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''So I took my [[Negotiable cow|cow]] <br> | |||
''And I cashed it against the wall. <br> | |||
''I cashed it against the floor. <br> | |||
''I cashed it against the body of a varsity cheerleader. <br> | |||
''Cashed it against the hood of a car. <br> | |||
''Cashed it against a 1981 Harley-Davidson. <br> | |||
''And I ran upstairs to my parents’ bedroom, where<br> | |||
''Mommy and Daddy were sleeping quietly in the moonlight. | |||
''Slowly I opened the door — <br> | |||
''Creeping into the shadows, right up to the foot of their bed, <br> | |||
''I raised the cow high above my head, <br> | |||
''And just as I was about to bring it crashing down —<br> | |||
''My father woke up, screaming “STOP!!” <br> | |||
''“Wait a minute! Stop it, boy! What do you think you’re ''doing''?” <br> | |||
''“That’s no way to treat an [[Negotiable cow|expensive negotiable instrument]]!” <br> | |||
''And I said, “Goddamn it, Daddy: you ''know'' I love you,” <br> | |||
''“But you’ve got a hell of a lot to learn about Rock ’n’ Roll.” <br> | |||
:—Jim Steinman, ''Love, Death and an American Milking Devon''}} | |||
===Bills of exchange and cheques=== | ===Bills of exchange and cheques=== | ||
A [[bill of exchange]] is a primordial means of extending [[credit]], whose antecedents one would do well to understand, as quite a lot of contemporary business of extending credit depends on them. This stuff is not immediately intuitive, but when you get in to it, it has a logic of its own, and is rather fun. We recommend it. | A [[bill of exchange]] is a primordial means of extending [[credit]], whose antecedents one would do well to understand, as quite a lot of contemporary business of extending credit depends on them. This stuff is not immediately intuitive, but when you get in to it, it has a logic of its own, and is rather fun. We recommend it. |