaware.
Education equals “fancy language words” to Obama’s retractors. “Yeah sure, he has fancy language words and smart idea thingys and magical detailed solution plans, but McCain is a Maverick! HOORAH!”
Hoorah, indeed.
Have I lost my mind? Doesnt everybody hate the REPUBLICANS who run the country, the same ones running McCain’s campaign!!! The same ones who sunk his 2000 primary campaign by saying he had an illegitimate black child! How could this venerable war vet hire those same scoundrels who are the kings of smear campaigns and misinformation??? Why would he choose the filthiest group of neocon sickos who would say anything, no matter how false, to discredit the other candidate?
Ohhhhhhhh…. the other guy is black.
The media will say it was because of this or that, but everybody knows exactly why this will end up however it does. It doesnt take a rocket scientist to see what is happening. And be sure, they will make you wish you voted for Obama, until you get the chance again in 4 years, and you are duped into voting for McCain again.
Did anyone see Mad Money today?
The first 2 minutes were a rerun of last Monday’s Dow +290, Cramer screaming how the financials had bottomed because of FRE/FNM, etc.
It then abruptly switched into today’s “real” show.
Was it deliberate or accidental? Anyone with the scoop?