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Tetas arriba, tette in alto, tango uniform, titten hoch, seins en l’air, βυζιά πάνω, Germknödel in der Luft‎. A.k.a. custard, vanillesoße, crème anglaise, كاسترد, on the dessert menu.

What elephants may or may not hide upside down in.[1]

Where, eventually, we are all headed. Where many of our legendary forbears — the Enron ron, LTCM, Madoff, Lehman, Amaranth, Archegos, Wirecard, Theranos, Melvin, Greensill, Silicon Valley Bank, and — breaking! — Credit Suisse have already gone.

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  1. “Did you know that, for a disguise, elephants paint the soles of their feet yellow, and hide upside-down in custard?”
    Trouble me not with such nonsense.”
    “But have you ever seen an elephant hiding upside-down in custard?”
    “No —”
    “SHOWS WHAT A GOOD DISGUISE IT IS.”