Granted, it probably would've been more fitting for a manufacturer of ball gags and executioner's masks to ring the bell, but this works, too.
Caption Contest Friday: Wall Street Gets Clown-Faced
Posted by Bess Levin, Nov 14, 2008, 11:40am
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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:43AM
LAST!
Posted by VOL IS KING , Nov 14, 2008 11:46AM
John Thain returns as CEO of NYSE
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:46AM
clowns
Posted by Lowly Assistant , Nov 14, 2008 11:47AM
I think you pretty much killed it with, " more fitting for a manufacturer of ball gags and executioner's masks to ring the bell." Where do we go from there?
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:48AM
Barnum and Bailout.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:48AM
The new TARP committee.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:48AM
Obama's new cabinet members.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:49AM
There's our Clown Capital contributor!!
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:49AM
Paulson's replacement committee.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:49AM
The departing Bush administration.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:50AM
The departing Bush administration.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:50AM
Circus City.
Hahahahahahahhahhahha.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:51AM
"And today a group of ex-Bear Stearns and Ex-Lehman Brothers Senior Risk Managers ring the opening bell at the NYSE"
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:51AM
Circus City
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:51AM
They all float down here
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:52AM
Hedge Fund Traders Association members ring the opening bell.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:53AM
They're all crying on the inside
Posted by Anal_yst , Nov 14, 2008 11:53AM
"No man has ever gone broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people"
--P.T. Barnum (attr.)
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:53AM
Well played, #s 5 & 8
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:54AM
@6 Fucking awesome!
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:54AM
where is the crunk?
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:54AM
"TARP has reinvented itself once again and will now be referred to as 'The Big Top'. To celebrate, a much more relaxed Henry Paulson attended the opening of the NYSE in business casual attire to ring the bell."
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:55AM
wow...someone should have suggested poor timing on this one.
Posted by Suits , Nov 14, 2008 11:56AM
17 Remember the XFL?
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:56AM
It was all a big joke. Hope you did not take it seriously. HA HA !!
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:57AM
Guess which one is TGFD.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:57AM
Lloyd Blankfein's new gig?
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:02PM
Mr. Combover, VegasGrrl18, It, The 'Stache opening Atlantic City's newest, largest casino branch.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:02PM
oh jesus
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:03PM
Are they fucking serious? Fucking mocking people losing there assholes in this market?
I fucking hate clowns.
"I don't have to take this shit from you. You know who I am? In the field of local-live-home entertainment, I'm a god!"
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:03PM
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:05PM
Lehman Brothers and Bailey
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:06PM
sorry sir i thought you said "gilf" - i'll send a younger girl over to the hotel right away.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:07PM
What does 'clown faced' mean? Is that some kind of code?
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:11PM
34 look it up on urban dictionary
its obscene
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:11PM
If this doesnt turn the market around, Monday we'll get a couple of witch doctors and a Santeria priest up here...
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:11PM
"Sure, we can IPO a non profit. We do it all the time," Mister Razzle Dazzle.
Posted by NotNasser , Nov 14, 2008 12:13PM
"I really underestimated the creepiness factor."
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:13PM
@28 - Mr. Combover is Jon Stewart's brother... seriously, look it up.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:14PM
So I was wondering what to do with all this extra coin, and... I totally underestimated the level of creepiness
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:18PM
Former SAC trader Ping Jiang's new hedge fund.
Posted by Lowly Assistant , Nov 14, 2008 12:20PM
37 fucking takes it!
Posted by Riskybusiness , Nov 14, 2008 12:27PM
On Monday the opening bell will be rung by a Black Cat. With the closing bell handled by Death.
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:37PM
So I was wondering what to do with all this extra coin, and... I totally underestimated the level of creepiness
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:48PM
Shelia Bair and Tim Geithner
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 1:03PM
"Nude Women, Clowns Welcome. Nude Women, Clowns Welcome."
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 1:06PM
"She does not speak for the rest of us Mr. Clown. We think that you are quite brave and manly."
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 1:07PM
Isn't Big Apple circus like the only old-school circus company still in business?
Hopefully next week will feature a ringing of the bell by a horse buggy manfacturing conglomerate (or BlockBuster, for that matter).
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 1:09PM
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 1:13PM
"trading stocks is easy, even a clown can do it."
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 1:57PM
So I was wondering what to do with all this extra coin, and... I totally underestimated the level of creepiness
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:00PM
clownpenis.fart
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:02PM
So I was wondering what to do with all this extra coin, and... I totally underestimated the level of creepiness
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:07PM
So I was wondering what to do with all this extra coin, and... I totally underestimated the level of creepiness
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:18PM
So I was wondering what to do with all this extra coin, and... I totally underestimated the level of creepiness
Posted by Anal_yst , Nov 14, 2008 2:20PM
nice 52, heh
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 3:26PM
To the tune of... "Goodbye Cruel World" sung by James Darren
Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 3:50PM
Why would someone let Barb' Bush and Sarah Palin ring the bell?