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[[File:Aviary 1403065550574(2).jpg|thumb|right|[[Chicken Licken]], yesterday]]
{{a|glossary|{{image|Aviary 1403065550574(2)|jpg|[[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 spend of £800m.  
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.
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===The standard issue drafting joke, [[chicken-licken]] edition===
===The standard issue drafting joke, [[chicken-licken]] edition===
 
{{elephants in custard}}
“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!” <br>
“Aha! but have you ever ''seen'' an [[elephant]] hiding in a cherry tree?”<br>
“No, of course not!”<br>
“SHOWS WHAT A GOOD DISGUISE IT IS.”<br>}}


===On the other hand===
===On the other hand===
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