AIG Joke Roundup
March 20, 2009 by Lela Davidson
Filed under Corporate Finance
You know what they say – you either have to laugh or cry. AIG has given us plenty to cry about this week. Time for some laughs.
For those of you who, like me, are too busy working hard to make sure you don’t lose your job to relax catch the late night humor, here’s what you’ve been missing. Thanks to Daniel Kurtzman, About.com Political Humor Guide for compiling these jokes. (Go visit him, he’s got more!)
“The insurance company AIG has announced they’re giving their executives another $165 million in bonuses. So they bankrupt the company, took $170 billion of our …read more
Have You Become a Corporate Drone?
March 13, 2009 by Lela Davidson
Filed under Corporate Finance
Have you become a corporate drone? Peruse this list to find out.
Corporate drone: A mindless robot for the corporation. Someone who has “sold out”. Goes along with all management initiatives and enjoys repeating corporate “jokes” like “is it Friday yet”, and “didn’t you get the memo about the red shirt”. (Urban dictionary)
You may be a corporate drone if …
At your last family reunion, you wanted to have an emergency meeting about their brand equity.
You account for your tuition as a capital expenditure instead of an expense.
You ask the car salesman if the car comes with a whiteboard and Internet …read more
Making Light Of A Heavy Burden: Jokes About Gas :)
June 20, 2008 by Tisa Silver
Filed under Investing
No one I know is laughing about high gas prices, but several people are making light of the pain we all experience at the pump. Here are a few jokes I have come across:
A woman told her boyfriend, “I want you to take me out, somewhere really expensive for a change.” The man thought for a minute and dropped her off at a gas station. – Anon, chain e-mail
“Gas prices, aren’t they crazy? It’s so expensive that rats are carpooling in from New Jersey.” -David Letterman
“Republicans in Congress are demanding that President Bush investigate whether oil companies are now gouging consumers on these gas …read more





