Another ukulele medley

grahamsleight posted this back in late September (that's how far I am behind on my LJ, sorry), and it reminded me very strongly of a sequence from Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus which did not make it into the film adaptation:

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An IM exchange this morning

I keep an IM connection open with our head trader so we can keep each other posted on any problems. This morning, after last week's steady declines (dropped 1500 points over the course of the week) and yesterday's amazing rebound (regained nearly 900), and following more specifics on the bank bailout in progress here and overseas, the Dow Jones Industrial index surged over 200 points in the first few seconds of trading. We had this exchange:

[09:30:31] kjmaroney: Dow down 12,000 in early trading
[09:30:34] kjmaroney: just kidding. It's actually up 200
[09:31:17] kjmaroney: Investors love them some nationalized banking systems.
[09:31:22] kjmaroney: Mmm, mmm.

[09:31:26] johndelbalso: lol

[09:31:28] kjmaroney: Socialism--it's what's for breakfast!

[09:31:44] johndelbalso: and pankakes

[09:32:20] kjmaroney: A big stack of flapjacks with socialism syrup. Just like Comrade Mom used to make during the Glorious Revolution.

[09:32:40] johndelbalso: mmm sounds good...
[09:32:46] johndelbalso: stop making me hungry