As you may know, we’re on Day 2 of jury deliberations in the Raj Rajaratnam insider trading case. The Galleon Group founder has been charged with 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy and faces up to 20 years in prison. Rajaratnam (and his 7-man legal team) have been in court waiting for the verdict but not saying much or indicating whether or not he’s confident he’ll get off, or scared out of his mind. Or is he? Despite not speaking to reporters or gesturing with his hands, Raj has been giving some clues, if we can crack them. Today, they came in the form of a sandwich.

According to the Journal‘s senior sandwich correspondent, Rajaratnam and his lawyers “headed to the courthouse cafeteria for lunch, [where] he defendant ordered a tuna sandwich with mayonnaise.” Obviously there’s meaning behind this choice of tuna with extra mayo, but what? Can we infer that:

a) Raj is worried he’s going to go away for a long time and wants to get all the mayo– his favorite condiment- that he can and then some in the meantime

b) He thinks the tuna in the courthouse cafeteria sucks and he’s trying to hide the taste

c) All the self-help books he’s been reading suggest trying one new thing every day, and never having ordered tuna before, doesn’t know the mayo is usually implied?

d) He’s confident he’ll get off and last night, in anticipation of beach season, tried on all his favorite swimsuits only to find that the recent weight-loss has left them entirely too baggy. He’s now doing what he can to get his curves back before Memorial Day

Comments (26)

  1. Posted by Guest | April 26, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    Paying off all those jurors, lawyers, and insiders means Big Raj needs to do sandwiches for a while.

  2. Posted by Guest | April 26, 2011 at 9:14 PM

    He was reminiscent of the baller lifestyle he used to live,

    “Mayonaisse color Benz I push miracle whips”

  3. Posted by derp | April 26, 2011 at 9:14 PM

    who gives a carp?

  4. Posted by Anonymous | April 26, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    “I always have tuna on toast. Nothing’s ever worked out for me with tuna on toast. I want the complete opposite tuna of on toast. Chicken salad, on rye, untoasted … and a cup of tea!”

    Heed the words of Costanza, Raj.

  5. Posted by Gentleman Trader | April 26, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    MAYO!!

  6. Posted by AmericanBandersnatch | April 26, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    I invested in a start up that fed mayonaise to the tunas, removing the step where the consumer had to add mayo. The guy that ran the company was an idea man. Sometimes he’d get so many ideas that he couldn’t even fight them off.

  7. Posted by tech | April 26, 2011 at 9:40 PM

    He’s thinking that if do rag at the cafeteria put a little salmonella in there, he could sue the city and get them to drop the case.

  8. Posted by Guest | April 26, 2011 at 9:40 PM

    tuna sandwich, seems fishy

    – Jury

  9. Posted by Shecky Monte Christo | April 26, 2011 at 9:40 PM

    What’s the difference between a piano and a fish? You can’t “tune a fish”!!
    *******************

    You know why you’ll never starve in the desert? Because of all the sand which is there!!
    *********************

    A guy walks into a pub and sees a sign hanging over the bar-

    Cheese Sandwich: $1.50
    Chicken Sandwich: $4.50
    Hand Job: $10.00

    Checking his wallet for the necessary payment, he walks up to the bar and beckons to one of the three exceptionally attractive blondes serving drinks to an eager-looking group of men.

    “Yes?” she enquires with a knowing smile, “can I help you?”

    “I was wondering”, whispers the man, “Are you the one who gives the hand-jobs?”

    “Yes”, she purrs, “I am.”

    The man replies “Well wash your bloody hands, I want a cheese sandwich!”

  10. Posted by Bloatse | April 26, 2011 at 9:40 PM

    Give me back that fillet o fish!

  11. Posted by Deep Thinker | April 26, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    I think this mayonaise story will spread.

  12. Posted by S.O. Crates | April 26, 2011 at 9:52 PM

    Life can be like a shit sandwich: The more bread you have, the less shit you have to eat.

  13. Posted by Anonymous | April 26, 2011 at 9:55 PM

    Are you sure it was tuna and not Chicken of the Sea?

    Jessica Simpson

  14. Posted by Mexi-Cant | April 26, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    Fail you whore.

  15. Posted by early hominid | April 26, 2011 at 10:10 PM

    Should have gone to White Castle with Kumar. Patch things up.

  16. Posted by Wahoo | April 26, 2011 at 11:25 PM

    Easy there bud, lest you get sent back to the border to practice your “wind-sprints”. pmco is a lady and should be treated as such: Wined, dined, sixty-nined.

  17. Posted by Guest | April 27, 2011 at 12:46 AM

    Why are those morons still deliberating?

  18. Posted by Alan Stanford | April 27, 2011 at 1:40 AM

    Raj Raj needs to get all the comfort food crammed into his pie hole now, while he can. Soon enough, very soon, he’ll be eating balogna sandwiches on white bread for lunch and mac and cheese for dinner. Once he goes inside he’s going to have to suck more dick than Danielle Chiesi ever did. At least he’ll have the memory of a tuna with mayo to console him.

  19. Posted by Champ Kind | April 27, 2011 at 2:19 AM

    I think you mean take her out for a nice seafood dinner and never call her again.

    Other than that I have no concerns.

  20. Posted by Michael Kraft | April 27, 2011 at 3:07 AM

    Crazy thing is this is not a slam dunk though it’s painfully obvious Raj did it. They were talking about on CNBC with Anello the other day. http://www.superlawyers.com/new-york-metro/lawyer/Robert-J-Anello/8d23d9e3-b941-40c9-941a-edd041ef72c2.html

  21. Posted by Joe kinde | April 27, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    what’s the line?

  22. Posted by Anonymous | April 27, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    Mexi: you do get that I just play a whore on DB, right? In real life I am a banker. Wait…what?

  23. Posted by Mexi-Cant | April 27, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    Liar, your a whore.

  24. Posted by Anonymous | April 27, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    1. You are = you’re
    2. GFY

  25. Posted by Mexi-Cant | April 27, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    my hand hurts from furiously masturbating to your picture leave me alone

  26. Posted by yummy! | May 11, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    his cellmate will be squring mayo on his face pretty soon.

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