Caption Contest Friday: Wall Street Gets Clown-Faced

Posted by Bess Levin, Nov 14, 2008, 11:40am

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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.

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:43AM

LAST!

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Posted by VOL IS KING , Nov 14, 2008 11:46AM

John Thain returns as CEO of NYSE

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:46AM

clowns

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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?

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:48AM

Barnum and Bailout.

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:48AM

The new TARP committee.

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:48AM

Obama's new cabinet members.

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:49AM

There's our Clown Capital contributor!!

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:49AM

Paulson's replacement committee.

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:49AM

The departing Bush administration.

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:50AM

The departing Bush administration.

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:50AM

Circus City.

Hahahahahahahhahhahha.

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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"

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:51AM

Circus City

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:51AM

They all float down here

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:52AM

Hedge Fund Traders Association members ring the opening bell.

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:53AM

They're all crying on the inside

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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.)

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:53AM

Well played, #s 5 & 8

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:54AM

@6 Fucking awesome!

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:54AM

where is the crunk?

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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."

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:55AM

wow...someone should have suggested poor timing on this one.

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Posted by Suits , Nov 14, 2008 11:56AM

17 Remember the XFL?

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:56AM

It was all a big joke. Hope you did not take it seriously. HA HA !!

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:57AM

Guess which one is TGFD.

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 11:57AM

Lloyd Blankfein's new gig?

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:02PM

Mr. Combover, VegasGrrl18, It, The 'Stache opening Atlantic City's newest, largest casino branch.

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:02PM

oh jesus

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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!"

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:03PM

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:05PM

Lehman Brothers and Bailey

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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.

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:07PM

What does 'clown faced' mean? Is that some kind of code?

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:11PM

34 look it up on urban dictionary

its obscene

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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...

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:11PM

"Sure, we can IPO a non profit. We do it all the time," Mister Razzle Dazzle.

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Posted by NotNasser , Nov 14, 2008 12:13PM

"I really underestimated the creepiness factor."

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:13PM

@28 - Mr. Combover is Jon Stewart's brother... seriously, look it up.

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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

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:18PM

Former SAC trader Ping Jiang's new hedge fund.

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Posted by Lowly Assistant , Nov 14, 2008 12:20PM

37 fucking takes it!

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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.

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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

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 12:48PM

Shelia Bair and Tim Geithner

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 1:03PM

"Nude Women, Clowns Welcome. Nude Women, Clowns Welcome."

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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."

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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).

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 1:09PM

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 1:13PM

"trading stocks is easy, even a clown can do it."

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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

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 2:00PM

clownpenis.fart

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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

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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

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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

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Posted by Anal_yst , Nov 14, 2008 2:20PM

nice 52, heh

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 3:26PM

To the tune of... "Goodbye Cruel World" sung by James Darren

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Posted by guest , Nov 14, 2008 3:50PM

Why would someone let Barb' Bush and Sarah Palin ring the bell?

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