Crunch
Back in the days when people had jobs, I had one too.

I used to work in the mailroom of a large (and now insolvent) investment bank. Sometimes when I was bored I used to take ordinary words and try to persuade anyone I was delivering letters to that they were actually derived from acronyms. For example, I once persuaded a pensions analyst, who was showing off his new Rolex, that the wrist in wristwatch didn't mean the thin bit of your arm, but stood for Wearable Roberts-Irons Small Timepiece, as wristwatches were first mass produced and popularised by the Roberts-Irons company of Delaware US.

Another time, about a year and a half ago, I tried to convince one of the fund managers in the office that contrary to what most people might naturally think, subprime mortgages were actually the highest rated, because the sub in sub-prime stood for Super-Ultra-Best, which was Moody's new investment rating above AAA. Unfortunately he believed me, and then went on to persuade all his banking chums while they were down the pub.


Arsecocks.
(Mystery_Machine, Mon 12 Jan 2009, 14:45, 1 reply)

Ha ha ha...
etc. Subtle, I likes. *Clicks*
(wormburn, Mon 12 Jan 2009, 18:59, closed)