• 11 May 2009 at 5:33 PM

Those Were The Days

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Picture 1340.pngOne more excerpt from Kate Kelly’s Street Fighters. Maybe it’s the schizophrenic weather, but this is getting us embarrassingly mistily nostalgic for last year.

Cayne was late to the board’s 11:00 AM call that [Saturday] morning, and Ace Greenberg was angry. As soon as Cayne came on the line, Greenberg asked if he’d been delayed at the bridge table. Cayne said no. The two then began to argue about whether Cayne should return to New York for the next two days’ deliberations, rather than where he was and deliberate telephonically. Cayne didn’t want to leave. “It’s very difficult,” he told the directors. “Why do I have to come back? I can do it by phone.”
“We can’t afford to have another story that you’re playing bridge this time,” Greenberg snapped.

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Comments (16)

  1. 1
    Posted by guest | May 11, 2009 at 5:37 PM

    That’s when Cayne constructed the story about the hookers and the blow — at least people would understand that, rather than playing frickin’ cards while the firm burned down.

  2. 2
    Posted by Lowly Assistant | May 11, 2009 at 5:45 PM

    We need Cayne back in the game, and we need him now.
    I’ve been to Detroit. It’s very difficult to leave.

  3. 3
    Posted by Gordon Gekko | May 11, 2009 at 5:49 PM

    House of Cards > Street Fighters

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | May 11, 2009 at 5:52 PM

    gordon gekko = cohan

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | May 11, 2009 at 5:53 PM

    too soon?

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | May 11, 2009 at 5:56 PM

    @bess- are you pregnant? that (the hormones) could be what’s making you weepy.

  7. 7
    Posted by Gordon Gekko | May 11, 2009 at 5:56 PM

    i actually just hate uppity chicks.

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | May 11, 2009 at 5:57 PM

    @GG- do you know kate kelly personally? ex-girlfriend?

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | May 11, 2009 at 7:14 PM

    @1, he does have a book by Dick Morris on his desk

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | May 11, 2009 at 7:16 PM

    they should’ve gotten on with the times. who uses a phone now a days? they should’ve just used twitter, might have even saved the firm.

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | May 11, 2009 at 7:16 PM

    they should’ve gotten on with the times. who uses a phone now a days? they should’ve just used twitter, might have even saved the firm.

  12. 12
    Posted by Anal_yst | May 12, 2009 at 12:59 AM

    When the city of atlantis stood serene above the sea,
    Long time before our time when the world was free,
    Those were the days.
    Golden cymbals flying on ocarina sounds,
    Before wild medusas serpents gave birth to hell
    Disguised as heaven.
    Those were the days, yes they were, those were the days.
    Those were their ways, miracles everywhere are they now?
    Theyre gone.
    Those were their ways, yes they were, those were their ways.
    Those were the days, yes they were, those were the days.

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 2:51 AM

    fuck your pseudo Yeats poem, eat a dick

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 6:38 AM

    The Anal_yst ‘poet’ From Delaware

  15. 15
    Posted by Novice | May 12, 2009 at 6:57 AM

    @13 It’s a Cream song, jackass.

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | May 12, 2009 at 9:55 AM

    TGFD enjoys a good game of cards every now and then. Gin Rummy, Slap, War, it’s all great
    The Guy From Delaware

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