• 14 Nov 2008 at 11:40 AM

Caption Contest Friday: Wall Street Gets Clown-Faced

By Bess Levin

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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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  1. 1
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:43 AM

    LAST!

  2. 2
    Posted by VOL IS KING | November 14, 2008 at 11:46 AM

    John Thain returns as CEO of NYSE

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:46 AM

    clowns

  4. 4
    Posted by Lowly Assistant | November 14, 2008 at 11:47 AM

    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?

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:48 AM

    Barnum and Bailout.

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:48 AM

    Obama’s new cabinet members.

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:49 AM

    There’s our Clown Capital contributor!!

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:49 AM

    Paulson’s replacement committee.

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:49 AM

    The departing Bush administration.

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:50 AM

    The departing Bush administration.

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:50 AM

    Circus City.
    Hahahahahahahhahhahha.

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:51 AM

    “And today a group of ex-Bear Stearns and Ex-Lehman Brothers Senior Risk Managers ring the opening bell at the NYSE”

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:51 AM

    Circus City

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:52 AM

    Hedge Fund Traders Association members ring the opening bell.

  15. 15
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:53 AM

    They’re all crying on the inside

  16. 16
    Posted by Anal_yst | November 14, 2008 at 11:53 AM

    “No man has ever gone broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people”
    –P.T. Barnum (attr.)

  17. 17
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:53 AM

    Well played, #s 5 & 8

  18. 18
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:54 AM

    where is the crunk?

  19. 19
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:54 AM

    “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.”

  20. 20
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:55 AM

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

  21. 21
    Posted by Suits | November 14, 2008 at 11:56 AM

    17 Remember the XFL?

  22. 22
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:56 AM

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

  23. 23
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM

    Guess which one is TGFD.

  24. 24
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM

    Lloyd Blankfein’s new gig?

  25. 25
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:02 PM

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

  26. 26
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:02 PM

    oh jesus

  27. 27
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:03 PM

    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!”

  28. 28
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:03 PM

    Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

  29. 29
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:05 PM

    Lehman Brothers and Bailey

  30. 30
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:06 PM

    sorry sir i thought you said “gilf” – i’ll send a younger girl over to the hotel right away.

  31. 31
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:07 PM

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

  32. 32
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:11 PM

    34 look it up on urban dictionary
    its obscene

  33. 33
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:11 PM

    If this doesnt turn the market around, Monday we’ll get a couple of witch doctors and a Santeria priest up here…

  34. 34
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:11 PM

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

  35. 35
    Posted by NotNasser | November 14, 2008 at 12:13 PM

    “I really underestimated the creepiness factor.”

  36. 36
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:13 PM

    @28 – Mr. Combover is Jon Stewart’s brother… seriously, look it up.

  37. 37
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:14 PM

    So I was wondering what to do with all this extra coin, and… I totally underestimated the level of creepiness

  38. 38
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:18 PM

    Former SAC trader Ping Jiang’s new hedge fund.

  39. 39
    Posted by Lowly Assistant | November 14, 2008 at 12:20 PM

    37 fucking takes it!

  40. 40
    Posted by Riskybusiness | November 14, 2008 at 12:27 PM

    On Monday the opening bell will be rung by a Black Cat. With the closing bell handled by Death.

  41. 41
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:37 PM

    So I was wondering what to do with all this extra coin, and… I totally underestimated the level of creepiness

  42. 42
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 12:48 PM

    Shelia Bair and Tim Geithner

  43. 43
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 1:03 PM

    “Nude Women, Clowns Welcome. Nude Women, Clowns Welcome.”

  44. 44
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 1:06 PM

    “She does not speak for the rest of us Mr. Clown. We think that you are quite brave and manly.”

  45. 45
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 1:07 PM

    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).

  46. 46
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 1:09 PM

    Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid

  47. 47
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 1:13 PM

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

  48. 48
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 1:57 PM

    So I was wondering what to do with all this extra coin, and… I totally underestimated the level of creepiness

  49. 49
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 2:00 PM

    clownpenis.fart

  50. 50
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 2:02 PM

    So I was wondering what to do with all this extra coin, and… I totally underestimated the level of creepiness

  51. 51
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 2:07 PM

    So I was wondering what to do with all this extra coin, and… I totally underestimated the level of creepiness

  52. 52
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 2:18 PM

    So I was wondering what to do with all this extra coin, and… I totally underestimated the level of creepiness

  53. 53
    Posted by Anal_yst | November 14, 2008 at 2:20 PM

    nice 52, heh

  54. 54
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 3:26 PM

    To the tune of… “Goodbye Cruel World” sung by James Darren

  55. 55
    Posted by guest | November 14, 2008 at 3:50 PM

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

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