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[[File:Aviary 1403065550574(2).jpg|thumb|right|[[Chicken Licken]], yesterday]] | [[File:Aviary 1403065550574(2).jpg|thumb|right|[[Chicken Licken]], yesterday]] | ||
Once upon a time, an acorn fell on Chicken Licken’s head. Being [[Mediocre lawyer|legally qualified]] and rightly concerned about the risk that this would be [[Recharacterisation|recharacterised]] as evidence that the sky was falling, Chicken Licken rushed off at once to warn the King<ref>In this alternative universe, the King was predisposed to heed warnings from neurotic [[domestic animals]].</ref>. On {{sex|her}} journey, Chicken Licken met other [[Mediocre lawyer|dumb animals]] whom she persuaded [[title transfer collateral arrangement]]s might be [[recharacterisation|recharacterised]] as [[secured loan]]s, [[credit derivative]]s as [[insurance contract]]s, and [[synthetic PB]] as [[cash equity]], and that a client’s insolvency administrator might [[cherry-pick]] their [[out-of-the-money]] derivative positions and before long the legal department numbered 400 and had an annual | Once upon a time, an acorn fell on Chicken Licken’s head. Being [[Mediocre lawyer|legally qualified]] and rightly concerned about the risk that this would be [[Recharacterisation|recharacterised]] as evidence that the sky was falling, Chicken Licken rushed off at once to warn the King<ref>In this alternative universe, the King was predisposed to heed warnings from neurotic [[domestic animals]].</ref>. On {{sex|her}} journey, Chicken Licken met other [[Mediocre lawyer|dumb animals]] whom she persuaded [[title transfer collateral arrangement]]s might be [[recharacterisation|recharacterised]] as [[secured loan]]s, [[credit derivative]]s as [[insurance contract]]s, and [[synthetic PB]] as [[cash equity]], and that a client’s [[insolvency administrator]] might [[cherry-pick]] their [[out-of-the-money]] [[derivative]] positions and before long the [[legal]] department numbered 400 and had an annual spend of £800m. | ||
But they all ran into a fox who duped them all to rush into its lair, where it ate them all up. | But they all ran into a fox who duped them all to rush into its lair, where it ate them all up. | ||
The nervy animals never made it to the King, who remained blissfully unaware of the impending collapse of the sky. In the mean time he | The nervy animals never made it to the [[King Cnut|King]], who remained blissfully unaware of the impending collapse of the sky. In the mean time, he was making a small fortune trading [[delta-one]] equity derivatives until one day [[King Cnut|the tide came disobediently in and drowned him]].<ref>Moral of the story: [[Brexit means Brexit]].</ref> | ||
===The standard issue drafting joke, [[chicken-licken]] edition=== | |||
“Did you | “Did you know that, for a disguise, [[elephant]]s paint their toenails red, and hide in cherry trees<ref>For those who fear the cherry-picker and find this reference all-too-raw, one can substitute this with “paint the soles of their feet yellow and hide upside-down in custard”.</ref>?” <br> | ||
“Why, that’s preposterous!” | “Why, that’s preposterous!” <br> | ||
“Aha! but have you ever ''seen'' an [[elephant]] hiding in a cherry tree?”<br> | “Aha! but have you ever ''seen'' an [[elephant]] hiding in a cherry tree?”<br> | ||
“No, of course not!”<br> | “No, of course not!”<br> |