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The most popular segment of the show was “Comprehend the ISDA”, where a hapless [[negotiator]] was tied to a chair and suspended upside-down over a tank of custard, and required to interpret a short extract from the {{imcsd}} while a ticking clock counted down 4 hours. When the clock ran down a hooter would blare, a trapdoor would open, and the negotiator would be dunked in the custard. | The most popular segment of the show was “Comprehend the ISDA”, where a hapless [[negotiator]] was tied to a chair and suspended upside-down over a tank of custard, and required to interpret a short extract from the {{imcsd}} while a ticking clock counted down 4 hours. When the clock ran down a hooter would blare, a trapdoor would open, and the negotiator would be dunked in the custard. | ||
Derivatives gameshows were very popular in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s, [[Noel Edmonds]] forging his 50-year career with the ''[[Noel Edmonds’ Multi-Coloured Swap Shop]] and the late Keith Chegwin’s similar ''[[Cheggers Plays Swap]]''. | Derivatives gameshows were very popular in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s, [[Noel Edmonds]] forging his 50-year career with the ''[[Noel Edmonds’ Multi-Coloured Swap Shop]]'' and the late Keith Chegwin’s similar ''[[Cheggers Plays Swap]]''. | ||
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*{{imcsd}} | *{{imcsd}}, and the most famously tortured provision in that famously tortured document, {{imcsdprov|Margin Amount (IA)}}. | ||