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{{a|work|[[File:JC tombstone.jpg|450px|thumb|center|The future’s so bright I have to wear shades, yo.]]}}A desperate, perspex bid for immortality. | {{a|work|[[File:JC tombstone.jpg|450px|thumb|center|The future’s so bright I have to wear shades, yo.]]}}A desperate, perspex bid for immortality. | ||
Not really the done thing any more — these days one achieves neurotic self-veneration through the medium of [[Industry award|industry awards]], about which one [[Humblebraggadocio|humble-brags]] on [[LinkedIn]] — but in the ’90s a little perspex block engraved with | Not really the done thing any more — these days one achieves neurotic self-veneration through the medium of [[Industry award|industry awards]], about which one [[Humblebraggadocio|humble-brags]] on [[LinkedIn]] — but in the ’90s a little perspex block engraved with “[[TRL100,000,000,000,000,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 2046]]” is how capital markets denizens got their kicks and derived their self-worth. | ||
You can imagine how thrilled spouses must have been with that handsome token of all those nights away from home {{strike|in strip bars in Tokyo|working hard on the offering circular}}. | You can imagine how thrilled spouses must have been with that handsome token of all those nights away from home {{strike|in strip bars in Tokyo|working hard on the offering circular}}. | ||