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There is a story<ref>Lord I wish it were true, but I doubt it. </ref> that a titan at [[Goldman]] sufficiently important to the firmament that he was known to all by only his familiar [[Christian name]] (let’s call him “[[Bob]]”<ref>Not his real name, because this didn't happen, remember?</ref>) once had occasion to call the [[Goldman]] trading desk, at the time equipped with only a multi-line [[dealer board]].  

A voice — youthful, lacking the tell-tale timbre of age and experience — picked up and, as on a [[trading desk]] one does, said:

:'''[[Bob]]''': “Yeah, can I get [[Jerry]]?” ''(Now, when you are known to all by your [[Christian name]] you don't bother with formalities like politeness. Nor, for that matter, do traders.